I really wish more people cared about the connections between Maharashtra's sugar baron lobby and the Hindutva assault on the environment. Sugarcare is just a horrendous cash crop in every direction.
Producing 1 litre of ethanol from sugarcane uses about 2,860 litres of water. Maintaining #India’s #E20 petrol blend will require 10 billion litres of ethanol annually, adding pressure on water & farmland in over 500 districts, writes Nilotpal Datta
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India’s Quiet Rollout Of A New ‘Clean’ Fuel Bypasses The Law, Hobbles Vehicles, Impacts Environment & Food Supply
India’s hasty switch to E20 petrol—fuel with 20% ethanol—five years ahead of schedule was hailed as an environmental milestone, but it came through government orders, not law. The policy forces millio...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I really wish more people cared about the connections between Maharashtra's sugar baron lobby and the Hindutva assault on the environment. Sugarcare is just a horrendous cash crop in every direction.
Impact Prize winner Emily Kassie on making her award-winning film Sugarcane about the long-term impact of systematic abuse on indigenous people in Canada.
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July 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Impact Prize winner Emily Kassie on making her award-winning film Sugarcane about the long-term impact of systematic abuse on indigenous people in Canada.
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"Sugarcane": Oscar-Nominated Film Explores "Colonial Silence" Around Indian Residential Schools www.democracynow.org/2025/3/4/sug... #Sugarcare #Oscars2025 #Indigenous #ResidentialSchools #GenerationalTrauma
“Sugarcane”: Oscar-Nominated Film Explores “Colonial Silence” Around Indian Residential Schools
We speak with Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, the co-directors of the Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane, which examines the legacy of Indian residential schools in Canada. For over 150 yea...
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March 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Sugarcane": Oscar-Nominated Film Explores "Colonial Silence" Around Indian Residential Schools www.democracynow.org/2025/3/4/sug... #Sugarcare #Oscars2025 #Indigenous #ResidentialSchools #GenerationalTrauma