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Aerosol research is still in its infancy. Further studies will reveal the definitive long term impact of these tiny particles
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VIETNAM
Multinational toba-cco companies faced with shrinking markets and increasing restrictions in the industrialised world, are wooing consumers throughout the newly-opened econo-mies of Loas, Cam-bodia,
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The new order
T R Balu has to become more important for the environment than judges of the Supreme Court
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Daily Air Pollution Forecasts for Delhi
<p>An advanced notification system on daily air quality is developed for the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi, under the "Clean Air for Delhi 2010 and Beyond" program.
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Sops for devil’s engines
<p style="line-height: 22px; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With generous dispensing of cheap diesel to rich car owners, the government
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Lifted into prosperity
Community lift irrigation management systems have ushered in a new era in Shankerpura
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The fruits of water
Orchards in Vansda transform distant dream into reality as people unite to store and use the water that would usually run off
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Hoarding the rain
Check dams have marked a watershed in the chronically parched village of Hivare in Maharashtra
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False predictions
For years, energy experts and foresters have believed that the poor will eat away the forests of the developing world like locusts in order to meet their ever-growing firewood demand.
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Passing the ball around
Court blames the authorities. Every one passes the buck
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IN COURT
J&K project through: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently granted a stay on a decision by the state government to cancel a contract for the 1,200-MW Sawalakote hydroelectric power project. The
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Fatal bearing
Birds in the US have deformed beaks due to pollution
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Follow Up
Two managers of a fats recycling firm have been charged with fraud for Europe's dioxin-in-food scare ( Down To Earth , Vol 8, No 4). "There are two people who have been questioned by the judge, a
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Bytes
calling trouble: As per a study of Sweden-based Karolinska Institutet, 10 or more years of mobile phone use increases the risk of acoustic neuroma, a tumour on the auditory nerve. no more
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Environmentally unsound
Union budget 2002 03: all the right noises, all the wrong measures
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Have lead, will damage
The first episode of an S&T serial on STAR Plus takes a hard look at the havoc caused by lead emissions and strategies to counter this.
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Cute nightmare
Racoons, once the cute and cuddly pets, have now become a serious threat to agriculture in Japan
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Children: victims of war and poverty
WAR HAS emerged as a major child-killer in the 1980s. Some 1.5 million children died in conflicts; Five million were turned into refugees and another 12 million were rendered homeless. War caused
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Tapping our tradition
Concerted efforts have been launched to promote traditional water harvesting systems in the desert area of Kutch in Gujarat. Abdasa Development Forum, Saurashtra Trust, Kutch Mahila Vikas Sanga-than,
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Going overboard with development?
A new project seeks to examine the environmental degradation due to development in Kochi