7th June 2016 - Ecologise

Conserve/Resist

Obituary: TN Godavarman: the man behind India’s biggest environment court case

7th June 2016

Nihar Gokhale writes: In environmental policy, there’s one Supreme Court case that beat all others: TN Godavarman Thirumalpad versus Union of India and others. Writ Petition (Civil) 202 of 1995. On 1 June, days before World Environment Day, the man who lent his name to the most iconic environment case in the country, passed away….

Red alert: Why we need to act now to counter climate change

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell, said the author Edward Abbey. This quote provides perspective into the human paradigm responsible for our current ecological crises, including climate change. These multiple indications should be enough to stimulate our common sense into believing that immediate actions are to be taken….

Debt: The key factor connecting energy and the economy

Gail Tverberg writes: Growth in energy consumption is dependent on the growth of debt. Both energy and debt have characteristics that are close to “magic” when it comes to economic growth, which can only take place when debt (or a close substitute, such as company stock) is available to enable the use of energy products….

Archives for 7th June 2016

Obituary: TN Godavarman: the man behind India’s biggest environment court case

Red alert: Why we need to act now to counter climate change

Debt: The key factor connecting energy and the economy