It s official
Japan makes it mandatory for government agencies to go for ecofriendly vehicles
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Diesel again!
New analysis of air pollution reveals the shocking effects of diesel emissions
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Resentment runs deep
EU s cod quota reduction generates controversy
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Crunching numbers
Numbers often speak a lot. Sample these. In the ten years between 1991-2001, the number of households in India having toilets within the premises increased by a whopping 95 per cent
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Development pool
Norway and Sweden have jointly set up a us $3.6-million fund to focus on environment-related efforts, which would help alleviate poverty. Over the next three years, this amount will be utilised to
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Building hope
The world's natural and cultural heritage may be on firmer foundation now. Fifteen of the biggest metal miners and producers have signed an agreement vowing to abstain from exploring or mining at
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Out with asbestos!
September saw a slew of developments giving renewed impetus to the global movement against asbestos
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Shrouded in uncertainty
Imagine a dense forest lush with orchids, mosses and ferns on practically every surface, where each tree branch is like a garden, and the air is cool and damp due to perpetually misty conditions.
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Changing colour
Polar bears are distinguishable by their snow-white fur. But a baffling sight awaits visitors to the Singapore zoo: the coat of the bulky Arctic beasts housed there have taken on a bright green hue.
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Polluter lands behind bars
In a judicial first, a District Court in New Zealand has imprisoned a person for disobeying orders of the Environment Court. William Victor George Conway was sentenced to three months of imprisonment
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Unhealthy state
Looks like there is no stopping the downward slide of Gujarat. The health development index of Gujarat has slipped from the seventh position to the ninth in the last decade, says a recent report
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China shuns green vehicle
The Chinese fettish for bicycles is ending. While the country's new middle class already prefers cars, a recent government move also indicated the same preference. It cancelled the bicycle
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First step to control: legalisation
Brazil's government is trying to resolve the conflict between indigenous communities and people involved in illegal mining activities in Indian reserves. It is submitting a bill to the Congress to
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God help the devils!
Their name is but a sign of human ignorance and does not deny them their rightful place in this world. But the wild devils of Australia's Tasmania state are in grave danger, facing the threat of
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Get on with it
What the prime minister has agreed • Revitalise the National Board for Wildlife/request he prime minister will head the steering committee of Project Tiger • Convert the Project
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Utterly bovine
UK researchers claim the Mad Cow disease is caused by Indian animal feed imports; India rubbishes hypothesis
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A voice silenced
Journalist dedicated to forest issues killed in Assam
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Making snow
The memorandum of understanding for the tourism project has provisions for making artificial snow. But John Sims, managing director of Himalayan Ski Village Pvt Ltd, the promoters of the project,
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Earthquake rocks Indonesia
An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the Indonesian island of Java in the early hours of May 27, 2006. More than 135,000 houses were destroyed and an estimated 647,000 people were
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Court gets tough on temporary mining permits
On August 4, 2006, the Supreme Court laid down guidelines for issuing temporary working permits (twps) to mining companies. Granted by the Union ministry of environment and forests (moef), these