Wind and solar slaughtering India’s iconic bird

By commissioning expensive and inefficient wind and solar electric generating facilities, India may have dug the grave of its own efforts to save the critically endangered great Indian bustard.

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The Global South (and China) Say Nyet to Net Zero

Rhetoric aside, China and India are all in on coal.

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Father of India’s Green Revolution, MS Swaminathan, Dies at 98

Dr. M.S. Swaminathan worked alongside Norman Borlaug to turn India into an agricultural haven

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|2023-09-29T11:05:32-04:00September 29th, 2023|Comments Off on Father of India’s Green Revolution, MS Swaminathan, Dies at 98

The U.S. and UK are getting coal cocked

Meanwhile China, India, even Indonesia are investing massively in coal.

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|2023-09-12T13:10:19-04:00September 12th, 2023|Comments Off on The U.S. and UK are getting coal cocked

The less understood importance of GM Crops in solving malnutrition and poverty

Though countless legal challenges have proved to be major hurdles in India, some states are showing signs of readiness to embrace high yield crops.

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|2023-08-08T14:36:48-04:00August 12th, 2023|Comments Off on The less understood importance of GM Crops in solving malnutrition and poverty

CFACT sponsors drinking well in Kharpudi Village, India

“People are getting clean water and a lot of families are getting benefits from the new water well,” Ghodke said.

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|2023-04-18T19:01:39-04:00April 19th, 2023|Comments Off on CFACT sponsors drinking well in Kharpudi Village, India

Farmers and consumers relish agricultural success in India

Not all gloom and doom.

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|2022-11-30T11:56:31-05:00December 2nd, 2022|Comments Off on Farmers and consumers relish agricultural success in India

CFACT funds freshwater well in Dhorkin Shekta village, India

As part of CFACT’s international Stewardship in Action program, CFACT funded a freshwater well in Dhorkin Shekta village in India.

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|2022-05-24T11:07:00-04:00May 23rd, 2022|Comments Off on CFACT funds freshwater well in Dhorkin Shekta village, India

Coal, here today and tomorrow (Part 2) 

Coal use in power plants around the world is increasing and we have the numbers to prove it.  

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China and India drive coal to record highs

China and India's stockings are full of coal... and they're loving it!

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|2021-12-23T11:01:54-05:00December 23rd, 2021|Comments Off on China and India drive coal to record highs

COP 26: India’s net zero pledge — Does it really mean anything?

BY TILAK K DOSHI: To hard-bitten observers of realpolitik in international negotiations, the response might well be that “if you can believe that China will be net zero by 2060, then you can believe India will be so by 2070.”

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|2023-02-23T10:48:19-05:00December 1st, 2021|Comments Off on COP 26: India’s net zero pledge — Does it really mean anything?

A mad rush for coal as China and India suspend climate correctness

During the first week of October 2021, both India and China made desperate attempts to buy the stranded Australian coal shipments in China’s port warehouses. The coal shipments, which were originally intended to be imported into China, were left stranded at the port after China banned the import of Australian coal last year. Despite this ban, China has now unloaded some of the shipments due to unprecedented demand for coal and electricity in the country. India’s industries too have made a dash to secure some of these stranded shipments as a severe coal shortage has gripped India. So, what can we [...]

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|2021-10-13T00:31:44-04:00October 14th, 2021|Comments Off on A mad rush for coal as China and India suspend climate correctness

A mad rush for coal: China and India suspend climate correctness

Coal and India are looking for all the coal they can get.

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|2021-10-11T20:30:34-04:00October 12th, 2021|Comments Off on A mad rush for coal: China and India suspend climate correctness

Boats of steel: Resilience of tsunami-ravaged fishing communities in southern India

It was just a normal tropical sunrise for many of the villages in the Southern coast of India. Many fishing communities along the coast of Tamil Nadu did not know what they would face that day. On December 26, 2004, a devastating Tsunami in the Indian Ocean stuck the villages along India’s eastern coast. More than 10,000 lives were lost that day in India. Those who escaped the Tsunami faced their worst nightmare. The tsunami destroyed homes, fishing boats, and entire village infrastructure. 154,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. The financial damage was around US$ 1 billion. The fishing communities in [...]

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|2021-09-06T22:24:35-04:00September 9th, 2021|Comments Off on Boats of steel: Resilience of tsunami-ravaged fishing communities in southern India

Free-market agriculture is essential for 600 million farmers in India

Contrary to popular opinion, many sections of farmers in India advocate for a free-market system where they are allowed to sell their produce at their own prices.

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|2021-06-12T12:03:11-04:00June 12th, 2021|Comments Off on Free-market agriculture is essential for 600 million farmers in India
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