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The Union government's ineptness in dealing with technology finds a new victim: Delhi's metro rail project
The Union government's ineptness in dealing with technology finds a new victim: Delhi's metro rail project
THE WORLD Bank recently organised a conference in Washington on 'Valuing the Environment'. There is probably no other way that market economists can deal with the environment except by treating it as
The International Conference for Renewable Energies is to be held in Bonn, Germany. But here is a sector dwarfed by fossil fuels, and although governments can proactively root for renewables, and some have, the options given to developing countries are qu
One man in a hopeless struggle against an environmental criminal. It could be you tomorrow
Good for a change A common pollutant strongly impacts the behaviour of arsenic and possibly other toxic metals in some lakes, shows a research conducted by us-based Massachusetts
Analysing the contents of containers suspected of carrying toxins has become easier
The world s first lignite based power plant in Madras offers a viable alternative to high cost natural gas and to coal based plants which emit greenhouse gases
Clashes between the Ogoni tribals and the police over the laying of an oil pipeline have made ecological degradation a key issue in Nigeria's presidential polls.
The US senate is in a dilemma because every alternative they have thought up to the contentious energy tax has received loud protests from some section of the American public.
IT IS called the black gold, and gold remains valuable for ever. Coal will always retain its value as a source of energy. Yet, the industry has been under pressure from various alternative sources of
Spoilt milk Nestle Lanka, the Sri Lankan subsidiary of a multinational food firm, has had to send back a consignment of radioactive milk powder imported from Poland. In November 1993, Sri Lankan
A Russian attempt to light up the night by using sunlight reflected from a huge space based mirror failed to come up to expectations but could some day provide an alternative to electric lighting.
Indian scientists have developed a technique that uses electromagnetic radiation to manipulate the intensity of laser beams.
On May 18, 1999, the United Nations Environment Programme announced that it had elected Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan to the prestigious ranks of its Global 500 Roll of Honour for the company's
AN octopus can learn tasks simply by watching other octopuses at work. This observation has surprised researchers who believed such mental capacities to be the sale preserve of higher
Government plans to introduce a fleet of new taxis running on diesel has triggered off an outcry in South Africa. Environmentalists view the country's new-generation taxi fleet with diesel fuel
UK launches world s first government sponsored emissions trading programme
Superconductors can now be made in amounts large enough to meet industrial requirements
according to recent media reports, the Union ministry of finance is set to notify a list of infrastructure facilities eligible for tax concessions. The concessions may be extended to the hospitality
infamous five: Eight US states and the city of New York are taking five of US' biggest power companies to court. Reason: they are some of the biggest contributors to global warming in the country.