India’s Holy Ganges to Get a Cleanup
Crossposted from the wallstreet journal
India’s Holy Ganges to Get a Cleanup
Government Embarks on $4 Billion Campaign to Treat Heavily Polluted Waters;
Devout Hindus Revere River as ‘Goddess’
By KRISHNA POKHAREL
VARANASI, India—More than a million devout Hindus bathed in the Ganges River
Friday, braving the risk of terrorist attack, stampede and petty crime for
the chance to wash away the [...]
Petition to stop the Hull Hydro Project
To: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister
WITHDRAW HULL HYDRO PROJECT
TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AGAINST PERPRETATORS OF VIOLENCE ON SAAL GHAATI BACHAO SANGHARSH MORCHA ACTIVISTS!
Shri Prem Kumar Dhumal
As you may already be aware, on 14th February 2010, five people, including Zilla Parishad Member and veteran environmentalist, Ratan Chand, Up-pradhan Jadera Gram Panchayat, Mansingh (Chamba District) [...]
Jai Ram Ji ki to Bt. Brinjal!
Dear Friends,
Honorable Environment & forest Minister Mr. Jairam Ramesh has created a milestone in Indian democracy by saying no to Bt. Brinjal. Its a victory of all those who have created a nation wide movement to stop the Genetically Modified crops from entering the food chain. We in Indian Youth Climate Network congratulate the Anti-GM [...]
As Climate Talks Stumble, U.N. Process in Question
p>A key deadline for countries to submit emission reduction goals to the United Nations as part of the recently negotiated Copenhagen Accord passed last Sunday. The U.N. received commitments from 55 nations, but 139 countries remain unsupportive of the political statement, leading the international body to push back the commitment deadline indefinitely.
Since the high-level climate [...]
Bin Laden – How to respond
This has been crossposted from www.itsgettinghotinhere.org
Climategate was a well coordinated, strategic and devestating attack on the Copenhagen climate talks in December last year. With unprecedented moves from U.S. and China in the run-up, the world’s media and attention was hooked onto the alleged manipulation of data at the University of East Anglia. That stolen information [...]
Memorandum to Minister of Environment & Forest on GM Crops
TO: Shri JairamRamesh, Minister for Environment & Forest, Government of India
FROM: Indian Youth Climate Network
DATE: January 29, 2010
SUBJECT: Genetically Modified food is not the answer to Climate change induced crisis.
Genetically modified crop has long been seen as the technological solution to crop losses due to diseases, pests and climate change as well as stagnating yields. [...]
Natural Farming Workshop, Kheti Virasat Mission (25th-27th December)
A Report by Trent Brown
In many ways now is not a good time to be a farmer in Punjab, or anywhere in India, for that matter. Debts are high. The price of inputs is increasing. Soil quality has diminished. The development of pesticide-resistant insects is leading farmers to use more and more toxic chemicals on [...]
India expects negotiations to be extended
Cross posted from CSM Equitywatch
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declares that a fair deal can only be reached through further talks
In a speech immediately following President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated unequivocally that negotiations would need to continue until 2010, to strike any kind of agreement that would enhance global action on climate change.
“To [...]
“Hundreds March in Delhi to Spread Awareness on Bt. Brinjal : Creating an Informed Debate The Only Way to Decide the fate of Bt. Brinjal”
New Delhi, December 17th 2009: A Lok Chetna Padayatra with more than 500 youth participating in it, reached out to citizens of the Old City of Delhi to create awareness on the issue of GM foods and Bt Brinjal in particular here today. The padayatra, taken out by the students of Zakir Husain College [...]
Press Release-Climate Satyagraha (COP-15 Vigil Camp Delhi)
Press Release
Climate Satyagraha: Indian Youth keep vigil on COP Proceedings
In a bid to understand the mechanics of COP at Copenhagen the Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) have sent a twenty-five member Youth Delegation (IYD) to attend the COP15 negotiations. The discussion continued in Delhi in the camp “Climate Satyagraha”organized to coincide with COP at Constitution [...]
Brief of IYCN’s participation in Climate Satyagraha (COP-15 Vigil Camp) Delhi
December 9th
The day started off with youth in action, as the Centre for Legislative Research and Advocacy (CLRA), Oxfam and IYCN organized a door-to-door visit to 115 parliamentarians by students. These young environmentalists from Springdales School, Delhi Public School Vasant Kunj, Modern School Barakhamba, St. Colombia’s School, Sanskriti School and the Indian School quizzed the [...]
Hot Seat on December 17th
Hey all. This is Mahats and, in addition to being IYCN in Delhi’s current token American, I will be your blogger for the day. Hope you are all doing well, are awake, haven’t succumbed completely to cynicism and are ready to begin.
In summary: I am Mahats, not Kabir and I will be blogging from New [...]
Youth Enquiry with Yvo De Boer
I want to tell you a story of my home city of Mumbai. Every day I travel by the local train from college to work, to meetings…. The trains are the arteries of a city of 15 million strong. The trains are a full of colors, cultures and voices; women complaining about their daily chores, [...]
New Entrant Black Carbon Finds Little Mention in Copenhagen
“Carbon Dioxide” is definitely the phrase of the day when it comes to climate change talks. This greenhouse gas has become synonymous with the challenge of rising global temperatures, and indeed, it is estimated to be responsible for nearly 40 percent of climate change. However, there are other greenhouse gases that have, until now, received [...]
Win it at Oslo, Earn it in COP15!
“President Obama’s hands are not tied by Congress’s lack of action or the grossly inadequate cap-and-trade bills currently under debate. President Obama can lead, rather than follow, by using his power under the Clean Air Act and other laws to achieve deep and rapid greenhouse emissions reductions from major polluters. Obama can use his authority [...]
