Himachal cement plants face flak
The Himachal government's plans to install cement plants in the state create a none too happy situation
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Right medicine?
Doubts are raised over the efficacy of two herbal medicines for asthma
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Lesson from school students
A high school in the Swedish town of Stensund is an educational centre that can teach the world a lesson on how to manage wastewater.
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Atmospheres elsewhere
Scientists are studying atmospheres on other planets in the solar system to learn more about the evolution of climates
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The way ahead
Good values are necessary for achieving balanced social and economic development
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Carry the burden
Of your waste, the government needs to tell the plastic industry. Other countries have done so. At times, to developing nations detriment. India needs to learn and adapt
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Widespread disagreement may mar WSSD
Emil Salim, chair of the global preparatory committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) and former Indonesian environment minister has urged India's Prime Minister, Atal Bihari
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Kudremukh closure
SC directs KIOCL to shut mining operations
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Karachi's garbage plans
ignoring the growing worldwide concern over waste-to-energy plants and incineration, the district administration in Karachi has tied up with a Malaysian firm to build a similar plant. The project
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Hard tech
New technology to develop steel is on the forge
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Stopping dead in tracks
Lack of a coherent environmental policy is the main drawback of Hero Puch. It badly needs to shift gears to address green concerns
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Timarpur waste management company in Delhi set to revive plant
Timarpur waste management company in Delhi set to revive plant
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London gallery displays recycled human waste
Three rooms of London's Lisson Gallery are currently home to 21 blocks of recycled human waste.  I walk in between them, passing my fingers over the surface of one, round the corner of
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SAARC ratifies committee on environment
The ad hoc South Asian technical committee for environmental reforms is accorded permanent status
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A handmaiden of the West
The Stockholm Convention is against the interests of the developing world
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Who killed the birds?
Avian habitats face numerous threats There has been a lot of change in the physical environment of our country in the past five decades, notes eminent ornithologist Zafar Futehally. "In the
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Lax easing: Change system, share benefits
In the absence of stringent laws and strong institutions, mining remains one of the most unregulated of activities in the country despite its huge social and environmental fallouts. It may be
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In short
golden danger: The fragile eco-system of Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana's largest natural lake, is in danger. Ghana's mineral commission has reportedly permitted a Canadian exploration and development
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In Court
Pointless: A US federal appeals court recently heard arguments on a five-year-old battle over whether the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2)
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Black carbon: are the poor easy answers
<p>There has been a growing interest in the issue of black carbon -- light absorbing carbon particles, also called soot in our world. It was earlier believed that these particles cooled the Earth, now scientists say the impact is the reverse. The particles absorb sunlight and warm up the atmosphere and so the earth. Also, deposits on snow, absorb sunlight and so heat and melt the glaciers.