A lot of gas!
LPG is a long way from being used as a fuel in automobiles
LPG is a long way from being used as a fuel in automobiles
MP government mulls proposal to facilitate hunting of crop eating wild animals
Zimbabwe's farmers and miners are fighting each other ever since the government embarked on its land reform programme. Before the reforms, most of Zimbabwe's small-scale mining was carried out on
WESTERN governments have touched the panic button because of the recent evidence of ozone depletion over the Arctic and large parts of the high and middle latitudes. The ozone hole is no
Modern farmland practices are leading to the extinction of many bird species in the UK
The European Commission and Guinea-Bissau have renewed a fisheries agreement for five years starting from June 16, 2001. The commission will pay a total of us $46 million to have access to
A recent Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR) report on female circumcision in state hospitals has incensed Egyptian human rights groups, who have launched a vociferous "No!"
About 50 Turkish environmental ngos, student associations and labour unions have started a nationwide anti-nuclear campaign, following the government's signing of a consultancy contract for the
Two groups,in the US - the Pure Food Campaign and the Coalition Against Life Patents - orgardsed a protest, and picket in New York and Chicago on September, 27, The protest was to draw attention
A presidential announcement has probably dealt the American tobacco industry its biggest blow till date: in a declaration aimed at providing some long-term relief to the millions reeling from
Yet again, DTC plays games on the conversion of its buses to CNG
THE BANGLADESH government has said the ecosystem in the southwestern part of the country is threatened by the excessive diversion of water from the Ganga at the Farakka barrage, 19.2 km from its
THE grassroots level environmental concerns of Bangladeshi citizens may finally be reflected in the Bangladesh government's latest National Environmental Management Action Plan (NEMAP), according to
A massive sanitation drive is afoot in Bangladesh, says a Panos report. Inspired by the success of joint government and NGO initiatives in Barisal, the target for 1995 is to extend sanitary coverage
THE Chinese government appears to have suddenly woken up to the importance of protecting its ocean resources. An unprecedented official order has been issued, banning fishing in a 37 sq km area off
The Philippine government recently launched a project aimed at preserving the biodiversity of Samar Island, which has been listed as one of the top 200 endangered sites in the world. The island's
The Union government asks the Supreme Court to lift the interim ban on tree felling amid growing pressure from the northeastern states
UK tobacco companies will challenge a government report suggesting a ban on tobacco advertising
Public pressure forces SIAM to give emissions warranty
Minister of state for environment and forests, Jai Narain Prasad Nishad expresses his views on development alternatives and pressing environmental problems