Ministers set dates to cut fuel sulphur
Low-sulphur petrol and diesel will be introduced across the European Union from 2005 and their use will become mandatory from 2009 under an agreement reached by EU environment ministers.
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Affected owners, drivers to be rehabilitated
The Bangladesh government is resolute to go ahead with its decision to ban Dhaka city from September 1, launching a scheme to rehabilitate the affected owners and drivers of the vehicles. For relief
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Indian capital breathes easy after pollution checks
Five years ago, the Indian capital was rated as one of the most polluted cities in the world, continually shrouded in an eye-stinging smog of foul gas and noxious fumes. No longer. Pollution levels
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Joint management of protected areas in India (report of a workshop)
The Workshop on Exploring the Possibilities of Joint Management of Protected Areas in India was held at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, on 1-3 September 1994. This report is based on notes taken by the organisers and rapporteurs at the workshop, as also on the taped proceedings.
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Drinking water plan fizzles out
An ambitious canal based drinking water supply project commissioned at a cost of Rs 550 lakh for Fazilka town with efforts of Surjit Kumar Jyani, former Forest Minister, has virtually fizzled out.
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Giant dam could cause geological disasters - China
A 600-km (365-mile) reservoir that will start filling behind China's giant Three Gorges dam next year could cause geological disasters in the surrounding area, state media said. The government had
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Gutka in plastic sachets banned on SC push
In December, Court Had Banned Use Of Plastic In Sachets; Consumers Now Have To Pay More. THE cost of a single-use packet of gutka, pan masala and tobacco can be expected to increase appreciably from the . 1 that it now costs, as the industry will no longer be able to use plastic for its packaging.
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Tiger census begins in Sunderbans delta
Nearly 200 surveyors on Friday kicked off an exercise to count the tiger population in the swampy forests of Sunderbans in West Bengal. The census is done by copying a pugmark on plaster of Paris and
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Build an environment of trust
SANTOSH DESAI Jairam Ramesh has deepened the divide between those who believe that we need to doeverything possible to save the environment and those who think of the Green movement as a fad perpetrated on the human race by a bunch of soft, left-leaning bleeding hearts forever looking for a cause to adopt thathelpsthem express disaffection with the dominant discourse of growth and development.
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Landmarks on the Chipko trail
1973 • Chipko is born when villagers of Mandal, near Gopeshwar, led by Chandi Prasad Bhatt and the Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal, stop contractors of an Allahabad-based sports goods company,
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Locals get firm
The Thailand government's ambitious plans of buying natural gas from Burma and transporting it home through pipelines have met with stiff opposition from the local residents and nature conservation
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Tribunal on Mhadei water row
The long-drawn out inter-state water dispute of river Mhadei between Karnataka and Goa is now expected to be resolved by constituting a judicial tribunal on the issue as the central government has
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Govt. for status quo on Deepar Beel
The Assam State Government had decided to withdraw the May 29,2002 order of the Principal Secretary of Forests, L Rynjah, which rescinded the January 1989 draft notification for demarcation of the
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U.S. group presses for a state inquiry of cloning's legality
A group of Christian lawyers in the U.S. is asking Massachussets authorities to investigate whether embryo-cloning experiments by a biotechnology company violate the state's public-health
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Metrowater to take up RWH enumeration
Metrowater has proposed to carry out a door-to-door enumeration of rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures in the Chennai city. At present, there is no exact database on the installation of RWH systems
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Open or shut row
Confusion over move to close down Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary
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Where water is a commodity
Finding safe drinking water is no easy task for many people in the vast and arid Zhidan country of north-west China. So the government has begun a massive project to build cisterns and water supply
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CM convenes all-party meeting
The SYL canal issue seems to be hotting up. After meeting the Prime Minister in this regard the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Om Prakash Chautala, has now called an all party meeting to prepare a joint
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CNG supply cut fuels resentment
The "fall back users" of natural gas supplied by the Gas Authority of India Limited are crying foul over the cutting of gas supply to their industrial units by the authority under orders from the
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UNEP year book 2011: emerging issues in our global environment
<p>This 8th Edition of the UN Environment Programme flagship report, the UNEP Year Book 2011, examines global emerging issues and provides the latest environmental science. It also highlights major environmental events and developments over the past year, and presents the most recent data and indicator trends.</p>