COMMUNITY
On the Ethics of Climate Journalism
Information asymmetry, shadowy military operations, mining mafias, and the consent, or lack thereof, of the working class in how their information, labor, and presence are used are all tied to the production, distribution, and consumption of food, energy, and water in India. For climate journalist Aruna Chandrasekhar, this understanding, as well as the proximity of Operation Green Hunt to her hometown, led her to journalism.
Aruna Chandrasekhar
There is an imbalance of power to be corrected—how do you level a playing field where, for centuries, you have oppressed, displaced communities, and always justified it for your own benefit?
RECOMMENDED: "How One Billionaire Could Keep Three Countries Hooked on Coal for Decades", NY Times. By Somini Sengupta, Jacqueline Williams, and Aruna Chandrasekhar. On how the Adani Group lobbied successfully to mine for coal in Australia and subsequently transporting it to India and contributing to energy and climate crises in both India and Bangladesh.
There is an imbalance of power to be corrected—how do you level a playing field where, for centuries, you have oppressed, displaced communities, and always justified it for your own benefit?
RECOMMENDED: "How One Billionaire Could Keep Three Countries Hooked on Coal for Decades", NY Times. By Somini Sengupta, Jacqueline Williams, and Aruna Chandrasekhar. On how the Adani Group lobbied successfully to mine for coal in Australia and subsequently transporting it to India and contributing to energy and climate crises in both India and Bangladesh.
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Interview
Andhra Pradesh
Climate
Climate Change
Investigative Journalism
Coastal Displacement
Anthropocene
Parachuting
Mining
Freelancing
Environmental Disaster
Environment
Power Dynamics
Operation Green Hunt
Bombay
Diaspora
Diasporic Distance
Journalism
Ethics of Journalism
Displacement
Evictions
COVID-19
Forest Collective
Energy Crisis
Telugu
Tamil
Movement Organization
Corporate Power
Adani Group
Coal
Visakhapatnam
Vizag
Port Cities
Labor Rights
ARUNA CHANDRASEKHAR is an independent journalist and a writer from India, currently at the University of Oxford. Her interests in work dwell on themes of corporate accountability, climate change, indigenous rights and resistance, environmental law, energy, conflict, gender and public health. Her stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, New Internationalist, BuzzFeed, and many other outlets.
22 Aug 2020
Interview
Andhra Pradesh
22nd
Aug
2020
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