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Indian Court Stops Water to Coke, Pepsi Plants in Tamil Nadu

An Indian High Court has ordered that water from the river Tamirabarani in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu must not be diverted to Coca-Cola and Pepsi producing plants in Gangaikondan due to the severe water shortages in the area. The Madras High Court passed the interim injunction disallowing

Swachh Bharat: It’s Time To Stop Sweeping Accountability Aside

Amitangshu Acharya and Depinder Kapur Accounting for toilets on paper is a poor substitute to accountability. By enabling the latter, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan can make a real difference In February 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was replying to the Lok Sabha debate on the president’s address.

G20 countries still financing overseas coal

Chen Han G20 countries financed US$76 billion in coal projects in the past nine years. With more projects in the pipeline, they should stop coal financing or risk creating stranded assets As the threat of climate change looms, the world must transition to cleaner energy as quickly as possible and av

Entrepreneurial companies seeks sanitation startups

1st Global Toilet Business, Innovation and Investment Summit investigates smart toilets, sanitation in the circular economy, and catalyses new partnerships. Biocycle, SafiSana, Samagra, Sanergy and Sanivation announced as the 2017 Toilet Accelerator cohort Toilet Board Coalition will make a public c

COP22 lauds success of Paris Agreement

The Global Carbon Project report says ‘practically every coal power plant in the world will need to be switched off by 2050 to avoid global warming of 1.5 degree Celsius  The ongoing COP22 conference called for the reaffirmation of developed countries for successful implementation of the Paris Ag

Incredible new photos of uncontacted Amazon tribe – that could be wiped out

Brazilian government agents are charged with protecting the Yanomami territory. But they are currently facing severe budget cuts amid politicians’ plans to drastically weaken indigenous land protection and rights. Extraordinary new aerial photos show a contemporary uncontacted tribal community est

12,000 U.S. schools are within a mile of a hazardous chemical facility. What should we do about that?

Elizabeth Grossman In the absence of a federal U.S. policy for schools located near potentially dangerous sites, community activists search for safer solutions. On April 17, 2013, an explosion and fire at the West Fertilizer Company plant in West, Texas, killed 15 people and injured hundreds. It als

Iran dam to affect Iraq

A new report highlights the disastrous impact of Daryan Dam on Iraq and on the Tigris flow The Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign have released a reporton the impact of the Daryan Dam on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The Daryan Dam is a large dam currently under construction on the Sirwan Ri

The road to Marrakech

In the COP22, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) should raise their voices to ensure time-bound specific targets of the reduction of carbon emission by developed countries with robust monitoring and evaluation. A road map for COP 22 and beyond With the alarming progression of climate risks across the

Billionaire’s elephant-hunting safaris implicated in “Pygmy” abuses

Survival International has learned that an elephant-hunting safari operation jointly owned by a French billionaire has been implicated in human rights abuses against local Baka “Pygmies” and their neighbors, including illegal evictions and torture. The operation is based in two “protected area

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