Vijay Jayaraj

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  Feb 11, 2019

  Millions in US escape winter disaster, thanks to the pro-coal government

  There has been a colossal shift in our attitude towards cold winters, preparation for them, and our choice of energy systems to keep us warm. One major trigger for this shift is the belief that global warming has made our world warmer and that winters won’t be as cold as they used to be.

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  Jan 18, 2019

  Prayer for 2019: A call to pray for missions, leaders, and development

  The least a believer can do is pray for the poor and hurting in our world. Here are three things you can pray for and why they are important in God’s grand scheme of things.

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  Aug 29, 2018

  Churches' Assistance Following South India Floods Continues a Long Tradition

  Responses to the floods in the southern India state of Kerala that began August 8 and continued for nearly a week reminded many here of the indispensable role the church played in the development of India.

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  Aug 16, 2018

  Church and Climate Change — Love Thy Neighbor, With Truth

  The Christian church worldwide has always sought to improve people's welfare. How then, in light of the best scientific and historical knowledge, ought the church to respond to climate change? Of all the environmental issues at our hand, climate change is the most controversial and most talked about issue in the last two decades.

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  Jul 31, 2018

  An Unlikely Tool for Environmental Redemption in a Plastic World

  I am in Southern India and there is plastic everywhere. Last spring, my travel across Southern India took me to beautiful landscapes and interesting places. But all those places had one thing in common. They were littered with plastic.

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  Jul 13, 2018

  Anti-Science Attitude and Media Lies: Your Blinded Climate Friend

  Climate change is divisive. While most conservatives tend to be skeptical of the dangers of climate change, most liberals tend to exaggerate them.

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  Oct 18, 2017

  How Two Christians and Climate Change Saved India

  Climate plays a critical role in determining the success of crop production in any country. India, home to 1.2 billion people, was favored by two key allies — faith and climate change.

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  Oct 10, 2017

  To Help India's Poor, Understand Difference Between Pollution and Climate Change

  While Delhi has had this problem for the past two decades, recently people have begun associating it with climate change. But a retrospect into the West's industrial era helps us understand why Delhi is grappling with this air pollution — and it's not climate change.

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  Apr 22, 2016

  Earth Day: The Climate Change Circus Hurts India's Poor

  India's failure to address poverty can be conveniently attributed to its population challenge, corruption (both in National and State governments), and its domestic policies. But the country can no longer deny the growing influence of the climate circus, which is beginning to impact its energy policy and eventually its economic growth.

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  Mar 10, 2016

  Climate Change, Population Control and Indoctrination: What Environmental Science Teaches

  While my undergraduate study did not leave any room for critical understanding of the science behind environmental sciences and climate change, my postgraduate study was at the other extreme.