Travesty of law
MORE than 200 fisherfolk from Andhra Pradesh went on a hunger strike in New Delhi recently to protest against the Aquaculture Authority Bill, 1997, which would virtually nullify the Supreme
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Pure warmth
Now people can have the comfort of a fireplace in their homes without having to worry about air pollution, Superior Fireplace Co of California, US, has designed a natural-gas fireplace which
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Courting green
When the executive fails, people seek redressal from courts. In some cases, the courts have merely put the seal of approval on the actions of citizens' pressure groups. In others, the remedies have only addressed the problems in part. The earth still bl
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Clean up actions
• Finalisation of master plan of Udaipur city, setting apart adequate areas for construction of hotels and prohibiting new construction within 200m of the lakes. • Diversion of all
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Uncut version
The original procedure laid down in June 2002, prior to the deletion of clause 9, to test and certify a genset
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Carbon trading exchange in Sri Lanka
sri lanka is all set to introduce a legislation to facilitate the country's first carbon trading exchange programme. The programme aims to include projects that reduce greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions
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Farce of a crisis
This is not a crisis of CNG buses for Delhi but a crisis of governance
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Rainmaker
Droughts in west Africa over the past 20 years may have been caused by the destruction of rainforests in countries such as Nigeria, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, and further defore station in the region
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Billed to kill
The ministry of agriculture is planning to push through a bill in the current Parliament session which, if passed, will thwart last year's Supreme Court (SC) decision to ban coastal aquaculture farms
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Waste welfare
a novel method of managing food waste from school meals has not only generated economic and environmental dividends, but also established a kinship between urban and rural people. The food waste is
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Troubled by breath
Those who have had fewer respiratory diseases when young are the ones who are more susceptible to asthma
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Microbial alchemy
Research on microorganisms is carried out in several stages comprised easy operations
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Evaporating resources
The picture that emerges in this water rich country is indeed frightening. And even more worrisome is that nobody is doing anything about it
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Jammed!
The state of our nation
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Treating symptoms will not cure the disease
IN A SITUATION where material on environmental law is by and large scattered, the bringing together of case, statutory and analytical material, through careful selection and critique, is of
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GAJARAULA
There is no evidence more conclusive about the state of air pollution in Gajraula, a sleepy industrial town in Uttar Pradesh, than the air itself. As one enters the town, breathing becomes difficult.
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Mysterious spill
AN OIL slick in the English Channel is threatening marine life along a 225 km stretch of the southeastern coast of England. "This is the first major incident of its kind that we have had since the
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Troubled times
Heavy sedimentation, high evaporative and seepage losses and water pollution are some of the problems afflicting nadis
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The American angle
NEW YORK has pipped Taiwan, Hong Kong and other Southeast Asian countries in carrying out illegal trade in tiger parts. A major undercover survey of Chinese supermarkets and pharmacies by the
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Regulator under a cloud
The organisation Californians for Alternatives to Toxics (cats) has sued the state's department of pesticide regulation (dpr) for not following the California Environmental Quality Act. The