The crossover
Fuel cells are more important to a developing country like India than developed countries. But the corporate sector is slow.
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US inflexibility on farm subsidies stalls Doha talks
There is still no sign that the Doha round of talks on cutting farm subsidies and trade barriers are making much progress at ongoing talks in Geneva, with the <font class="UCASE">us</font> demanding t
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Dirty detergents
Detergents are rated for how ecofriendly they are
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Reaching out
A project in Rajasthan involved rural communities to evolve better communication methods by integrating local talents and traditional methods for dissemination of agriculture based information
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Swamped in weeds
A flood tolerant and drought resistant weed spreads along the Cauvery delta, badly affecting agricultural production
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Indifferent strokes
A four-stroke scooter is all set to hit the market. But in the absence of data, it is too early to tell if it is any different
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The colour of fashion
Eco friendly clothes look cool on the ramp model, but how long will they stay in vogue?
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Polluters take a fall
Heavy polluters have to pay heavy fines. Truck manufacturers realise this the hard way
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Fuels for the future
Despite being clean, alternative fuels fail to become the first choice
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Who benefits?
Plans have to include all people Mukund Gauns who owns about 4 ha of land in Caranzalem in Taleigao, used to grow paddy. "I grow vegetables now, I cannot cultivate paddy anymore because there
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Cost of living
The shipbreakers of Alang are an exasperated lot. "As it is we are crippled by excise duty and competition. Then these Greenpeace activists make business tough for us. Shipbreaking falls under 32 government departments. How are we supposed to operate,' says R K Jain, operator of a ship breaking plot and an ancillary steel rolling mill in Alang.<br>
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Learning from mistakes
I have written this before and I want to repeat it again: The Western economic model which we are following with such keenness is a highly toxic model. Toxicity is inherent in it. It is built
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Noise and a sane voice
We hope that this voice of academics, professionals and scientists will become a shout and then a scream very soon
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Discounting the future
What is the guarantee that the rules being set to control global warming will take India s economic interests into account?
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Trade Unions
Trade unions have been irresponsible towards the environment because of poor leadership, which has failed to take proactive positions on emerging social issues
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The Marlboro people
Indian companies are learning how to fight the civil society from their Western counterparts
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Mind over matter
The change in the mindset of the rural people and in the ecology is extraordinary. The mental poverty has gone
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Saying it with pictures
The media, especially the powerful visual media likes simple messages, because they are easier to get across. But by avoiding the complexity of issues, it becomes the victim of its own limitations
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Devolution has to happen. It will
It has been a year since Anil Agarwal, the founder editor of Down To Earth, passed away. We remember him every moment. We work as his proxies. We work his dreams; they have become ours, too. His
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Don't make the world dysfunctional
It is interesting how the coalitions of the willing and the wanting shift in this world. When it comes to negotiations on ecological globalisation conventions from climate change to biodiversity