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🌍 An environment communications collective | 💪🏻 Network in 28 states & 8 union territories of India and Internationally #LetIndiaBreathe
Nov 2, 2021 10 tweets 10 min read
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What they won't tell you about PM @narendramodi 's #COP26 address

Modi: "We want to do more to help developing countries accelerate the clean energy transition"

Reality: Indian government is pushing to increase coal production to 1 billion tonnes

@narendramodi @PMOIndia Modi: "Need to include climate change policies in school syllabus"

Reality: Indian government targets young climate activists, Adivasis, even school principals for raising awareness on environment

@narendramodi @PMOIndia

#climate #COP26
Aug 7, 2021 9 tweets 4 min read
Why do we need to #SaveSangnara Forests of Kutch, Gujarat?

Who is Suzlon?

and Why are they trying to erect windmills here?

A thread 1/n Sangnara village in Kutch, Gujarat, has been trying to save its forest from Suzlon, a wind energy companies for many years.

Kutch has been designated as a wind energy exploitation zone, and in the past few years thousands of mills have been set up by energy companies. 2/n
May 22, 2021 7 tweets 5 min read
Why are the indigenous people of Lakshadweep Islands saying #RevokeLDAR ?

The Central govt has introduced the draconian, undemocratic, unconstitutional and inhumane Draft Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation, 2021 (LDAR 2021).

What does it do?

1/n The draft threatens the existing land ownership and usage in Lakshadweep by giving sweeping, arbitrary, unchecked powers to the government (and all its bodies) to directly interfere with an islander’s right to possess and retain their property.

#RevokeLDAR
#SaveLakshadweep

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Jul 13, 2020 11 tweets 6 min read
Let India Breathe Statement on #InternetCensorship

Today, we are reaching out to our community and large, diverse base of volunteers to inform them about an unprecedented act of internet censorship. (1/11)
#InternetFreedom #DigitalLockdown Most our members hold the firm belief that environmental protection is the seminal issue of our time. We live in times of large scale ecological disasters and looming climate crisis which threaten human life, particularly young peoples' lives and future generations. (2/11)