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Shashikant Yadav

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As seen in: Wiley Online Library, The Conversation, The Hindu, Royal Society of Chemistry, The Hindu Business Line, The Wire (India), The Ecologist, Economic and Political Weekly, PV Magazine, The Swaddle and
Covers:  Fracking, Ecocide Law, Illiberal Democracy, Water Security, and Environmental Justice
Doesn't Cover: International Economy, Market Analysis, Trade and Diplomacy
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Trump backs fracking over science

Trump backs fracking over science

The Ecologist — Trump's nationalist, populist and anti-science rhetoric on fracking has shifted the debate to the right, endangering the environment and public health.
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India's Groundwater Caught Between Industrial Growth, Sustainable Development - The Wire Science

India's Groundwater Caught Between Industrial Growth, Sustainable Development - The Wire Science

The Wire (India) — Industries can no longer extract groundwater in India without conducting an environment impact assessment of their extraction activities. In a July 20, 2020, order, the National Green Tribunal NGT, directed the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) to stop granting 'general' permission for withdrawal of groundwater by commercial entities.
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Fracking in India

Fracking in India

The Ecologist — Corporations in India can explore shale gas reserves without obtaining environmental clearances.
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Describing the Pandemic As a 'War' Is Ineffective and Dangerous

Describing the Pandemic As a 'War' Is Ineffective and Dangerous

theswaddle.com — India's official hashtag in response to Covid19 is #IndiaFightsCorona. Words such as 'battle,' 'war,' 'fight,' 'kill,' and 'warrior' are repeatedly used by the state and media to describe the pandemic. Our fixation with describing pandemics and illnesses using an overly militarized tone is not new.
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Shale gas exploration: Addressing water issues

Shale gas exploration: Addressing water issues

The Hindu Business Line — The Environmental Impact Assessment of 36 fracking projects in three States is flawed. It overlooks the impact on water resources.
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Continual Diminishing of the Aravalli Hills : Assessing Intergenerational Equity

Continual Diminishing of the Aravalli Hills : Assessing Intergenerational Equity

Economic and Political Weekly — The Aravalli range is considered the "lungs" of the polluted National Capital Region. The failure of Haryana and Rajasthan governments to rein in the miners despite the Supreme Court's orders to preserve the hills, has resulted in severe degradation of the hills, causing many of them to vanish.
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Challenges in Shale Gas Production Cannot Be Resolved by Generic Environment Clearance Processes

Challenges in Shale Gas Production Cannot Be Resolved by Generic Environment Clearance Processes

Economic and Political Weekly — India is venturing into shale gas fracking with a pursuit to cut down its natural gas export bill significantly. This process poses several challenges concerning "energy-water nexus," such as mixing of shale fluid with the groundwater, rationing of water in a water-scarce country, and lack of technical know-how of waste-water treatment.
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The shale gas challenge

The shale gas challenge

The Hindu — On August 1, 2018, the Central government approved a far-reaching policy that allows private and government players to explore and exploit unconventional hydrocarbons (including shale gas) in contract areas that were primarily allocated for extracting conventional hydrocarbons. Unlike conventional hydrocarbons that can be sponged out of permeable rocks easily, shale gas is trapped under low permeable rocks.
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Water Is Now a Traded Commodity; Can It Still Be a Human Right, Too?

Water Is Now a Traded Commodity; Can It Still Be a Human Right, Too?

theswaddle.com — Global warming has reduced the availability of freshwater resources, pushing 3 billion people to live in water-stressed conditions. However, corporations (at least in California to begin with) can now ensure for themselves a steady supply of affordable water by trading water as a commodity, like oil and gold.
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