URGENT APPEAL : Urge Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) to STOP Forest Destruction and Biodiversity Destruction Laws

On behalf of Coalition for Environmental Justice in India and other groups we urgently urge to you to endorse this Appeal (enclosed) to Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) NOT TO ACCORD ASSENT to the controversial Forest Conservation Act (Amendment) Bill 2023 (FCA Bill) and Biological Diversity Act (Amendment) Bill 2023 (BDA Bill). The FCA Bill dilutes existing Forest… Read More URGENT APPEAL : Urge Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) to STOP Forest Destruction and Biodiversity Destruction Laws

31st July 2023 Dilip

A tiny island fears for its way of life

Luke Taylor in Providence The first thing that strikes visitors arriving on Old Providence is the island’s deep serenity. There are no cars and little noise except for the reggae playing at beach bars. Unlike most of Colombia’s tourist hotspots, there are no hawkers either; visitors are left to laze on the powdery white sands of… Read More A tiny island fears for its way of life

30th July 2023 Dilip

Jiten Yumnam: Nuances of mining plan in Manipur

The mining efforts in Manipur failed to recognize the indigenous community rights over their land and resources. The MoUs contracted with mining companies by GOM were without consultation of the communities and without revealing details of these MoUs and adverse implications. The details of MoUs and mining plan in general in Manipur has not been… Read More Jiten Yumnam: Nuances of mining plan in Manipur

28th July 202328th July 2023 Dilip

Global boiling has arrived

Global warming has ended and “the era of global boiling has arrived”, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said after scientists confirmed July was on track to be the world’s hottest month on record. “Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning,” Guterres said. “It is still possible to… Read More Global boiling has arrived

28th July 2023 Dilip

What frightens me about the climate crisis is we don’t know how bad things really are

Roger Harrabin Over the past few decades, climate scientists have made huge strides in understanding the future climate. But after recent weeks of extreme heat and devastating floods it’s clear that, although climate models have provided good information about overall rising temperatures, they can’t be sure what level of destruction each notch on the thermometer… Read More What frightens me about the climate crisis is we don’t know how bad things really are

26th July 202326th July 2023 Dilip

The hike making Australia a better place

Tasmania was the site of some of the most brutal conflicts in the country. The British arrived in 1803, setting up a penal colony on the island and decimating the palawa population through disease, dispossession and violence. The colonisers forced the remaining Tasmanian Aboriginals onto missions, where most died, and rounded others up onto a… Read More The hike making Australia a better place

24th July 2023 Dilip

Flare

A poem by Mary Oliver (b 1935) 1. Welcome to the silly, comforting poem. It is not the sunrise,which is a red rinse,which is flaring all over the eastern sky; it is not the rain falling out of the purse of God; it is not the blue helmet of the sky afterward, or the trees,… Read More Flare

21st July 2023 Dilip

My Iceland

I believe in the life of the grasses and spring without end — Steinunn Sigurdardóttir NB: Having just visited this surreal land, sitting atop the continental rift line separating the American and Eurasian tectonic plates, whose volcanoes are erupting as we speak, and whose northern coast sits aside the Arctic Circle, I can only wonder… Read More My Iceland

17th July 202317th July 2023 Dilip

With our food systems on the verge of collapse, it’s the plutocrats v life on Earth

George Monbiot According to Google’s news search, the media has run more than 10,000 stories this year about Phillip Schofield, the British television presenter who resigned over an affair with a younger colleague. Google also records a global total of five news stories about a scientific paper published last week, showing that the chances of simultaneous crop… Read More With our food systems on the verge of collapse, it’s the plutocrats v life on Earth

15th July 2023 Dilip

Europe has lost more than half a billion birds to pesticides

A trickle of studies warning that the enormous variety of living things on Earth is diminishing has turned into a flood. The evidence for these losses within regions and globally is undeniable. But data on biodiversity, and what is causing its decline, is still patchy – restricted to some causes, some places and some species.… Read More Europe has lost more than half a billion birds to pesticides

17th June 2023 Dilip

After the truth-shower

Philosophy, history, literature, current affairs, and other stuff. Posted by Dilip Simeon

Tag: nature