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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/madhya-pradeshs-korku-adivasis-demand-removal-of-forest-encroachments</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Nepanagar Range, Beat Jhanjhar, Burhanpur forest division, Madhya Pradesh.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T13:01:59.925Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/a-beacon-for-the-health-of-wetlands</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ It is known as an ‘indicator species’ for the health of wetlands.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Protecting pelican habitats in wetlands can benefit other bird species.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The Rosy Pelican, seen here in flight at Delhi Zoo, is a large bird that prefers swamps and other wetland ecosystems.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T11:56:34.381Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/simply-put-way-forward</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-07-15/68c8t8qn/street-solutions</image:loc>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T11:43:49.661Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/india-adds-record-29-gw-solar-wind-in-first-half-of-2026</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Solar accounted for around 56 per cent of the total installed RE capacity.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T11:17:12.189Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/where-rivers-are-denied-space-floods-cease-to-be-natural-events-and-become-governance-failures</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The Satluj floods Hussainiwala on the Indian-Pakistani border in Punjab in 2025.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T09:18:40.813Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/waste/can-india-burn-its-way-out-of-waste-crisis</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Bottom ash generated from the combustion of municipal solid waste at a WTE plant.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Overhead grab crane for waste handling at a waste-to-energy plant.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T09:06:17.676Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/waste/sea-of-plastic-fmcg-companies-should-be-held-responsible-for-food-packaging-waste-says-parama-roy</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Parama Roy, executive director of Okapi Research and Advisory]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T08:22:06.511Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/war-is-no-environmental-peace</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T07:31:24.047Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/andhra-pradesh-covid-19-cluster-exposes-gaps-in-indias-disease-surveillance</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T07:29:59.777Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/himalayan-climate-alarm-jammu-kashmir-warms-by-nearly-1-c-in-two-decades-scientists-warn</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Gulmarg in Kashmir.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T07:02:25.766Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/daily-weather-tracker-bay-of-bengal-low-pressure-system-triggers-red-alert-in-odisha-heatwave-and-humid-conditions-persist-across-several-states</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T06:34:11.047Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/africa/will-el-niño-drought-hit-food-prices-in-south-africa-earlier-rains-and-grain-stocks-offer-hope</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ For the livestock industry, grazing across the country is in a fair condition, having benefited from the longer rainy periods.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T06:22:42.142Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/himalayan-snowfall-has-been-miscalculated-for-years-heres-how-we-found-a-new-way-to-measure-it</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T05:05:25.382Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/seeding-clouds-with-seawater-could-change-earths-weather-and-prevent-a-super-el-nino-study</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T04:49:49.787Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/two-cloudbursts-in-anantnag-district-of-kashmir</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-07-15/cosjpmw9/Kashmir.jpg</image:loc>
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<lastmod>2026-07-15T04:33:14.064Z</lastmod>
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