Seeds Of A Divide
Environmentalist and author Mark Lynas now says GM crops are the answer to global food security. Vandana Shiva disagrees. Mark Lynas, Vandana Shiva he already heated debate about genetically modified
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Organic foods are not healthier or better for the environment
Organic foods are not healthier or better for the environment – and they’re packed with pesticides, argued Rob Johnston in his article “The great organic myths” published in these columns on August 8.
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Haryana Oppn, activists disrupt public hearing on n-plant plan
A public hearing for environmental clearance to the proposed Gorakhpur nuclear power plant in Fatehabad district of Haryana came to an abrupt end today when members of the Opposition INLD led by Abhay
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What Happened at Rio, and What Didn’t
Rio in 1992 is where a divisive world started coming together to save a planet crumbling under its own weight. After 20 years of more words than action, when the world assembled there again, not much had
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Say No to Western Rejects
Environmentalist Vandana Shiva on Chipko movement I became a volunteer as a young student in the Chipko movement of the 1970s which I think shaped our contemporary history very strongly. But Chipko wasn't
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Activist Vandana Shiva joins anti-Posco movement
The anti-Posco agitation gathered strength with activist Vandana Shiva joining the dharna against the mega steel plant near here today even as the Orissa Government stepped up work for the construction of boundary wall around the land already acquired for the project. Noted environmentalist and agricultural scientist Vandana Shiva participated in the ongoing dharna by the locals against Posco
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Tarapur-to-Jaitapur march against n-plant planned
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Agitation against Coke plant crosses 3,000 days
G. Prabhakaran Demand to set up tribunal to decide on compensation People's struggle is supported by environmentalists PALAKKAD: The agitation against alleged exploitation of groundwater by soft drink major Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. at Plachimada, a remote village in Perumatty grama panchayat in Chittur taluk, completed 3,000 days on Friday.
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Change policies that create hunger
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Shiva: Wrong policies behind food insecurity
Wrong policies of the government have been responsible for the prevalent food insecurity in the country, alleged activists. They also said the proposed National Food Security Act ignores the root causes of hunger and it deliberately leaves untouched the structural roots of the malnutrition crisis.