Blown out
A deadly cyclone causes large-scale devastation in Pakistan and despite early warnings the toll on the Indian side is as high
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Lessons of a drought
Water will become the most prized and precious commodity in the coming years. Internecine conflicts over the resource are already the order of the day and a global water crisis seems not too far away. But the water-guzzling US state of California is show
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Avoiding controversy is crucial for the GEF
<font class='UCASE'>Mostafa K Tolba</font> , has been an influential figure in the global environmental arena, and has monitored the state of the world s environment. For 17 years he served as the executive director of the United Nations Environment
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Linking Up
Development of a protected area network is necessary to save the plants and animals of Sikkim
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Mira Behn: A friend of nature
The urge to be close to nature guided Madeleine Slade, who came to be known as Mira Behn, throughout her life
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Blasted out
Gubraida gram panchayat scripts a success story by bringing illegal mining to a halt
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Helping with environmental litigation
It takes speed and knowledge to bring environment degraders to book. Here's how:
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An idiot's environment
Every major TV channel virtually bypassed Environment Day on June 5, making polite noises to mask their enthusiasm
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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