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N Tangle
Ireland has initiated legal action against the UK, contending that the controversial Sellafield nuclear plant be shut down since it pollutes the Irish Sea with radioactive waste and is at risk of
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Profits nose dive
The period between 1992-93 to 1995-96 was the boom time for the Indian pulp and paper mills. According to The Stranger , published by Greenpeace, the mills enjoyed a profit range of
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Floating nightmare
the world's first floating nuclear power plant, already under construction in Russia, will start operating by the year 2001. While Russian engineers are eagerly calculating its export potential,
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Ban on Japan sought
australia said it was seeking an injunction to halt "experimental' fishing by Japan for southern bluefin tuna. Australia has accused Japan of using science to disguise commercial fishing and
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Stages towards a clean paper industry
Paper companies: 55 mills now produce totally chlorine free, high-quality bleached pulp. Province of Ontario: Pulp mills must eliminate organachlorine discharges by 2002. British Columbia:
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Nuke is no good
DO YOU want a nuclear plant in your vicinity? This will be the question which residents of the Kostroma district in north-east Russia will answer in a referendum to be held on December
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Mexico
Pemex, the Mexican government oil industry, has been held accountable for damaging the environment, health and economy of people in the Atasta peninsula. Greenpeace, cemda (Mexi can Center
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"Polluters are today s environmentalists"
Crusader for the rights of over eight million Indian fisherfolk, <font class='UCASE'>Thomas Kochery</font> , 57, made news headlines when he rejected the US $150,000 Fellowship of Pew foundation of Massachusetts, USA. He was recently elected unanimously
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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
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Troubled island
Unchecked pollution in Eloor has lead to high disease incidences
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Under siege
India, seen as a dumpyard by the developed countries for toxic wastes, is under pressure not to ratify the Basel Ban
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What a waste
The government is yet to decide what stand to take on the international trade in recyclable waste as banning it completely will hit industry hard
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Nuclear nemesis
Russian scientists confess to dumping atomic waste near major rivers to hide their Cold War sins
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Technologies
Is the state of technology an obstacle in implementing renewable future? Or is the current price of this technology out of our reach?
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No banking on the World Bank...
... when its controversial actions invariably invite flak
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Bumpy ride
At the recent Berlin Climate Summit, amid North South wrangles, an agreement was reached to detail how to and who has to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Too high a price
Unwitting subjects to a 1954 nuclear experiment, the former inhabitants of a Pacific atoll continue to suffer
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What it takes to clean a river
It is the tale of two European rivers. The Rhine and the Danube. No river system in the world has a density of industrial agglomerations comparable to that of the Rhine. The river connects the economies of some of the richest countries, while the Danube l
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Squabbles thwart Third World projects
North vs South differences of opinion and the donor countries' control over funds has impeded the phasing out of ozone depleting substances in the developing countries