Smog over electric cars
As pressure mounts on them to produce more electric cars, manufacturers question their environmental benefits
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Greening WTO
Delegates from 130 countries debate linkages between trade and environment
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Small is more
A small water harvesting structure can produce amazing economic crossover effects. The same may not be true for large canals
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IN TUNE WITH THE MASSES
Before the elections, Congress's chances in Madhya Pradesh looked dismally thin. But an unusually high tribal turnout ensured that Digvijay Singh emerged Victorious
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Diary of a political carnival
UNCED saw the largest ever gathering of heads of government in history. Ceremony, glitter and pomp were played out against a backdrop of demonstrations, haggling and scandal. The Down to Earth team, which witnessed the entire pageant, records its impres
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Poor pay for ecological neglect
Droughts seem to be here to stay. Wrong development policies, governmental indifference and relief schemes which don't work have led to a situation where a large part of the nation faces scarcity despite a year of almost normal rainfall
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New tentacles
Stiff US law ruffles Indian marine food sector
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Trade off human rights and the market
The clarion call of open markets could override the North's 'insistence' on linking trade with human rights and environmental issues
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Chocks away for green plans
After years of controlling noise pollution, airports across the globe are now trying to curb water and air defilement
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MAHYCO refuses to share safety data on GM crops
on april 23, the Delhi High Court will hear a case that is being dubbed as a "conflict between commercial interests and public health'. There are two main players
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Poaching led to record rhino deaths in Kaziranga
"Help save rhinos,' a poster appealed. A photograph of a severely-bloodied rhino loomed out of it. We were at Jakhalbanda, a regular halt for buses taking visitors to the Kaziranga National Park. It
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Rights for the poor's knowledge
THE government's efforts to develop legislation to control access to the country's wild as well as cultivated biodiversity are indeed laudable: the ministry of agriculture has already prepared a bill
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Seas of despair
Heavy metals are polluting the North Sea. And there is nothing we can do
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Faucets of the problem
Once known as the land of magic, India amazed the west with the trick of the bottomless pitcher. The magician would fill countless containers with water from just one jar. While the west has already achieved the goal of giving safe water to its masses
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Doubts cloud desertification convention
Developing nations fear that the lack of a proper financial mechanism may hinder the world in its battle against desertiflcation
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The day the sea raged in
Bangladesh"s early warning system had already warned those vulnerable on the coastline and helped limit the usually terrible human toll to a minimum
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Drunk on water
A full 10th of the city's water creates the most pampered oasis in the country
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Painful cuts
Timber companiesfrom Asia stand to lose millions of dollars if a proposed law is passed by two cities in the US
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INTERVIEW: DIGVIJAY SINGH
"Politicians have to learn the importance of environment"
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Price to pay
It costs a fortune to own a car in Singapore