In Court
infamous five: Eight US states and the city of New York are taking five of US' biggest power companies to court. Reason: they are some of the biggest contributors to global warming in the country.
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THE MONEY MAKERS
• Investors have been flocking to timber-based businesses in Malaysia, where timber related stocks are being traded at high prices. This is a result of a combination of strong timber prices and
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MONEYMAKERS
PANDA Electronics Co, China's leading television manufacturer, has had enough of selling no-frills sets. It is gearing up for a into the satellite dish and telephone businesses. Panda believes that
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Maharashtra acts
Polybags out, system suspect
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India
Asia's biggest forestry project - the Rs 795 crare Madhya Pradesh forestry project - has been launched on October 16 in the state. The main aims of the project are to conserve biological
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INDIA
As monsoons approach the hills of Garhwal, residents of Tehri town face the threat of eviction. If the construction of the dam is on schedule, the residents will have to be evacuated latest by
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INDIA
The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board found the Ganga's water near Lucknow unfit for consumption. Three outlets tested had a paltry oxygen content; toxic effluents offloaded by
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Protest against Haripur nuclear plant in West Bengal
To reach Hairpur, a remote fishing village along the West Bengal coast, one has to get off the main road and walk 2.5 km over a broad mud dyke. Access to this path is blocked by a log barrier.
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FOLLOW UP
Thousands of people living near the Pancevo industrial zone outside Belgrade have been evacuating their homes for fear that (NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organi sation ) strikes may cause an
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A pleasant wash
A new detergent can help reduce waste emissions during dry cleaning
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IN FOCUS
The halo that surrounded it is slowly coming apart. Dubbed as the final solution for all that ailed humans, genetic engineering, or the manipulation of genetic material so as to alter the genes
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Fishing jobs
Fishing ban in Tawa reservoir leaves villagers with no work
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On the anvil
National environment policy
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In Court
giving up?: Indonesia and US-based mining giant Newmont Mining Corp have agreed for an out of court settlement of the US $133 million civil suit filed by the country's environment ministry
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In Short
green flag to blue lady: The Supreme Court, on June 5, 2006, gave the green light to the French cruise liner S S Norway, a k a Blue Lady, to enter Indian territorial waters and permitted it to
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In Short
kandla mishap: 15 labourers were killed on June 29, 2006, at the Kandla port in Gujarat, when a Cyprus flag ship M V Pontonostos collided with the Anchor Handling Barge. The accident occurred in
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Meghalaya s lost treasure
Cement plants destroy India s largest cave system
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Historical burden
<p><strong>The north may renege again and again but the south must go on fuelling their growth</strong><br />
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Possible elements of the Copenhagen Agreement?
<p>It is now more or less clear that the world will not be ready with an ambitious legally binding agreement at Copenhagen, which sets interim targets for industrialized countries or the funds and technology for participation of developing countries. Already the Kyoto Protocol, which sets binding targets for the industrialised countries is being bashed.
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Geetam Tiwari
She is working in Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP), Department of Civil engineering, Room MS 808 (Main Building), Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016