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Mainstream on the cutting edge

The environmental movement in the USA began with the bleeding heart propagation of a pastoral ideal: the national parks. The founders of the Sierra Club were all passionate woodsmen first and philanthropes later
- 30/04/1994
- - Green Spaces
  - United States Of America (US)
Nucleus of disaster

Are the recent accidents at the Tarapur nuclear facility early warnings of a catastrophe in the making?
- 14/09/1995
Anxiety helps hasten ozone safety deadlines

Despite Third World pleas for generous grace periods, Montreal Protocol nations have moved forward the phase out dates for chemicals threatening the ozone layer. The hastening was prompted in part by scary reports of increasing ozone depletion.
- 14/12/1992
- Down To Earth
A long haul

Decentralisation in Kerala is the work of a persistent civil society
- 14/07/2000
Filthy lucre

US's Democrats and Republicans break common bread over the fairness, or otherwise, of the Regulatory Reform Bill that could make industry accountable for the phenomenal fouling of America
- 14/09/1995
- Down To Earth
Catching viruses

Brand new infectious maladies such as Jacobson's disease have begun to plague the world, despite better sanitation and medication in developed countries
- 14/11/1994
Net gain

Villagers around Tawa reservoir in Madhya Pradesh are finally allowed to retain fishing rights
- 14/01/2002
- Down To Earth
Handmade paper industry flourishes in Latur

When you hear about Latur, you remember earthquakes, drought, and disaster. But making beauty out of ashes is what the Kalpakala Industry deserves credit for. Over the last three decades, the ubiquitous handmade paper has seen a flourishing business in La
- 14/02/2004
- Down To Earth
Land of sufferance

People of a village in Orissa wage a battle against mining companies to protect their lands
- 14/09/1999
- - Mining
  - Bauxite
  - Displacement
  - Tribals
  - Industry
  - Governance
  - Orissa (Odisha)
The contours of repression

The government has consistently steamrolled opposition to the Sardar Sarovar project
- 30/05/1994
Shortsighted

Government and industry found wanting
- 29/11/2005
30,000 farmers demand Hirakud dam water

Western Orissa is witnessing an upheaval. In the eye of the storm is the Hirakud dam. Over 300,000 farmers dependent on its water for irrigation are indignant that industries springing up around the dam are sucking away the water they had been waiting for
- 30/12/2007
The way ahead

Good values are necessary for achieving balanced social and economic development
- 30/03/1999
Ministerial reprieve

The Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) had several New Year presents for Indian industry. Environment minister Kamal Nath -- for the umpteenth time -- relaxed his schedule for gross
- 14/03/1993
- Down To Earth
High hopes

Conservation area projects in Nepal prove that people and protected areas need not be mutually exclusive
- 14/06/2001
Old malaria control method regains ground

Destroying mosquito larvae with the help of fish is not only environment frinedly, but a profitable venture too
- 30/07/1992
- Down To Earth
- - Fish
  - Malaria
  - Health Care
  - Vector Control
  - India
  - Gujarat
  - Karnataka
Servicing The Corporate Underbelly

The murky dealings of the world s largest public relations agency
- 29/09/2000
Kerala Knowledge Inc

Kerala shows the way by going for a decentralised method to protect its unique biodiversity
- 14/06/2001
- Down To Earth
- - Environment
  - Traditional Knowledge
  - Flora
  - Fauna
  - Biodiversity
  - Research
  - Scientists
  - Panchayats
  - Kerala
  - Ernakulam
Water out of stone

A lift irrigation system helps tribals in Gujarat fight the tyranny of the seasons
- 30/07/1995
- Grassroots
Greens scream blue murder

Environmentalists and Democrats in America gear up to tackle the Republican "onslaught" on landmark protection laws
- 30/05/1995
- Down To Earth