Protest against plant near Tanzania's Lake Natron
Plans to establish a soda-ash plant on the shores of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is facing strong opposition. Conservationists fear harm to the rare flamingo. The plant is to be set up by the
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Radioactive areas
a scientific investigation by the Russian and Norwegian governments has found that radioactive contamination from the production of plutonium for the former Soviet Union's nuclear weapons was far
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Coot falls prey
poachers are posing a threat to common coot, which is being sold for its meat. The bird, known as bhagatdo, is found on the periphery of Ajwa and Simda lakes in Vadodara. According to sources,
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Drying wetlands
Beyond the tigers of Sunderbans: A closer look at the leeches and the beautiful blue devil
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Truth or dare
By publicly disclosing the environmental status report and commissioning an <font class='UCASE'>ngo</font> for its preparation, Pune Municipal Corporation has grabbed double honours
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Virtual realities
Bangalore is in the throes of a water privatisation debate. But the most critical flaws in a new plan for its suburbs have got missed out. <font class='UCASE'>s v suresh babu</font> decodes
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How to manage water
Simple techniques can make villages self sufficient in water supply.
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INDIA
A two-member team of experts from the European Union (EU) has started inspection of the seafood processing units in Kerala as part of the move to review the EU ban on Indian marine-food exports.
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State has no policy to save wetlands
Sundernagar: In the absence of any clear-cut policy thousands of water bodies in the hill state are either highly polluted or losing its character. The lack of awareness on the subject is further proving fatal, as it has been observed that at village-level water bodies are being destroyed, as residents consider them as unproductive and fill it with debris.
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Oil spill at Gopalpur
BERHAMPUR: Oil spill from a coal-laden ship at Gopalpur port on Monday night has triggered panic and environmental concern. Around nine tonnes of oil is spreading in the area. The slick has spread to Rushikulya mouth and there are apprehensions that it may enter Chilika posing danger to the marine life.
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Power deficit stalls several projects
Pune: Several pumped storage hydro-electric projects, which can add almost 21,000 mW, are in a limbo because of the power deficit in the state. These projects can see the light of the day only after the power situation improves.
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Proposed Tata plant in Tanzania threat to flamingo habitat
Tata Chemicals is getting considerable stick from conservation groups and environmentalists in Africa over its plan to set up a soda ash facility jointly with the Tanzanian government. It is being
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Lesson not learnt
Soil conservationist P R Mishra's search for the source of silt in the Sukhna Lake took him to Sukhomajri, a village in the denuded Shivalik hills.
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No evidence of shrinking of Himalayan glaciers due to global warming
<p>More scientific analysis required to reach any conclusion for the linkage of melting glaciers with global warming.
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Strike, Striking, Stricken...
Already here! Chikungunya virus Mosquito borne fever, first seen along the shores of the great lakes of Africa. Was first reported along with a febrile illness in Kolkata in 1963. Resembles
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Diehard
Toxic pesticides used by developing countries wing their way up to the Arctic region, affecting the Northern climes, and find their way into the human system through water, and some life-forms dependent on it. The situation is so alarming that some enviro
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Smooth drive
A new range of optical switches would enhance the speed of data transmission
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SIMMERING DIFFERENCES
The Supreme Court (SC) verdict and the Aquaculture Authority Bill (ABB) SC: Government of India shall constitute an Authority under the Environment protection Act, 1986. The Authority
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Ebbing away
Kazakhstan's waterbodies seem to be eternally mismanaged. Lack of vision saw the Aral Sea, which flows through Central Asia, shrink to a third of its actual size. Today, Balkhash lake faces a similar
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IN COURT
Oil lease sale blocked: In a preliminary ruling, a US federal court has recently blocked the US administration's plan to allow oil companies, access to the sensitive wetlands near the vast Teshekpuk