Ajmal Khan A. T.

Protesting against nuclear energy in India

By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Content warning: mentions of police brutality. According to India’s minister of state, Jitendra Singh, “nuclear power plants are likely to generate about 9% of the country’s electricity by 2047.” This year will also mark 100 years of independence from Britain’s colonial occupation of India. Nuclear power will help India achieve an emission rate of “Net-Zero by 2070.”  However, Dr. Ajmal Khan A.T., author, environmental scholar, and postdoctoral fellow of Harvard University, explained that things aren’t as idyllic as they seem. In his most recent lecture, hosted by SFU and the David Lam Centre, Khan presented…

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