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No entry to Dutch plant
Pakistan"s environmentalists say no to dumping of obsolete and hazardous technology by the West
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Staple diet on the rot
Tonnes of potatoes rot due to the dysfunctioning of two cold storage units in West Bengal, polluting the eco system and upsetting the economy
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A timely exposition on petroleum
INDIA'S interest in petroleum has grown rapidly. Understandably so, because the investments made are large and the returns fair, and could be even more attractive if we priced it properly. But,
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The sounding board
At the onset of the Green Rating Project, cse set up a project advisory panel ( pap ) comprising industry leaders, judges, research and development experts, policymakers, academicians,
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Newar houses designed to save farmland
The Newars of Kathmandu realised centuries ago that if they had to leave space for future generations, they would have to live as compactly as possible
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National heritage gets short shrift
Urban pressures are threatening to destroy the lesser known of Kathmandu's historical structures
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The Report Card
With a score of 42.75 per cent, J K Paper Mills takes the lead in environmental performance, followed by Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd with 38.50 per cent. Both these mills have been given three
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Small farms, big gains
Farm forestry brings huge benefits for ITC Bhadrachalam and APPML
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Use and Reuse
Wastepaper today meets one third of the world s fibre demand
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Living dangerously
A study on polychlorinated biphenyls in Russia may throw up some startling findings
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Whither clean fuel?
A proposal to make diesel cleaner in the US is opposed by the oil industry
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Barren continent
After the destruction of Europe s conifers, it took millions of years for the regeneration of forests
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Patchwork economics
Is a free trade area for the Americas "band aid types" solution?
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Default drinking water
'Corporate Responsibility' has died a fancy death at the altar of public relations. A recent chemical analysis of branded packaged drinking water commonly called bottled water conducted by the Pollution Monitoring laboratory of the Centre for Science an
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Body language
How does record wicket taker Kapil Dev maintain a blistering physical pace at an age when cricketers usually hang up their bats?
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A thirsty city in the desert
Tubewells installed as a short term measure to tide over droughts in Jodhpur have never been withdrawn. This has resulted in a significant drop in the water table around the city.
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Differing views
Environment ministry guidelines state that many of the adverse impacts of thermal plants can be foreseen and minimised through judicious siting, preventive and control
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Waste to energy plant in Vijaywada shuts down
in yet another indictment of incineration technology, the waste-to-energy plant at Vijayawada recently stopped operations. There is now no functional incineration-based waste-to-energy plant in the
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Need to integrate human ecology and nature
IT IS TIME for a grand reconciliation between nature and us. Ecological economists fear we may have already entered an era of "uneconomic growth", which impoverishes rather than enriches. They remind