Broken promises
The automobile industry sleeps over the question of emissions warranty
The automobile industry sleeps over the question of emissions warranty
Mining will tax area's natural resources The project needs more than rich forests. It requires power generation as well as roads to transport minerals. The environmental impacts
A recent meeting on biological diversity failed to establish ground rules for implementation, as the participating nations were totally unwilling to yield.
Traditional water harvesters recount their success stories
Is your government signing away your future rights to the world s natural resources?
The Supreme Court (sc) has told the Delhi government to rid the capital of traffic congestion. In this regard, the state authorities have been instructed to control the number of vehicles plying on
Ancient traditions hold the key to sustainable management of natural resources
I have often argued that there is no village in India which cannot meet its drinking water needs if it adopts the <i>kundi </i> technology developed by the people of Rajasthan s Thar desert
The chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim, who were rated as the greenest chief ministers in a CSE survey, have retained power in their states
IN A RECENT speech, Prime Minister Narasimha Ra called upon voluntary agencies to participate actively in the country's rural development programmes and gave a categorical assurance it "is not
As the first ever assembly of the 161 member Global Environment Facility GEF draws near, many non governmental organisations are left out in the cold. Only 28 such organisations worldwide are being funded by the GEF to attend the assembly
With the demise of Sunil K Roy, often described as "a soldier, diplomat, administrator and environmentalist, all in one", environment has lost one of its best friends. Starting his career in the army
Although Bhaonta Kolyala village walked away with the Down To Earth Joseph C John Award, the judges came across several such communities worthy of praise. The Guraiya Watershed Community in Madhya Pradesh, Krushak Charcha Mandal in Maharashtra and AJCB Br
The NGO movement in South Asia has come a long way in the past 10 years. Last month, a panel discussion between some of them emphasised introspection and self-repair
The registration of non commercial diesel vehicles may soon be banned in Delhi
The Auto Fuel Policy makes a mockery of Delhi's pollution crisis by proposing a pedestrian roadmap. Live and die with pollution. You deserve nothing better, says the expert report
future lies in green tax Even after dismantling of direct subsidy on diesel in 1997, Ram Naik, the petroleum minister, admitted that indirect subsidy on diesel had risen to Rs 3 per litre.
Public pressure forces SIAM to give emissions warranty
One can already see a thousand mutinies, if not a million. These are mutinies which have a creative protest. They will inevitably increase as the crisis grows and politicians will slowly turn more and more to NGOs and the civil society for answers
It was a unique ceremony for a unique award given to a unique rural community of India. In what is perhaps the first ceremony of its kind, President K R Narayanan flew to Hamirpura, a village in Alwar district, to felicitate the village of Bhaonta Kolyala