Snuffing out lives with pollution
Premature deaths and disease caused by a polluted environment is the most pressing problem in the world today, says a WHO report prepared for the Earth Summit
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The green goblins
Only those industrial processes, which are almost non polluting should be reserved for the small scale sector
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Energy aplenty
The recycling option has once again shown that wastes like bagasse and wheat straw can be profitably used to generate energy, which could in all probability, ease the continuing energy shortage
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Farm community abandons old practice
A Nepalese community that grows vegetables using traditional techniques is now succumbing to population pressures and rapid urbanisation.
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Weed them out
The challenge is how to isolate gross polluters from the vehicle fleet and send them back to the manufacturers
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Opinions
Our position is that USA is the biggest culprit in the world. ---Environment minister Kamal Nath on the eve of his departure to Rio We cannot permit the extreme in the environmental
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DTC: OUT OF GAS?
With the deadline for converting its entire bus fleet to compressed natural gas drawing near, the Delhi Transport Corporation looks for excuses and more time to meet its target as it plays into the hands of the diesel lobby
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Targeting the paper industry
Higher rates have to be charged if the Indian paper industry is to learn a much needed lesson in water conservation.
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Manna from the sky
You can now 'telecommute' for sustainable use of resources and take an 'edutainment' break! overseeing more than what an overseas aid by a developing country does, satellite info is the emerging poverty alleviation mantra for developing nations
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The verdict
What the judiciary needs to do is to put the heat on the regulatory and executive agencies of the country and improve the country's environmental governance systems
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UP farmers continue protest over land acquisition by Reliance
Following farmers' protests against their displacement for land acquired for special economic zones (sezs), the central government on January 22, 2007, held up approvals for fresh sezs. So far, the
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"Biological control is the way out"
Dr. R D Gautam, principal scientist and in charge of the Plant Health Clinic, speaks to Down To Earth
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Coating Autonomy With Colonialism
In the year of UNCED, the green movement continued to take tosses in the global context. The perception of the environmental crisis as mainly being a failure of technology and management was only one obstacle. Even more disastrous, UNCED paved the way for
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Tackling Corruption
Fighting corruption requires a determined response
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Green drive
A new cycle rickshaw, that is easier to drive, has hit the roads of Agra. A zero emission vehicle at last
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Facing the flood
How prepared is Bihar?
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Cosmetic concern
At a time when USA is banning MTBE , Indian public sector companies, with the blessings of the petroleum ministry babus, are promoting its use
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Two-nation theory
In a country so sharply divided between wealth and poverty, luxury and survival, the widening gap between what politicians say and what they do will lead to disaster <br>
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Way out of a fix
The heart of the matter is that the government must learn to work with the civil society, its media and the public
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Brave attempt at a health policy
At the end of day, the biggest <br>problem is the lack of public pressure.<br>Indian people think very little about<br> their health till they fall ill <br>