Industry at any cost
Industrial estates of Gujarat are cesspools of filth and environmental health hazards. Yet the government is blindly promoting industry
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MONEYMAKERS
* PATENT wars are heating up. British drug manufacturer Glaxo has won one patents case against a Canadian manufacturer, but faces a second against another. Both claim Glaxo's products -- stable and
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Devil s advocate
Tobacco major Philip Morris unveils its new death policy
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The tragedy of the tropical tree
FORESTS have always been the object of cornucopian myth-making. Their very location, usually on the margins of settled agriculture reinforced this identity. Nancy Peluso takes us into a realm
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Reform begins in the factory
scores of books have been penned on sustainable develop ment, but David Wallace's study provides a short and critical appraisal of global approaches to sustainable development. The structure of
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Murky deals
Notwithstanding accusations and criticism within state government agencies themselves, for almost two decades units at the Ankleshwar industrial estate were functioning without drainage connections,
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Gold plated genocide
The third gold rush is threatening to relic the last of Amazon's indigenous people
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Miffed neighbour
Sri Lanka has raised many questions about the Sethusamudram project. About 125 NGOs had submitted a memorandum raising many concerns. "It (the Sethu project) is being implemented according to the
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When the Chinese go marching on
China's stupendous financial growth rate has exacted a stiff toll of its environment and other nations are worried that the disaster may spill over
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MONEYMAKERS
Daimler-Benz, the epitome of swank cars, is now all set to enter the world of multimedia ventures, announced Edzard Reuter, the group's chairperson. Currently, Daimler-Benz is holding "exploratory"
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New gimmick
A cigarette company launches smoking prevention programme<br>
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Environmental Davids vs trade Goliaths
HARMONISING the management of environmental and trade interests is like blending east and west -- the twain shall never meet. Not, at least, in the foreseeable future. Yet, this is the central
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Satellite images help monitor ocean warmth
Meteorologists can now use satellite pictures to keep track of hot spots in the Pacific.
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Pit falls
India's first secured hazardous waste landfill, coming up Ankleshwar, is being built and managed by Bharuch Envirci Infrastructure Limited (BEIL), a company formed for the purpose by the
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Toyota: letting India down
On May 18, 1999, the United Nations Environment Programme announced that it had elected Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan to the prestigious ranks of its Global 500 Roll of Honour for the company's
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Confusions over green tax
An ambitious Danish green tax has few takers, especially in the industrial sector
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Orissa aluminium project breaking law to build, expand
the process followed to clear a proposed expansion of Utkal Alumina International Limited's (uail's) bauxite mining and alumina refinery project in Rayagada, Orissa, has raised disturbing questions
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People first
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court rules against a mining project that would have displaced thousands of people
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Leaking joints fuel bus fires
Probes carried out to get to the root of the CNG blaze problem
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Closure ordered
SC clamps down on mining in Kudremukh National Park