The shift to green energy in India is taking place with a focus on mega projects that are land intensive and unsustainable. These projects are being planned in environmentally fragile and scheduled areas, in disregard of the constitutional protections and the environmental impact. Meanwhile, by categorising them as clean energy, projects like Solar Parks are […]
Simultaneous struggles are ongoing in assertion of adivasi rights, to protect the forests and natural resources from destruction in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand and other parts of the country. One such struggle is the decade-long battle to protect Central India’s pristine, dense, biodiversity-rich forests, the Hasdeo Aranya, popularly known as the ‘Lungs of Chhattisgarh.’ By […]
পরিবেশ আন্দোলনের সকল ধারা মিলিত হোক দেউচায় কয়লা তোলার আস্ফালনের বিরুদ্ধে, আদিবাসীদের জমি কেড়ে নেওয়ার হিংস্রতার বিরুদ্ধে। লিখলেন শুভ প্রতিম। Groundxero | March 11, 2025 “চাইলে আগামিকাল অর্থাৎ বৃহস্পতিবার থেকে দেউচা পাচামিতে কাজ শুরু করা যেতে পারে। সমস্ত পরিকাঠামো তৈরি।” ঠিক এই গর্বিত ঘোষণা দিয়ে বাণিজ্য সম্মেলনের মুখবন্ধ তৈরি করে দিয়েছিলেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী। গত ৫ ফেব্রুয়ারি, কানায় […]
দীর্ঘদিন ধরেই খড়্গপুরে রেশ্মি মেটালিক্সের একটি স্পঞ্জ আয়রন কারখানা ভয়ানক রকমের দূষণ করে আসছে। গতবছর খড়্গপুরের পাঁচবেড়িয়া এবং বিদ্যাসাগরপুর লাগোয়া NH এর কাছে ওয়ালিপুর মৌজায় একটি জমিতে নতুন কারখানা বাসিয়ে চিমনি বসানো শুরু করলে এলাকার সাধারন মানুষরা জনজাগরন কমিটি তৈরি করে এর বিরুদ্ধে আন্দোলোনে নামে। সৌপর্ণ চক্রবর্তীর রিপোর্ট। Groundxero | Feb 21, 2025 দীর্ঘদিন ধরেই খড়্গপুরে […]
Amma’s Pride and If (in Bengali ‘Jodi’) – a documentary and a short film respectively, were screened at Dialogues: Calcutta International Film & Video Festival 2024 on 30th November and 1st December at the iconic single screen cinema hall ‘Basusree’ in Kolkata. The themes of both these films are ‘marriage’. Though different in forms, both […]
The risk of pollution is increasing. Central and state authorities blame each other and there is a lack of political will to address the problem. Individual people seem unwilling to take responsibility and stop polluting. By Komali Kantamaneni, University of Central Lancashire and Sigamani Panneer, Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi’s air pollution is so […]
“The fossil fuel industry is not just destroying our climate—it’s actively profiting from genocide”, said Oil Change International campaigner Allie Rosenbluth. She said that the U.S. continues to be a key supplier of JP8 jet fuel to Israel, which is crucial for its military operations. She added “This isn’t just business—it’s complicity in mass atrocities.” […]
Over 250 activists from across India call for immediate release of Jammu and Kashmir’s 6 social and environmental activists who were arbitrarily detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA). They called on people to support democratic and peaceful movements for safeguarding ecology in J&K and the entire Himalayan region. Groundxero | Nov. 12, 2024 More […]
Five social and environmental activists have been detained under the provisions of J&K Public Safety Act in Kishtwar district for allegedly attempting to “obstruct” the construction of hydropower projects in Chenab Valley. The National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) has called the detention of these activists, who have only been advocating for the protection of local […]
Adivasi villagers protesting against the forcible illegal deforestation in the Parsa Coal Mine in Hasdeo forests of Chhattisgarh were brutally lathi-charged by the police. Ramlal Kariyam, an activist of Hasdeo Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, and many protesting adivasi villagers were seriously injured. Groundxero | October 17, 2024 Protesting felling of trees for Parsa coal mine in Hasdeo forests […]
The fossil fuel industry, and the politician class they own, have no intention of halting the ecocide. As the climate crisis worsens, so do the laws and security measures to keep us in bondage. Chris Hedges Oct 06, 2024 Norfolk, U.K. — I am sitting with Roger Hallam, his gray hair pulled back in […]
The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, expected to be fully operational in 2026, will be one of India’s largest hydropower dams. Experts have expressed several concerns for downstream communities, including flood and erosion risk, earthquake risk, the loss of water flow for fishing and groundwater recharge, and the survival of species including river dolphins. By […]
বিশ্বের পরিবেশ সঙ্কট আসলে অতি গভীর। পৃথিবীর গভীর অসুখ এখন। ধুমধাম করে কয়েক হাজার বৃক্ষরোপণের টোটকা দিয়ে তার প্রতিকার অসম্ভব। এই সঙ্কট থেকে বেরোতে হলে বিনাশ ঘটাতে হবে বর্তমান পুঁজিবাদী ব্যবস্থার। বেদনাদায়ক হল, মানুষের মধ্যে সেই ধরনের সচেতনতা খুবই স্বল্প, অকিঞ্চিৎকর। তাই মানবজগত আজ বিলুপ্তির মুখে দাঁড়িয়ে পড়েছে কি না এই প্রশ্ন ওঠা অসঙ্গত নয়। […]
“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said. By OLIVIA ROSANE May 08, 2024 Nearly 80% of top-level climate scientists expect that global temperatures will rise by at least 2.5°C by 2100, while only 6% thought the world would succeed in […]
Climate and Environment journalists worldwide are facing increasing violence, with as many as 44 journalists killed in last 15 years, according to a new report released by UNESCO on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2024. Groundxero | May 3, 2024 The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be World […]