Sandesh Deshmukh

Dec 5, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Srinivas Katherasala |Sandesh Deshmukh |Bharat Dogra |Farooque Chowdhury

World Soil Day reminds us of the vital role soil plays in sustaining life on Earth. However, celebrating soil for just one day is not enough to address the urgent issue of soil degradation. To secure our future food production, we must adopt a proactive and ongoing approach to soil monitoring, management, and conservation. Human activities, driven by the pursuit of comfort and progress, have severely degraded soil health.

Nov 21, 2023 | countercurrents.org | John Ruehl |Laurel Sutherlin |Mayuna Jeenu |Sandesh Deshmukh

Weather manipulation is increasingly common around the world, but the dangers of privatization and weaponization abound. As winter settles over New Delhi, cold air sinks, trapping pollution in the city. Smoke from seasonal fires stemming from farming practices in India’s north further reduces the city’s air quality, which typically ranks the worst in the world. New Delhi’s government has sought prior solutions to easing pollution, including traffic restrictions and air-filtration towers.

Nov 18, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Laurel Sutherlin |Mayuna Jeenu |Sandesh Deshmukh |Sandeep Banerjee

Inclusion of an Adani Group’s adviser on the Environment Ministry’s appraisal committee for Hydro-projects prima facie deliberate, involving a serious impropriety- Demand for an independent investigation To Shri Rajiv Gauba Cabinet Secretary Dear Shri Gauba, The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MEFCC) recently included Shri Janardhan Chaudhary, Advisor-Pumped Storage Projects (PSP) & Hydro of Adani Green Energy Ltd., as a member of the “reconstituted” Environment Appraisal...

Nov 17, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Laurel Sutherlin |Mayuna Jeenu |Bharat Dogra |Sandesh Deshmukh

A nationally protected wildlife reserve in Indonesia is under attack by popular, big-name brands. Picture a rhinoceros in the rainforest. Add a herd of elephants, families of orangutans swinging through the treetops, and tigers prowling the understory, and there is only one place in the world you could be.

Nov 14, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Mayuna Jeenu |Sandesh Deshmukh |Sandeep Banerjee |Reynard Loki

ToMs Leena NandanSecretaryMinistry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MEFCC)Govt of IndiaDear Ms Nandan,I refer to a news report which stated as follows:“On September 27, the Union Environment Ministry named Janardan Choudhary as one of the seven non-institutional members when it reconstituted the EAC for hydroelectricity and river valley projects on September 27. The first meeting of the reconstituted EAC (hydel) was held on October 17-18.