Forced resettlement violates people's rights
The UN Commission on Human Rights adopts a resolution that will have direct bearing on the controversial Narmada clam in Gujarat.
The UN Commission on Human Rights adopts a resolution that will have direct bearing on the controversial Narmada clam in Gujarat.
Though experts and officials speak proudly of the country's clean air and water, the data they rely on is outdated.
Oil tanker spills compound the danger to the marine food chain by crude released into the sea in normal operations and seepage from the earth. Steps are now being taken to reduce the threat. The International Maritime Organisation is taking the initiative
The concept of family planning control dates back to the ancient Greeks. Though many scientific advances have been made in the field since then, a solution to the global population crisis is still not in sight.
Infectious diseases are still the largest cause of death in the world and tuberculosis remains the leader.
Delhi's Rajghat thermal power station, which was ordered closed for causing excessive pollution, has resumed functioning and has until March to clean up its act.
Financial transfer estimates that generously portray Northern largesse are deceptive for they camouflage huge payments triggered by the Gulf war.
Workers often fail to get proper medical treatment because they are mostly ignorant of occupational diseases.
The end of 1992 saw advocates of development-at-any-cost increasingly impatient with the Union ministry for environment and forests (MEF), whom they accused of blocking development projects worth
The reluctance of financial institutions to be made answerable will stymie progress on implementing the Earth Summit agreentents.
Union minister for planning and non conventional energy Sukh Ram says he will shelve the proposed cement projects if the Congress comes to power in Himachal Pradesh.
How serious is the cement industry about upgrading technology to combat pollution?
New studies show large forest areas alone may not be able to counter the effects of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The announcement that more cement factories will be set up in the state has unleashed a controversy. Units already operational have not controlled emissions and it is feared more plants will further degrade the environment and adversely affect tourism.
Researchers are trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the manufacture of cement by finding alternatives to limestone
Two major volcanic eruptions have further damaged the CFC affected ozone layer, creating a larger than ever gap in the stratosphere.
Because of its political importance in the British empire, Calcutta was one of the first cities to regulate smoke emissions. But legislation failed to keep up with technology and today, the city is one of the most polluted in the world.
The flywheel is one of the options US car makers have in the search for better batteries to run electric cars that will meet future emission standards.
Despite Third World pleas for generous grace periods, Montreal Protocol nations have moved forward the phase out dates for chemicals threatening the ozone layer. The hastening was prompted in part by scary reports of increasing ozone depletion.
New measurement techniques show the level of atmospheric oxygen is decreasing in direct proportion to the burning of fossil fuels. These techniques allow scientists to monitor how much carbon dioxide can be absorbed by the oceans.