by Urmi Bhattacharjee | Jun 13, 2018 | Climate Change, Home, News, Pollution Watch, Rivers, Solar & Green Energy, Wildlife
Unable to improve air quality, protect biodiversity, and cut greenhouse gas emissions, India, say available data, stands today at the rock bottom of Global Environment Performance Index (EPI) rankings for 2018. In the year 2016, India ranked 141 of 180 countries. In...
by Himanshu Thakkar | Jun 2, 2018 | Climate Change, Home, Rivers, Science, Solar & Green Energy, Sustainable Living
In order to assess if the Sardar Sarovar Dam Project (SSP) is good or bad for India, we need a credible assessment of costs, benefits, and impacts once the huge project is completed. First of all, the project is incomplete (even after down-scaling canal network by...
by The Third Pole | Jun 1, 2018 | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Home, Rivers
The Ganga, which is already in bad shape due to increasing pollution and decreasing water, is now also swiftly moving away from its banks in Patna, the capital of the Indian state of Bihar. No scientific attempt has been made to deal with the crisis, warn experts and...
by The Third Pole | May 23, 2018 | Climate Change, Home, Rivers
Recent analysis suggests that China’s economic security is imperilled by water shortages and that a crisis is looming. Indeed, a water crisis often seems to lurk just around the corner, particularly for Beijing. There are certainly serious issues of water supply and...
by SANDRP | May 11, 2018 | Home, News, Rivers
Dams in Australia causing havoc Probe into the operation of Queensland dam following the April 2017 floods Another instance of dam floods in Australia. This time Kinchant Dam in Queensland, and it is accused of allowing water level to rise to 103 per cent before...
by Himanshu Thakkar | Apr 11, 2018 | Articles, Climate Change, News, Rivers, Sustainable Living
Interlinking of rivers is an expensive proposal and exercise. It has adverse environmental impact on forests, land, biodiversity, rivers, and livelihood of millions living in India. It is socially disruptive. It not only adds to climate change (destruction of forests...
