The light show
A satellite tracks outbound electrons from the Earth s poles to understand the northern lights
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MONEYMAKERS
charging ahead: In the race to manu facture user-friendly electric cars, Canada's Vancouver-based Ballard Systems seems to have taken a lead with a silent, non-polluting fuel-celled car. The
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BRAZIL
Imagine a city where recycled garbage is traded to buy essential items; old wooden electricity posts are reused in office buildings, bridges and public squares retired buses transform into mobile
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Seeing red over green
The prime minister of Norway quits after he is defeated in an environment vote
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Look what our neighbour is up to!
Myanmar has not sqandered its natural resources in an attempt to ape the West
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Plachimada s protracted battle
October 8, 1999: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited (HCBPL) applies to Perumatty panchayat for setting up a bottling plant at Plachimada. January 27, 2000: Panchayat gives permission
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Emission remission
A RECENT government decision which will -force power companies in the UK to bring down emissions of sulphur dioxide drastically,- could help large areas of land affected by acid rain to make
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Car ban on holy day
In a bid to combat air pollution, authorities in Italy have banned the use of cars on Sundays
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Running on hydrogen
Toeing the green line, General Motors has developed a car that does not pollute
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Local resources can meet India's rural needs
The use of kerosene for lighting and biomass for cooking is predominant throughout rural India. And since provision of grid electricity to rural India is still a far cry, there is an urgent need to develop alternative sources of liquid fuels for lighting
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Environmental profile of the Singrauli region, India
The Singrauli region, which produces 10% of India's electric power, has experienced rapid industrialization and urbanization over the last 30 years. Along with this growth has come environmental degradation in terms of coal cycle and industrial pollution, displacement of populations, housing and occupational hazards, related health effects, and land degradation.
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Breeding danger
A prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Japan had to be shut down due to sodium leakage last December. This accident has recently raised fundamental questions about Japan's nuclear power
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Technology gives traditional water mills a lift
The gharat, a water wheel used for centuries by the Himalayan people, has now been modified so that it can empower several machines simultaneously. Unfortunately, the government is not making the effort to popularise it.
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Uttaranchal
The process of alienating people from natural resources has not stopped, even with the attainment of statehood
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Chernobyl concluded
NEARLY a decade after the world's worst nuclear disaster, Ukraine has finally decided to close the Chernobyl nuclear power station. Ukraine and the Group of seven industrial nations met
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Beware flurosis is zeroing in on you
Water harvesting and conservation methods can turn the tide against the disease
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The ten worst cities
Ahmedabad, Gujarat • Vehicles and industries are major sources of pollution. The city had 13.05 lakh vehicles in 2002 • PM10, suspended particulate
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The magic eye
Sounds almost like a sci fi movie, but there is light in the dark for those who have lost their eyesight. A high tech curing device is on the anvil
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Still elusive
Some recent findings question the little we know about sub atomic particles
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MONEYMAKERS
<b>CLONING TECHNOLOGY:</b> Geron, the US-based biotechnology company specialising in embryo research has bought the Scottish cloning technology that led to Dolly the sheep. The company aims to clone patients' cells to produce specialised tissues for transplantation. Geron is issuing about US $28 million of new shares to buy Roslin Bio-Med, a private company set up in 1998 to commercialise cloning research. Ian Wilmut, the scientist in charge of Roslin's cloning programme said Scottish science would benefit through Geron's research funding.