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Plastic water bottles: Why we stopped caring about municipal water
In the 20 years since the drought, private water suppliers have more or less replaced the city administration as the supplier for drinking water. #India #Environment #ConnectTheDots #Chennai #Bottled Water #potable drinking water
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Gujarat HC issues notice to govt on pollution in rivers
The Gujarat HC today issued notices to the state government and GPCB on a PIL seeking immediate action to clean up four of the state rivers which it claims are polluted with sewage water and other bio-hazards. #Environment #NewsTracker #Gujarat High Court #Pollution #Gujarat Pollution Control Board #Prakash Kapadia
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Setback for Vedanta: SC says Gram Sabha to decide on mining in Niyamgiri
The final decision will be taken by the Environment Ministry on the report of the Gram Sabhas in the next two months. #NewsTracker #Environment Ministry #Vedanta #Niyamgiri hills #Odisha Gram Sabhas
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Not switching off lights this evening? It doesnt matter
Campaigns like Earth Hour offer us cheap moral capital: feel good saving the planet for an hour every year and enjoy life as usual during the remaining 8769. #Environment #InMyOpinion #Earth Hour #saving electricity #Tokenism
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FDI noise vs NIB silence: How politics reflects our class bias
Most politicians belong and relate to the broad range of the middle-class FDI in retail will affect. The potential victims of the NIB are the faceless, voiceless poor of the hinterland. #OnOurMind #Environment #tribals #National Investment Board #Coal mines
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Shifting lakes, soap in rivers: The ecological ignorance of the ad industry
Do advertising agencies demand a creative licence for knowingly sidestepping basic hygiene and ecology to make a simplistic brand appeal? Either way, it doesn't wash. #India #Environment #AdCulture #Kirloskar #Cinthol
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THISDAY LIVEGovernors Seek Robust Policy on Environment
Governors of five South-west states Monday joined lawmakers and other stakeholders in demanding a robust and sustainable policy on the environment in Nigeria. They warned on the dangers of neglecting the environment, stressing that everybody has a role t #South Africa #U.S. House of Representatives #India
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Get ReadingEnvironment Agency looking for volunteer lock-keepers
The Environment Agency is hoping to find river lovers to volunteer to man the locks along the River Thames. Now in its third year, the River Thames volunteer scheme offers people the chance to gain hands-on experience in operating the locks along the riv #Environment Agency #Thames, NZ #Andrew Graham
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The News-PressCape Coral Hospital: Upgrades enhance healing environment
When Scott Kashman joined the hospital administration as its chief administrative officer two years ago, he introduced the concept of an optimal healing environment to the entire hospital community, including the Cape Coral Hospital Auxiliary. He did not #Florida