tanka dhakal
@tankadhakal.bsky.social
Independent journalist from Nepal || MS in Investigative reporting at Indiana University || Environment, climate change, science and community.
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In Panama, Indigenous midwives say birthing herbs are becoming harder to find.
Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
Traditional Medicine at Risk of Extinction in a Warming World
Environmental stress from extreme weather is altering the chemical composition of medicinal plants, changing their therapeutic properties, and making traditional remedies less predictable or…
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December 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In Panama, Indigenous midwives say birthing herbs are becoming harder to find.
Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
Residents of Thini village in Nepal’s Trans-Himalayan Mustang region are struggling to maintain their ancestral mudbrick houses as heavier, more frequent rain and snow are causing roof leaks and weakening the mud-stone walls.
Story for @mongabay.com
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November 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Residents of Thini village in Nepal’s Trans-Himalayan Mustang region are struggling to maintain their ancestral mudbrick houses as heavier, more frequent rain and snow are causing roof leaks and weakening the mud-stone walls.
Story for @mongabay.com
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Story for @mongabay.com
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"Severe air pollution from urban emissions during Nepal’s Gen-Z protests has sent vulnerable groups to hospitals with serious respiratory complications." Uprooter @tankadhakal.bsky.social for @thexylom.com
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Nepal's Air Got More Toxic During Gen-Z Protests
“Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for ...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Severe air pollution from urban emissions during Nepal’s Gen-Z protests has sent vulnerable groups to hospitals with serious respiratory complications." Uprooter @tankadhakal.bsky.social for @thexylom.com
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“Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for respiratory complications,” Dr. Bam explains.
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Nepal's Air Got More Toxic During Gen-Z Protests
“Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for…
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October 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for respiratory complications,” Dr. Bam explains.
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Though Nepal is also no stranger to political movements — the country has seen two revolutions since 1990 — recent Gen-Z protests were marked by escalation of force. A local official told AFP that tear gas entered the hospital where she worked, making it difficult for doctors to treat the wounded.
Nepal's Air Got More Toxic During Gen-Z Protests
“Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for…
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October 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Though Nepal is also no stranger to political movements — the country has seen two revolutions since 1990 — recent Gen-Z protests were marked by escalation of force. A local official told AFP that tear gas entered the hospital where she worked, making it difficult for doctors to treat the wounded.
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"Severe air pollution from urban emissions during Nepal’s Gen-Z protests has sent vulnerable groups to hospitals with serious respiratory complications. A similar pattern emerged in June 2020, when Portland police unleashed excessive tear gas to control racial justice protests."
“Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for respiratory complications,” Dr. Bam explains.
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Nepal's Air Got More Toxic During Gen-Z Protests
“Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for…
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October 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"Severe air pollution from urban emissions during Nepal’s Gen-Z protests has sent vulnerable groups to hospitals with serious respiratory complications. A similar pattern emerged in June 2020, when Portland police unleashed excessive tear gas to control racial justice protests."
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NEW: Severe air pollution during Nepal's Gen-Z protests has sent vulnerable groups to hospitals with serious respiratory complications. It echoes research that evaluated the effects of excessive chemical munitions use in urban areas during the George Floyd protests, writes @tankadhakal.bsky.social:
Nepal’s Gen-Z Protests Are Fueling Its Toxic Air Pollution Crisis
“Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for ...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
NEW: Severe air pollution during Nepal's Gen-Z protests has sent vulnerable groups to hospitals with serious respiratory complications. It echoes research that evaluated the effects of excessive chemical munitions use in urban areas during the George Floyd protests, writes @tankadhakal.bsky.social:
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Some of our best work is powered by student journalists, and @tankadhakal.bsky.social is no exception.
Today, Indiana University, where tanka currently studies, ordered its student newspaper to end all print publication. @thexylom.com will continue to provide an outlet to bypass campus censorship.
Today, Indiana University, where tanka currently studies, ordered its student newspaper to end all print publication. @thexylom.com will continue to provide an outlet to bypass campus censorship.
October 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Some of our best work is powered by student journalists, and @tankadhakal.bsky.social is no exception.
Today, Indiana University, where tanka currently studies, ordered its student newspaper to end all print publication. @thexylom.com will continue to provide an outlet to bypass campus censorship.
Today, Indiana University, where tanka currently studies, ordered its student newspaper to end all print publication. @thexylom.com will continue to provide an outlet to bypass campus censorship.
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Oil and gas industry wants to be able to dump highly toxic fracking wastewater—full of benzene and heavy metals, often radioactive—with more abandon, including in rivers and streams, and White House is open to that.
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EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater - Inside Climate News
Technology to treat produced water has advanced. But critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very hazardous material.”
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March 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Oil and gas industry wants to be able to dump highly toxic fracking wastewater—full of benzene and heavy metals, often radioactive—with more abandon, including in rivers and streams, and White House is open to that.
