By Shankar Sharma* The decision by the government of India in May 2017 to commission ten nuclear power reactors of the type PHWR of 700 MW capacity each in different parts of the country, and the proposal to add four more reactors of the type VVER of 1,000 MW capacity each at Kudankulam Nuclear Power … More An overview of nuclear power policy for India in the context of additional capacity to Kaiga NPP

A blog by researchers of the the Centre for Policy Research (CPR)-Namati Environmental Justice Programme: In June 2014, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) constituted the Shailesh Nayak (SN) Committee to review the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 2011. While it was reportedly done in response to state governments’ concerns regarding coastal … More Four years of contentious coastal regulation ‘reform’ in India: What is the debate?

Speaking at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Ethological Society of India (ESI), held at the University of Calicut, ESI president Dr S Faizi said, “We need to think beyond the human barriers, reform our assumptions, methodologies and protocols so that we make new strides in understanding the complex world of animal behaviour, and communicate our … More Industrial revolution caused biodiversity crisis due to irreversible loss of large number of species

It was on the night of December 2, 1984, when Bhopal died a million deaths. The chemical, methyl isocyanate (MIC), that spilled out from Union Carbide India Ltd’s (UCIL’s) pesticide factory turned the city into a vast gas chamber. People ran on the streets, vomiting and dying. The city ran out of cremation grounds. It … More Bhopal tragedy: Futile to expect govts can deal with such emergencies with any measure of efficiency