Subterranean subterfuge
Thousands of industrial units in parts of Haryana are clandestinely discarding untreated effluents into aquifers, irreversibly damaging groundwater.
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The four pillars of non conventional energy
After initial success in deriving energy from water, sun, wind and biomass, India is poised for a great leap in making these the energy sources of the future.
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OBSERVATION: Mercury rising
With lax regulations and a huge mercury loss unaccounted for, a disaster is waiting to happen in India
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The poverty of Amartya Sen
Even the "sensitive" Sen has failed to understand ecological poverty"
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Still in the Woods
The second Intergovernamental Panel on Forests discussed a lot of issues, yet remained more of a warm up for the final session
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The curse of coca
The move to use a new herbicide to eradicate the coca plant spells trouble for South America s rainforests
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Utterly bovine
UK researchers claim the Mad Cow disease is caused by Indian animal feed imports; India rubbishes hypothesis
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The small big polluter
Small-scale industries: Where regulations are meaningless and pollution control an unaffordable luxury. Can they leapfrog to cost-effective technologies and find shelter in policies that provide reservation in pollution-free sectors?<p> <font face=arial
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Closed systems, open minds
The Centre for Science and Environment CSE has been doing research on health and environment in the public interest. But most government agencies, which are there to serve the people, not only refuse to share information but also create obstacl
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Amongst footloose workers
Reminiscences from a visit to Alang about 10 years back
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Low carbon or new development model?
<p>The last two years have seen a flurry of reports that have projected the long-term greenhouse gas emissions trajectory of India, and how the country can go low-carbon and help solve the climate change crisis.
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Privatization of Water
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Privatization of Water</strong></span></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/country/nepal/private_water_hl.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid;" /></p> <p>The World Bank initiated water sector reforms aim primarily at privatizing water utilities and commercializing water resources. The water privatization policy of the World Bank articulated in a 1992 paper entitled “Improving Water Resources Management” proceeds from the belief that water availability at low or no cost is uneconomical and inefficient.</p>
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The pope supports the principle of common but differentiated responsibility, stresses social and justice concerns
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/mukul_blog.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 117px; margin: 10px; float: left;" />The Pope has said he hopes the document,
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Born dead
<i>I</i><i>n the story from the great Indian epic, </i> Mahabharat <i>, the legendary hero Arjun was once telling his wife Shubhadra how to penetrate the virtually unassailable ancient battle formation, </i> Chakravyuha <i>, destroy it and get out unscat
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Nature's minor gifts
Even as microbes -silent and efficient behind-the-screen contributors to the ecosystem -continue to revel under the spotlight abroad, in India, it has yet to acquire its due importance. Indian germplasm, aided by non-existence of biodiversity conser
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Dead fish tell tales...
...as the case of Betwa proves. Tales which have the power to move a whole town in Madhya Pradesh and send the notoriously slothful official machinery into a whirligig of activity. It is all about a people’s struggle to save the highly polluted Betwa rive
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Simply unpredictable
Despite using satellites and supercomputers, meteorologists are still baffled by the monsoon, unable to say precisely when it will occur and how good -- or bad -- it will be
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Is it on the right track?
Controversy has dogged the Konkan railway project since its inception. Today, many influential Goans are up in arms against the present alignment of the track, which, they allege, would wreck the state"s environment. Railway officials, of course, disagree
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Purifying the Ganga
"The story of the Ganges, from her source to the sea, from old times to new, is the story of India"s civilisation ..." - Jawaharlal Nehru
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Chilika: A lake in limbo
The ecology of the already shrinking Chilika lake is further threatened by the scramble among fisherfolk, farmers and traders to grabe their share of the depleting stock of fish and prawn.Meanwhile the state government too, oblivious of the lake"s deterio