Opting for renewables
According to IEA's factsheet, Renewables in global energy supply, the wind energy sector has grown at more than 52 per cent per annum since 1971, and solar power by 32 per cent per annum. Renewables
Energy Surveys
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India: aim, hope high
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Targets or diktats?
At Renewables 2004, "an international action plan will be on the agenda, including actions and commitments by governments, international organisations and stakeholders," says the conference
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Free flow
Water: industry is misusing it, but for how long?
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Balancing act
Energy: economic and environmental compatibility
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Black liquor
Agro based pulp and paper: technological inability?
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Flaying the environment
Tanneries: ill managed, technologically challenged
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Stranglehold
Pesticides: what"s the way out?
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A non priority?
Environment managers do not count
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By hook, crook or vision
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