Ministry refuses to learn from experience
The MNES has proposed the establishment of a solar thermal power plant near Jodhpur, even though such plants have proved commercially unviable in the past.
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Today's profits, tomorrow's losses
Ecological economics attempts to evaluate the environmental and other external costs that a society pays to produce a commodity
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Double standards of the world's green helmets
ENVIRONMENTAL NGOs in the US are rushing ahead of their government in both their desire and actions to act as the world's green helmets. A statement issued by the Environment Defence Fund and other
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As clean as coal
India dithers on cleaner coal technologies. But it has the technology to help the thermal power sector clean up its act
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Bringing the cinema home won't be easy
Electronic companies worldwide, who are trying to develop a new generation of televisions, are finding the going tough
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Beating the hell out of death
Industrial houses and research organisations must join hands and rethink about Indian health standards
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The green race begins
Given the rich California's zero emission target of 1998, manufacturers have started producing eco friendly cars
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Aluminium's birth defect
The extraction of aluminium from its ore is a highly polluting process
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MONEYMAKERS
AQUA IS GOLD: Controversial it may be, but aquaculture still holds promise for many an entrepreneur. So much so that the State Bank of India (SBI), the country's leading bank, has
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Shedding the load
The government proposes reductions in subsidies on power, irrigation and higher education
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Wind power projects push land costs sky high
Helped by state government concessions, Tamil Nadu is all set to expand its wind forms and become the country's premier wind energy centre.
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Paying a high price
Forty thousand dams have rendered 60 million people homeless the worldover
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Dirty Rich City
Hong Kong will have to pay dearly for cleaning up its dirty air
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Controversial plan to sell water from Sheonath river
Ajit Jogi, Chhattisgarh chief minister, has announced an enquiry into the legality of India"s first private project to supply water to industry from the Sheonath river. Speaking at a press conference after a cabinet meeting on January 21 in Ambikapur, Sar
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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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Building self reliance in children of the street
Butterflies, a non government organisation, is helping street children to organise themselves and operate a restaurant in the Capital's main bus terminus.
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Need for topping up underground water
BANANAS are thirsty plants, and farmers in the Jalgaon area of Maharashtra -- who produce 10,00,000 tonnes of the state"s annual banana output of 17,00,000 tonnes -- have literally begun mining for
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Rise in exports is at the cost of the environment
With the pollution conscious West pushing large scale production of toxic chemicals to India, the result is more exports and more environmental damage.
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Eco labelling doubts linger
Fourteen years after Germany scored a worldwide first by adopting eco labelling, there still remain doubts about selection and evaluation procedures used in the system.
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Making cement production less polluting
Researchers are trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the manufacture of cement by finding alternatives to limestone