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It's disappointing to see that the climate justice and forest rights of indigenous people and local communities is completely missing from India's climate commitments at #COP26
While these communities face the most severe brunt of climate crisis, their concerns remain unaddressed
NEW: The @moefcc issues a draft amendment to the #CRZ Notification 2019. It is open for public comments till 31 Dec 2021. The draft proposes several dilution incl. exemption of Oil & Gas explorations from CRZ clearance. Note that they have been granted exemptions in the past too.
More than 100 world leaders will promise to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, in the COP26 climate summit's first major deal.
India hasn't promised and it is no wonder since the Indian govt is hell-bent on clearing all forests for coal.
#COP26
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This is in Dhanbad district, jharkhand. Villages are on top of burning coal. Each day, the villagers inhale toxic fumes, live on low oxygen and extremely high temperature There is fumes inside their homes. This is diwali crackers 24x7, 365 days and no judicial action
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What they won't tell you about PM @narendramodi 's #COP26 address
Modi: "We want to do more to help developing countries accelerate the clean energy transition"
Reality: Indian government is pushing to increase coal production to 1 billion tonnes
@narendramodi@PMOIndia
You're wrong @Jairam_Ramesh
There's an environment lobby too.
Case in Point - Hidme Markam from Chattisgarh.
Your colleague @bhupeshbaghel let her get arrested.
Please #FreeHidmeMarkam and many such political prisoners who want nothing but to save environment.
2.15 lakh trees to be cut in the Buxwaha forest for a diamond mine. The mining project will destroy 382.131 hectares of forest. Ask @byadavbjp to not give clearances to mining at Buxwaha forest. @jhatkaadotorg https://t.co/jzKZ8OoWjK #SaveBuxwahaForest
An appeal to NRIs residing in USA that when PM Narendra Modi goes to New York on September 25 they should gather there holding banners No Farmers No Food to show solidarity to the farmers protest and over 600 farmers who have lost lives in 10 months of protests✊
#FarmersProtest
🌿 Honourable high court has put a stay all such activities until the state has a concrete response for the land for Sports City.
🌿NEERI has submitted the report "Impacts of Development Activities On Khandari Reservoir"
Mollem paver road ⚠️
Here are photos of the area in Mollem where heavy machinery has been moving about.
@goafoundation says that this construction is illegal- this is not permitted in view of Section 29 (1) and 35 (6) of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972.
Please retweet!
The city which is amongst most vulnerable to sea level rise & Extreme weather events is doing this.
Terrible to see reclamation of 111 heactares of Sea reclamation for luxury of 2% Elites & a road for their cars
#StopCoastalRoad#RestoreMumbaiCoast@CMOMaharashtra@c40cities
These huge batalion of trucks is dumping concrete into sea for creating 111 hectares of land.
The coastal road only needs 20 hectares of land.
Do ask the BMC what will come up at the rest 91 hectares of land.
#RestoreMumbaiCoast#StopCoastalRoad@CMOMaharashtra@AUThackeray
Rain falls on Greenland's summit for the first time in recorded history. This is just one another of the thousand warning signs of the collapse of our climate, of the urgent need to cut #carbonemissions & take #climateaction.
https://t.co/U4iC4QfdjY
Oil Palm plantation had been studied in 1980s & rejected since it’s a recipe for ecological disaster — as seen in SE Asia, and now to be unleashed in Northeast & Andaman.
Some years ago the-then CM of Gujarat proclaimed jatropha plantation as a game-changer!What happened to that?
🔊 Important!⚠️
A road is being constructed from the entrance of Mollem NP to Dudhsagar waterfalls. This is separate from the three projects through #AmcheMollem. Work has started without necessary permissions.
@goafoundation has filed a PIL to halt construction work. #SaveMollem
HUL is mandated to carry out remediation according to the plans prepared following directions of the Scientific Experts Committee appointed by SC Monitoring Committee.
#Kodaikanal#Unilever