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A question of industry

The recent Supreme Court orders against polluting industries have merely kicked off an arduous process of cleaning up the Capital
- 29/04/1995
- Down To Earth
- - Pollution
  - Industry
  - Legislation
  - India
Just shifting the issue

As the authorities dither and bicker over how to combat pollution in the Capital, industrial units proliferate and entrench themselves virtually unchecked
- 30/05/1994
- - Pollution
  - Industry
  - India
  - Delhi
Agenda for people's participation

Two new amendments to the Constitution promise greater effectiveness in civic administration and urban planning; but is that enough?
- 29/06/1997
- - Urban Planning
  - Public Participation
Time to act

The Madhya Pradesh government has recently sent a letter to the Prime Minister seeking changes in the Forest Conservation Act, 1980. The principal secretary, forests, Madhya Pradesh government, <font class='UCASE'>Sudeep Banerjee</font> , spoke to
- 14/02/2001
The power of the zephyr

The government is sowing the wind for energy, attracting investments with the promise of fiscal felicity
- 30/12/1994
- Down To Earth
In A Spot

Are the new industrial siting rules a boon or a bane?
- 14/01/2000
Debate renewed on blame for global warming

THE 1990-91 edition of World Resources, brought out by the Washington-based World Resources Institute (WRI), concluded developing countries as a group contribute to nearly half of the global warming problem. This was an astonishing finding, given that it
- 30/10/1992
UNDERGROUND FACTOR

North eastern NGOs are caught in the crossfire between militants and intelligence agencies
- 14/09/1998
NON INDUSTRIAL TOWNS

ALIGARH Aligarh was among the six districts chosen for the Green Revolution along with Ludhiana in the 1980s. The Green Revolution happened and Aligarh, like many other towns, went on to bigger
- 29/11/1998
- - Pollution
  - Urban Environment
  - Industry
  - CSE
  - India
Champions of a new cause

National political parties are often accused of neglecting the environment. Recently, the Bharatiya Janata Party began campaigning against two new industrial units in Maharashtra and demonstrated how it was able to garner popular support by exploiting gre
- 29/09/1993
- Down To Earth
The earth may shake, but life goes on

The fragile ecology of the Garhwal Himalaya witnessed another season of cloudbursts, landslides and flash floods made worse by the 1991 earthquake in the Bhagirathi valley. Down To Earth compiled a firsthand report of life in the unstable Himalayan ran
- 30/10/1992
- Down To Earth
- - Ecology
  - Floods
  - Earthquakes
  - India
  - Garhwal
A shredded project

After the proposed Nylon 6,6 plant in Goa was discussed threadbare and opposed by many, the Greens succeeded in having the project shifted out
- 30/08/1995
- Down To Earth