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better chick-pea variety: Scientists from New Delhi-based Indian Agricultural Research Institute have developed a drought-resistant variety of chick-pea. The variety, Pusa-1053, has a yield of about
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Mean bean
altered soyabeans from the us have raked up frenzied protests in both Switzerland and Germany. This has followed Europe's insistence that us segregate its genetically-engineered
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Bypass for filth
The common effluent treatment plants (CETPs), set to deal with industrial effluents, have two problems: they are overloaded and incapable of dealing with the toxins in the effluents. Most CEPTs in
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Up in arms
EVEN as the Greenpeace docks its 20- boat strong protest flotilla at the 'Mururoa and the Fangataufa atolls - the sites for the series of nuclear weapon tests that France proposes to conduct
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Each computer leaves a toxic trail
>> Computers, the hub of modern business and lifestyle, are considered to be the vanguard of clean technology that has freed us from the use of paper and unnecessary transportation. By default, the
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Ship breaking set to get a fillip despite blaze in Gujarat yard
six people died recently in a fire at the Alang ship-breaking yard in Gujarat. The issue of workers' safety and the environmental implications of this highly polluting activity have come to the fore
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A hazardous voorkshop
The Dakar workshop on toxic waste trade left both the exporting countries and green activists fuming
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INDIA
• The ministry of environment and forests has banned setting up of new units to manufacture aerosols pro ducts using ozone depleting substances (ODS). Aerosols use ODS such as
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New threat
high levels of plutonium has been found in sediments at the end of Sellafield nuclear discharge pipeline. It even exceeds plutonium contamination levels found in the sea at Russia's Novaya
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Moscow introduces GM free label
Moscow recently announced that all genetically modified (gm) food in the city will now have a city-wide label. Ecologists welcomed the move while producers called it a complex and expensive
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Brazilian soy traders help preserve Amazon
Bowing to pressure from consumer and environmental groups, Brazilian soy traders have stopped buying soybeans grown in the Amazon basin for the time being. The move is an effort to preserve the
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Ashish Kothari
Ashish Kothari began working on environment and development issues in his school days in 1978-79, as one of the founders of Kalpavriksh, an Indian environmental NGO. A graduate in Sociology, Ashish has
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Patenting life forms
Europe approves the legislation for patenting organisms
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Sorabjee slams N-liability Bill
New Delhi: In the 25th year of the world
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Energy revolution: a sustainable world energy outlook
This publication provides stimulating analysis on future scenarios of energy use, which focus on a range of technologies that are expected to emerge in the coming years and decades. There is now universal recognition of the fact that new technologies and much greater use of some that already exist provide the most hopeful prospects for mitigation of emissions of GHGs.
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CFLs at rock bottom prices
LUCKNOW: Invariably, it costs between Rs 80 and Rs 100. But how about a CFL worth Rs 15? That could be a possibility in case the power companies from Uttar Pradesh government make a serious representation before the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
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Canada Energy At Risk In Low-Carbon Standard: Group
Rules to add costs to fuels that emit the highest levels of carbon dioxide would deny millions of Americans access to stable Canadian energy and add to the nation's security risks, an interest group backed by oil companies said Thursday.
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Lacking teeth
Why the French pollution tax is unlikely to produce results
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Iron, steel, and dioxins
Canada and the US are going to investigate dioxin emissions from iron and steel plants
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The melting pot: regulations for radiological emergency in India
Review by Greenpeace on regulations and emergency procedures relating to radiological facilities in India, in response to the Mayapuri accident. Exposes inadequacy in existing policies & lists recommendations for emergency preparedness & management of radiation-related incidents.<br />