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“In a few short weeks, President Trump has severely damaged the government’s ability to fight climate change, upending American environmental policy with moves that could have lasting implications for the country, and the planet.”
By David GellesLisa Friedman & @bradplumer.bsky.social
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By David GellesLisa Friedman & @bradplumer.bsky.social
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How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate Policy (Gift Article)
President Trump has quickly transformed America’s approach to the environment, withholding funds and stretching the limits of presidential power.
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March 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“In a few short weeks, President Trump has severely damaged the government’s ability to fight climate change, upending American environmental policy with moves that could have lasting implications for the country, and the planet.”
By David GellesLisa Friedman & @bradplumer.bsky.social
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By David GellesLisa Friedman & @bradplumer.bsky.social
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“There are 122 Weather Service offices spread across the [U.S] that provide regional forecasting and issue warnings for things like violent storms. It was unclear this week just how many of the roughly 4,000 Weather Service employees had lost their jobs.”
By @amyjeangraff.bsky.social & Camille Baker
By @amyjeangraff.bsky.social & Camille Baker
Cuts to National Weather Service Leave Forecasters Reeling (Gift Article)
“Lives are being put in danger,” one meteorologist warned, as some experts feared the cuts will harm public safety.
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March 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“There are 122 Weather Service offices spread across the [U.S] that provide regional forecasting and issue warnings for things like violent storms. It was unclear this week just how many of the roughly 4,000 Weather Service employees had lost their jobs.”
By @amyjeangraff.bsky.social & Camille Baker
By @amyjeangraff.bsky.social & Camille Baker
An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude struck in the early hours of February 28 (local time) in the central-eastern part of Nepal. Epicenter was in Sindhupalchwok-one of the worst affected districts in 2015 earthquake, and then catastrophic flash flood in 2021. So far no update on damage.
February 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude struck in the early hours of February 28 (local time) in the central-eastern part of Nepal. Epicenter was in Sindhupalchwok-one of the worst affected districts in 2015 earthquake, and then catastrophic flash flood in 2021. So far no update on damage.
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Indiana lawmakers try to redefine methane and propane as clean sources of energy to obtain state and federal funding for green energy projects.
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Indiana natural gas bill would redefine the fossil fuel as green energy
The bill that would redefine a fossil fuel as clean energy has passed through Indiana's Senate.
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February 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Indiana lawmakers try to redefine methane and propane as clean sources of energy to obtain state and federal funding for green energy projects.
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Now studying in the US for a Master's in investigative journalism, @tankadhakal.bsky.social tells us what he's seeing, and feeling, during the Trump immigration crackdown. Full episode - bit.ly/Tankajourno
February 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Now studying in the US for a Master's in investigative journalism, @tankadhakal.bsky.social tells us what he's seeing, and feeling, during the Trump immigration crackdown. Full episode - bit.ly/Tankajourno
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Catrin Einhorn @catrineinhorn.bsky.social describes how experts who worked on an environmental report, that was ended by President Trump, “are figuring out how to finish and publish it outside the government.”
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Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
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February 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Catrin Einhorn @catrineinhorn.bsky.social describes how experts who worked on an environmental report, that was ended by President Trump, “are figuring out how to finish and publish it outside the government.”
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Hello Bluesky! 🌊
I share stories of communities facing water challenges head-on—their resilience, innovations, and hope. My focus: climate adaptation, water safety, and flood recovery. Looking forward to connecting and exchanging ideas here! 💫
Learn more at joepjanssen.com
I share stories of communities facing water challenges head-on—their resilience, innovations, and hope. My focus: climate adaptation, water safety, and flood recovery. Looking forward to connecting and exchanging ideas here! 💫
Learn more at joepjanssen.com
Joep Janssen
Sharing stories of coastal communities tackling water challenges. Learn how they adapt to climate change, improve water safety, and recover from floods.
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February 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Hello Bluesky! 🌊
I share stories of communities facing water challenges head-on—their resilience, innovations, and hope. My focus: climate adaptation, water safety, and flood recovery. Looking forward to connecting and exchanging ideas here! 💫
Learn more at joepjanssen.com
I share stories of communities facing water challenges head-on—their resilience, innovations, and hope. My focus: climate adaptation, water safety, and flood recovery. Looking forward to connecting and exchanging ideas here! 💫
Learn more at joepjanssen.com
A small group of waste workers is helping keep the world’s highest mountain from becoming inundated with human excrement.
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Keeping Mt. Everest clean - Asia Democracy Chronicles
A small group of waste workers is helping keep the world’s highest mountain from becoming inundated with human excrement.
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February 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
A small group of waste workers is helping keep the world’s highest mountain from becoming inundated with human excrement.
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