Condemned
Soon after the gas leak at Century Rayon's Thane plant, which took a toll of 10 dead and 125 injured, the company was issued a closure notice by the Maharashtra state environment ministry. The
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Yamuna s DDT overload
A study carried out by H C Agarwal, P K Mittal, K B Menon and M K K Pillai of the department of zoology, University of Delhi, published in August 1985, traced DDT residues in water, bottom sediments
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Coughing up facts
according to doctors at the Royal Northern Infirmary in Inverness in the Scottish highlands, moving house may be a significant factor in contracting asthma and allergic diseases. The doctors say
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Road plan rolled
a rs 1,500-crore link road plan for India's capital city has been drawn up by the Delhi government. The plan entails the building of an express ighway from Narela to Faridabad that will link the
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Beneficial ban
Particulate emissions fall after prohibition on use of bituminous coal in Dublin
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Today's profits, tomorrow's losses
Ecological economics attempts to evaluate the environmental and other external costs that a society pays to produce a commodity
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Oil right!
By reducing the number of oil changes in buses a new recycler cuts down on emissions
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Slicky situation
an oil-spill off Mikuni on the north-western coast of Japan, is threatening wildlife and nuclear reactors. The spill was caused by the Russian oil tanker Nakhodka when it split in two and
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Idle India
While most countries have instituted measures to ensure sustainable use of resources, India remains idle
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Hot claims
Indonesian fires increased global warming in 1998?
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Action and reaction
Workers up in arms as authorities crack down on defaulting tanneries in Kolkata
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Sea change
Sea surface temperatures indirectly affect South Asian monsoons
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Cue for governance
China s wellbeing cannot be left into the hands of government officials. It is time the government informs people and empowers them
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Playing knowledge games
INFORMATION FEUDALISM . Peter Drahos with John Braithwaite . Earthscan Publications Limited . London . 2002 . Rs 920 In the last two decades, the intellectual property standards have changed
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Little warrior
Scientists discover microbe that degrades a commonly found pollutant
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Green, but expensive
environment-technology is "nice to have but ugly to pay for', in the words of Peter Fritz, managing director of Preussag Noell, a German company which deals exclusively with green technology. His
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The beacon
Several social groups are trying to restore the link between Hinduism and the environment
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What Kamal Nath said
What is your assessment of CG's handling of the spill? I visited the area a few days after the spill along with the environment secretary, the assistant inspector general of wildlife and the NIO
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Previous spills
The largest ever spill almost went unnoticed in the Western media.
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Posterity at peril
CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT (CCHE) . New York Times . Between June 6 and August 15 . 2002 In what is being termed as the most extensive advertising campaign ever done to promote