SS: India’s waste-to-energy plants, championed as a “green growth” solution to its mounting trash crisis, highlight the stark failures of global carbon credit systems and the United Nations’ oversight. The Jindal family, leveraging political clout and access to international carbon markets, operates the Timarpur-Okhla facility, which exposes over a million Delhi residents to toxic emissions, flouting safety regulations for profit. Despite evidence of hazardous contamination, the UN certified the plant, allowing it to sell carbon credits globally. These credits, intended to combat climate change, instead finance operations that poison communities and violate environmental laws. This negligence undermines trust in international climate initiatives as India replicates the flawed model across its cities. Meanwhile, residents suffer severe health crises, with regulators and global bodies prioritizing economic and political interests over accountability and human rights.
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SS: India’s waste-to-energy plants, championed as a “green growth” solution to its mounting trash crisis, highlight the stark failures of global carbon credit systems and the United Nations’ oversight. The Jindal family, leveraging political clout and access to international carbon markets, operates the Timarpur-Okhla facility, which exposes over a million Delhi residents to toxic emissions, flouting safety regulations for profit. Despite evidence of hazardous contamination, the UN certified the plant, allowing it to sell carbon credits globally. These credits, intended to combat climate change, instead finance operations that poison communities and violate environmental laws. This negligence undermines trust in international climate initiatives as India replicates the flawed model across its cities. Meanwhile, residents suffer severe health crises, with regulators and global bodies prioritizing economic and political interests over accountability and human rights.