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Grown only in a few developed nations till now, the nutrient rich spirulina algae comes to India
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Goa: Back to square one
For mysterious reasons, the state government is highly sceptical of the MRC s work
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Forest tales
The tribal world view that humans can regenerate forests, but not create them, may resolve problems and failures which stalk forest management policies of the government
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Pesticide plot
The powerful pesticide lobby campaigns for a deadly killer that has been linked to many diseases
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False, misguided steps
whereby farmers are led into dangerous territories
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Kick ass for Bhopal
<p>United States President Barack Obama says he needs to know whose ass he should kick in the case of the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He wants those responsible to pay for the damage — to the people and the environment.
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Going to seed
A thermal power plant (TPP) is threatening to snuff out the 100-year-old livelihood of farmers in Maharashtra's Dahanu taluka. It is alleged that pollution from the unit has led to a steady decline
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Making CETPs work
If cetps are the answer, how do we make them work? The choice of technology, however important, is not the only challenge ahead. The key is to build a much stronger framework for common waste
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Patrolling pollution
Tamil Nadu becomes the first state to punish polluting petrol stations
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Questionable move
The World Bank (wb) has cleared the construction of a 1,045-kilometre oil pipeline from Chad in central Africa to Cameroon's Atlantic coast. The move flies in the face of environmental concerns
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Grounded
Endosulfan aerial spraying banned in Kasaragod
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In court
IBM sued over pollution Residents and business groups in New York sued IBM Corporation on January 3 alleging that decades of pollution from the company's former microelectronics plant in the village
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Will this work?
Polluters assigned the task of disaster management in Gujarat
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City govt to set up 40 CNG stations
Dawn 27/02/08 The City District Government Karachi will set up 40 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations in the metropolis under public-private partnership at various bus terminals and depots of the defunct Karachi Transport Corporation. Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil said this while talking to Chairman CNG Station Owners Association of Pakistan (CNG-SOAP) Malik Khuda Bukh, who called on her at her office on Wednesday. She said that the country's progress in the CNG industry would help realise the dream of pollution-free environment. She said the government was working for the betterment of the city's infrastructure. They were making all out efforts to ensure pollution-free environment in the metropolis, she said, adding that a model fitness and vehicle testing station was being set up to cope with growing vehicle-related pollution. The association chairman was satisfied that there was no shortage of gas in Sindh. He said that 1,923 CNG stations were working across the country, while 1.65 million vehicles were running on CNG. He said 40 per cent of these CNG-run vehicles were in Karachi. The naib nazim was informed that Sindh had also provided 47 million cubic feet gas to Sui Northern Gas Company, when the Punjab province was hit by gas shortage in winter. She was also told that Karachi needed some 200 CNG stations to meet the growing demand.
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Environmental Public Hearings are a mockery of the law in Jharkhand: the case of public hearing at UCIL-Jaduguda
The story of UCIL-Jaduguda and the struggle of the mostly Santal Adivasi People against the company is not unknown to the general
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Bhopal plant disaster situation summary
During the night of 2-3 December 1984, a leak of some 40 tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas mixed with unknown other gasses from a chemical plant owned and operated by Union Carbide (India) Limited, a partly-owned subsidiary of the US-based Union Carbide Corporation, caused one of the highest-casualty industrial accidents of the 20th century.
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Fuel prices up
Starting today, the price of petrol will be dearer by Nu 1.87 and diesel by Nu 1.05, the first hike of the year. With the increased rate revised by Trade Department, the overall price of petrol rose to Nu 42.82 and diesel to Nu 31.77 in the capital. The price of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene remains the same. According to trade officials, the rise was caused by the increase in the dealers' commission in India, due to an increase in the price of crude oil in the international oil market. Global crude prices at present have reached almost Nu 5,000 a barrel. Petrol and diesel prices last fluctuated in February 16 last year. As per trade records, the price of petrol and diesel last year was reduced by Nu 1.77 and 0.9 respectively, when crude oil cost around Nu 4,250 a barrel. In June 2006, the price of petrol increased by Nu 3.58 and diesel by Nu 1.91. Every year, Bhutan Oil Distributors and Druk Petroleum Corporation Limited import a minimum of 60,000 metric tonnes of petroleum products, including kerosene and liquid petroleum gas.
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Radioactive mirage
India is aggressively shopping for nuclear fuel and technology to ramp its energy production. But this will be expensive and risky. Read this special report by Down To Earth to know what this means in terms of cost, technology and safety.
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Summary of guidelines for energy efficiency measures in commercial and residential buildings
In India, there are several norms, regulations, codes and standards to establish energy efficient buildings that have been evolved by various ministries and government bodies. The MNRE invited consultants to bid for an assignment which shall harmonize various energy efficiency and renewable energy related codes/standards/ norms and guidelines for buildings and larger habitats.
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Safety in nuclear power plants in India
<p>Safety in nuclear power plants (NPPs) in India is a very important topic and it is necessary to dissipate correct information to all the readers and the public at large. In this article, I have briefly described how the safety in our NPPs is maintained. Safety is accorded overriding priority in all the activities.