The right issue, the wrong place
The pollution of Betwa river figured prominently in the election campaign in two constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, but was ignored in the worst hit villages.
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Burnt out
Caught in a paradoxical situation, Hotel Maurya Sheraton retracts its plan of installing a pyrolator
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IMF Bank policies denude the environment
Dwindling forest covers are the ugly fallout for countries which had opted for projects funded by the IMF and the World Bank. The latter's careless attitude has incurred the wrath of environmentalists
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Submission date postponed for green audits
India was the first country in the world to make environmental audits mandatory, hoping it would encourage industry to shift from pollution control to process efficiency
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Weaving green into the budget
The Centre for Science and Environment recently interviewed a number of environmental experts, industrialists and economists to come up with a list of suggestions for green taxes and financial incentives:
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Inklings
In which we trace where the world stands with fuel cells and some clear signals of the technology to come
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Lessons for Ludhiana
Ludhiana will have to fight for its right to be clean
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Easier to mine
A MEF proposal wants to do away with environmental clearance for small scale mining
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Babies made to order
A furore over the ethics of the new eugenics reproduction technologies that could create 'designer' babies has the medical community worldwide in a fix.
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Cementing Ties
Wherever there is construction, there is corruption. The foundation of most projects rests on commissions, bribes and kickbacks
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Technology policy draft is irritant to many
The department of science and technology has initiated public debate on ways to stimulate the country's stagnating research and development activity.
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Boiling point
Significant environmental decisions were taken by the Supreme Court SC in 1996
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Exhausting alternatives
The Indian Parliament has passed legislation that promotes the use of vehicles using alternate fuel
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IMF package leads Pakistan to disaster
A short term economic policy has meant more unemployment and poverty as well as a slower growth rate and environmental degradation
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Full-scale review of poverty
What is poverty? The Planning Commission is set to undertake an exercise to find a quantifiable answer to the question. It has proposed to the Union government to set up an expert group to redefine poverty and, consequently, reassess the percentage of Ind
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Will an amended Seeds Act make industry accountable?
The Union ministry of agriculture has moved an amendment to the Seeds Act, 1966, and also proposes to create a National Seeds Grid. While the aim of the former is to improve labels on seeds to help the farmer, the latter seeks to facilitate the availabili
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Uranium mine waste imperils villages in Jaduguda
Radioactive waste from three government-owned uranium mines has put about 50,000 people in Jharkhand's Jaduguda at risk. The people, mostly tribal communities, suffer from serious radiation-related
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Stuart Cole on effective transport management
Transport economist Stuart Cole shares his views on India's options for effective transport management with Down To Earth.
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Ghana's gold enriches MNCs, not its own people
In 1957, Ghana became the first black African nation to gain independence from European rule. As a British colony, the country was known as the Gold Coast, an unambiguous reference to its most
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Forest right debate focusses on community vs individual
"Will I get rights to my ancestral land inside the forests?' asks Sur Suti from Sonebhadra district in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The second convention of the National Forum of Forests People and Forest Workers (<font class="UCASE">nffpfw</font>), held from October 31 to November 3 in Ranchi, tried to answer this question while addressing the issue of granting forest-dwellers their rights over local resources. <br>