Heading for a burnout
Increased incomes, innovative financing schemes, short-sighted policies and wasteful attitudes have led to an enormous amount of energy being squandered
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MALAR miracle
From literacy to economic independence
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Sharing the air
The rich nations are trying to frame the rules for trading in emissions. However, the methods being used to allocate these are questionable. ANIL AGARWAL and SUNITA NARAIN argue that the rights and responsibilities of both rich and poor countries must be
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The Net profit
Today the Internet gives people a new voice as well the power to use it. People are communicating directly with government officials and community leaders
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No child s play
Harmful toys that have been withdrawn from European countries are still being sold in Canada
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Low on mussel power
Ecological imbalance in the coastal areas of Kerala has caused food poisoning in people who consumed marine mussel
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Heated exchanges
Global politics took an upper hand over planetary ecology in Kyoto
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Future tense
What will work? Investments in future projects? Expensive fresh water? Recycling for industries? Legislations?
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Coal-based "merchant" power plants- A threat to ecology and livelihoods
<div> (From my website <a href="http://eassarma.in">http://eassarma.in</a>)</div> <div> </div> <ol type="1"> <li>While India is seriously engaged in global climate talks, it has simultaneously launched a highly misconceived plan to set up private “merchant” power plants based on coal.
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The top bracket
The companies that have figured high on the ratings have more than one of the following features
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FOLLOW UP
An increasing number of studies and reports are indicting the Gujarat government for letting off polluting industries lightly. A recently-released report by the Indian People's Tribunal ( ipt )
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India
• The need to check poaching of migratory birds at the Pong sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh has recently been stressed upon by a forest officer who has conducted a six-year-long study in the area.
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South Asia
Power meet: The board of directors of South Asia Regional Energy Coalition (SAREC) recently held its first meeting. SAREC aims to coordinate the work of various governments and the private sector
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Park politics
The city of Mysore in Karnataka has become the scene for an interesting battle royal. In contention is the People's park in the heart of the city, fought over by the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP),
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June 5. Yawn
Not once has the ministry of environment and forests taken a strong stand, shown results
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Salmon vs salmon
Escaping farmed salmon are interfering with native Pacific salmon off the coast of Canada
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Indonesia toes ITTO line
Indonesia's decision to comply with the International Timber Trade Organisation's policy on tropical timber, has sparked fears of an adverse impact on trade.
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Never give up
More than 200 villagers of Ghatvad village in Amreli district of Gujarat, have been on dharna (sit-in demonstration) for the past 25 days. They are protesting against the granting of a mining lease
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Carmageddon round the corner
CARS have become the most prominent roadsign on the Indian economy's journey up the rocky road of economic liberalisation. The protagonists of these policies routinely iterate, along with other
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No mining
Uttaranchal village relieved