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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/urbanisation/missing-canopy-cities-must-rethink-where-they-plant-trees</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A comparison of Delhi's IGNOU Road in 2021 (left) and 2025 (right) reveals a marked decline in roadside tree cover following tree felling and construction.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/climate-finance-is-paris-agreements-weakest-link</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Middle-income countries like India are often expected to borrow for transition while also carrying the costs of poverty reduction, urbanisation, energy demand and climate impacts. Photo for representation.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-10T10:01:51.670Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/natural-disasters/after-kalladi-should-kerala-rethink-building-a-tunnel-through-its-most-fragile-mountains</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Rescue operations at Kalladi.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-10T09:19:22.137Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/healththis-monsoon-in-addition-to-being-prepared-for-floods-governments-should-also-be-ready-for-snakebites</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The Common krait is a venomous snake native to the Indian subcontinent. It is a member of the Big Four, inflicting the most snakebites on humans in India.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-10T07:45:56.362Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/daily-court-digest-major-environment-orders-july-9-2026</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-07-10T07:21:10.350Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/heatwaves-why-british-trees-are-shedding-branches-and-dying</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-07-10T06:41:04.210Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/waste/sea-of-plastic-india-cannot-rely-only-on-western-studies-to-understand-marine-litter-says-a-biju-kumar</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A Biju Kumar, vice chancellor of the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-10T06:05:26.114Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/daily-weather-tracker-monsoon-sweeps-across-the-country-uttarakhand-under-red-alert-heavy-rainfall-warning-issued-for-up-and-several-other-states</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Heavy rains in Delhi on July 8 and 9.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-10T06:05:07.235Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/climate-law-expert-europes-deadly-heatwaves-belong-in-court</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-07-10T05:04:45.346Z</lastmod>
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