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US pollution laws are inadequate, reveals EPA report
US pollution laws are inadequate, reveals EPA report
policy on environment: On May 18, the Union cabinet approved the controversial National Environment Policy. The sanction came after much dithering and after the daft made several rounds of the prime
ENERGY MINE Let's assume you have nothing to do with the demand or supply of energy. But one morning you wake up and feel an urge to find out about the strategic importance of the port of
<div><font size="2">Read this Discussion in Lok Sabha on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010.The bill has been approved after the government agreed to opposition’s demand for strengthening a contentious provision relating to suppliers' liability in the legislation.</font></div> <p> </p> <p> </p>
The re entry of Cray generates much heat in the Indian supercomputer industry
The first episode of an S&T serial on STAR Plus takes a hard look at the havoc caused by lead emissions and strategies to counter this.
Industry gets a new friend, philosopher and evaluator the Centre for Science and Environment s Green Rating Project, which will be the first instrument in the country to measure industrial firms on the basis of their eco friendliness
WAR HAS emerged as a major child-killer in the 1980s. Some 1.5 million children died in conflicts; Five million were turned into refugees and another 12 million were rendered homeless. War caused
The Indian automobile industry gets a rude shock: its pedestrian performance makes winners look like losers
The Gujarat unit of People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) recently filed a petition in the High Court of Gujarat against the state government, the commissioner of industries and
Concerted efforts have been launched to promote traditional water harvesting systems in the desert area of Kutch in Gujarat. Abdasa Development Forum, Saurashtra Trust, Kutch Mahila Vikas Sanga-than,
DEVELOPED countries are busy increasing the breadth and depth of the intellectual property regime, using accusations of piracy. Yet, the innovations that multinationals have patented are heavily
It is good to hear Western leaders say the genetic secrets of human life should be used for public good
There is more to profit from alternative fuel technologies than meeting emission norms with conventional fuels. But is the industry listening?
Get eight economists to discuss an issue and you"ll get nine opinions. Down to Earth did precisely that. Eight noted economists were invited, along with a scientist-activist, an industrialist, a bureaucrat and two educationists, to analyse the impact
Efforts are on to tackle the abysmal state of female health in India, especially among the poorer sections
Will a recent conference help to compensate the victims of jackboot and power blinded national afforestation policies?
The new Indo Bhutan hydel project on the sankosh river may turn out to be an environmental disaster, feels a green agency
A new project seeks to examine the environmental degradation due to development in Kochi
French multinational Lafarge's limestone quarries in Meghalaya, which supply raw material to its cement plant across the border in Bangladesh have been shut down by the government. This comes