While the average fuel economy of vehicles continues to improve, the rate of progress has slowed in recent years. An IEA/GFEI report (with support of the ICCT), Fuel Economy in Major Car Markets looked
Dense cinchona and silver oak forests covering 3,000 ha in Valparai in the Annamalai hills will be replaced by tea plantations if the state-run Tamil Nadu Plantation Corporation Ltd (TNPCL) has its
The iron ore industry in Goa may be asked to cough up the costs for cleaning up the environmental mess it has made. The Goan government is considering a proposal to impose an environment tax on the
THE endangered lion-tailed macaque has become the mascot of the environmental agitation against the Sharavathy Tail Race Hydroelectric Project in Karnataka. Concerned about its negative impact on
West Bengal's department of environment and forests has decided to use fly ash generated by thermal power plants and industrial boilers using coal as soil conditioners, and convert old ash ponds into
Assam s evicted encroachers show legal proof of residence
Sleeping fisherfolk and idle trawlers at the Visakhapatnam harbour bear testimony to the fact that India's east coast is rapidly being deprived of its fish population. The average catch has
India to restrict movement of old cargo ships
The government is mulling over changes in the legal framework that would facilitate foreign direct investment (fdi) in the mineral sector. In the third week of November, the mines ministry held its
The Kerala government has taken another decentralising step. It has handed over exclusive rights of mining and sale of sand from riverbeds to local bodies. The state's minister for revenue, K M Mani,
<font class='UCASE'>sopan joshi</font> meets farmer tycoons oblivious of the Seeds Bill 2004, but hooked to a biotech future
