Green Amendments
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Barcelona’s car-free superblocks are a lesson in urban planning for the rest of the world
According to researchers, the project could help prevent 667 premature deaths from air pollution, noise and heat each year.
Anupam Nanda, The Conversation
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What if crops could be coaxed into making their own fertilizer?
Engineering a type of nitrogen-fixing bacteria into plant roots could wean them off artificial fertilizers and reduce agriculture’s footprint.
Emma Bryce
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Panel on changing green laws leaves 90% of forests vulnerable to polluting projects
Even as the TSR Subramanian Committee was evaluating environment laws, the ministry was quietly tweaking them in a series of circulars and office memorandums.
Mridula Chari and Nayantara Narayanan
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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Proposed law aims to shut single-window system for redressing environmental complaints
The TSR Subramanian-led high level committee report has a draft law that will weaken the National Green Tribunal.
Mridula Chari and Nayantara Narayanan
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Panel on changing green laws puts 'utmost good faith' in industry. Is that good enough?
The committee recommends that all industries self-certify their pollution emissions – and also expects them to submit incriminating evidence against themselves.
Mridula Chari and Nayantara Narayanan