Safety measure
Bangladesh's national policy on arsenic mitigation is likely to be finalised soon. Officials are deliberating on the draft policy before it is sent to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia for her nod. The
Bangladesh's national policy on arsenic mitigation is likely to be finalised soon. Officials are deliberating on the draft policy before it is sent to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia for her nod. The
toddlers in trouble: A research institute has found high levels of mercury in 60 per cent of newborns at hospitals in Itaituba city, in the Brazilian Amazon. Out of the 1,666 babies born during 2002
• There are 3.1 billion letters in the DNA code of each of the 100 trillion cells in the human body • Four nitrogenous bases of the DNA alphabet, represented by the
Water: industry is misusing it, but for how long?
Energy: economic and environmental compatibility
Agro based pulp and paper: technological inability?
Tanneries: ill managed, technologically challenged
Pesticides: what"s the way out?
Environment managers do not count
Ecuadorean Indians have sued oil conglomerate ChevronTexaco for a billion dollars. They have accused ChevronTexaco's unit, Texaco Petroleum Company, of discharging water contaminated with oil and
Aquifers brimming with poison
Profits and a cleaner environment can sometimes complement each other. But Indian companies are still mired in poison. They must now look for a cure. They must act now
A fertiliser plant on the outskirts of Karachi in Pakistan recently received three surprise visitors
New visitors to Toronto, if any, cannot be blamed if they think the city has become a ghost town. Tourists are likely to be greeted by empty shops and streets, with hotels offering high discounts to
The Supreme Court has stayed a decision of the Himachal Pradesh High Court permitting a family to cut hundreds of deodar and kail trees on their private forest land. A bench comprising Justice Y K
The water woes of Patti Pachgai village in Uttar Pradesh are being compounded by the incompetent responses of the state government and local NGOs. Even rainwater harvesting, touted as the panacea to many ills, has failed to provide succour...
Parameters common to the 8-parameter and 10-parameter models arabian sea sst*: Based on average sea surface temperature of northwest Arabian Sea during January and February. Positively
The eu market for carbon emissions trading could be worth 1.8 billion euros (about us $1.93 billion) annually by 2012, says a recent business report. The estimate is based on carbon dioxide
An unstable glacier in Peru has raised fears of flooding. A huge lump of the glacier, which feeds Palcacocha lake in the Andes, is threatening to crack and drop into the lake below. Peruvian
This report contains the proceedings of the fourth national workshop on environment statistics held on 22-23 April 2003 at Shillong. The workshop focused on harmonization of the framework for environmental accounting in India based on the system of integrated environment and economic accounting and identification of data requirement for environmental management.