Breathing in WTO's world
If EURO II norms are not applied to the entire country by 2000, India may become the world s biggest dumpyard of obsolete, polluting technology
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Two-nation theory
In a country so sharply divided between wealth and poverty, luxury and survival, the widening gap between what politicians say and what they do will lead to disaster <br>
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Green fascism
But can the nations likely to be most affected by global warming the Maldives and Bangladesh impose trade sanctions on the <font class='UCASE'><b>us?</b></font>
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Ecological poverty
As a first step, the new chief ministers should declare themselves the chief environmental officers CEOs of their states
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Sinha's trick
Sinha will make life even more miserable for Indians. Wealth will come about but at the cost of the environment
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Learning from mistakes
I have written this before and I want to repeat it again: The Western economic model which we are following with such keenness is a highly toxic model. Toxicity is inherent in it. It is built
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Nation of grumblers
Change also means standing behind something. In this sea of misery, you still have to find the little kernels of your dream and then stand up behind them as beacons of light. Otherwise, cynicism becomes the biggest obstacle to change dismissive and h
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Noise and a sane voice
We hope that this voice of academics, professionals and scientists will become a shout and then a scream very soon
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SIAM's small step forward
Strict environmental standards will prevent air pollution and safeguard the auto industry s interests
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Jobs and the environment
The brunt of environmental protection cannot just be borne by the poor
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The Cogentrix episode
If the media wants to save Cogentrix, then it should take those in government to task for this state of affairs. Not India s democracy
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The new order
T R Balu has to become more important for the environment than judges of the Supreme Court
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International pressure and the civil society
Linking trade and environment benefits industrialised countries in every way. And they will promote their civil society to create a bigger and bigger fuss about it
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Discounting the future
What is the guarantee that the rules being set to control global warming will take India s economic interests into account?
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A road to nowhere
The government must undertake a serious study of human nature interaction before declaring any area a national park
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A step backward
Deve Gowda s statement that environmentalists mislead people reveals an attitude which is a serious threat to the environmental movement
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Way out of a fix
The heart of the matter is that the government must learn to work with the civil society, its media and the public
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Democratising a democracy
Sustainability is the result of a socio political process which encourages learning from past mistakes and forces decision makers to change mid course
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Afforestation
In its search for a strategy for afforestation, a laudable goal in itself, the Madhya Pradesh mp government has once again put its foot in its mouth and buckled down unduly to commercial lobbies.
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Trade Unions
Trade unions have been irresponsible towards the environment because of poor leadership, which has failed to take proactive positions on emerging social issues