In Court
flare-down: The burning of natural gas by oil firms in the Niger Delta violates the human rights of local people and should be stopped immediately, ruled the high court of Benin City in Nigeria. The
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Subsidised by mining
Over the past few years, Indian plants pay Rs 40 per tonne of limestone as royalty to state governments. According to information provided to the Green Rating Project, on an average, industry spent Rs 74 per tonne of limestone used for all mining and related activities (including royalties, dead rent, operating expenses and reclamation).
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Fiery protest
To protest against mining activity by the Canadian company Ascendant Copper Corporation, in Ecuador, dozens of residents recently burnt down a building owned by the company. "The company is
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Healthy employment
Trade unionists and environment experts from around the world have agreed that environmental rights such as access to clean water, health care and energy be made part of workers rights.<br><br> The decision was taken during a conference on labour and environment organised by the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi from January 15-17, 2006.<br>
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BYTES
conversation stoppers: Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US have developed a new strategy to fight bacterial infections. They have designed a group of small organic molecules
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Not wasted
New compromise excuse to grab
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Gandhian social worker Indu Tikekar passes away
"Only if science and development turn away from
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Prop review
Panel set up to study MSPs
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The truth sinks in
Amazon forests release more CO<sub>2</sub> than what they absorb
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Lakhs out of lac
A village in Madhya Pradesh prospers by reverting to its traditional means of livelihood
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Clean blow
Reliance asked to guarantee Rs 300 crore for new plant
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Heavy metal
Russia recently imposed a ban on salmon imports from Norway from January 1, 2006. Moscow cited dangerously high levels of lead and cadmium in the fish and inadequate Norwegian monitoring system, as
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lovenia, Greece on EU notice
The European Commission (<font class="UCASE">ec</font>) recently issued a second formal warning to Slovenia to implement European Union rules on the prevention of sea pollution. In case of further non-compliance, <font class="UCASE">ec</font> threatened to drag the East European country to the court of the European Communities in Luxembourg. <br>
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Cost of living
The shipbreakers of Alang are an exasperated lot. "As it is we are crippled by excise duty and competition. Then these Greenpeace activists make business tough for us. Shipbreaking falls under 32 government departments. How are we supposed to operate,' says R K Jain, operator of a ship breaking plot and an ancillary steel rolling mill in Alang.<br>
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Pesticide jeopardy
<font class="UCASE">a division</font> Bench of Kerala High Court has once again directed the state government to conduct another epidemiological study in the cashew plantation areas in Kerala and trace out the factors responsible for health problems in areas such as Padre and Cheemeni in Kasaragod district. <br>
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Creating another deluge?
The Concerned Citizen's Commission, a coalition of citizens groups, has submitted its enquiry report on the Mumbai deluge of July 26, 2005. The report holds poor drainage, sanitation and waste management system to be primarily responsible for the floods. But the Maharashtra government is yet to pay heed to the report. Rather, it is busy de-silting river Mithi, a task inaugurated a few weeks ago.
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NEWS SNIPPETS
• Footage of Australian naturalist Steve Irwin's death will never be broadcast, his widow Terri has said in her first interview since his death in early September. "What purpose would that
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Windfall loss
Tax breaks Public money for private gain
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Not conserved
The last frontier of the Bengal floodplains, the Sunderbans is a sprawling archipelago of several hundred islands, some large, some minuscule, stretching nearly 300 km between West Bengal and Bangladesh.
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Unbearable!
Polar bears in Arctic are suffering due to industrial chemicals