DYING FOR PROGRESS
The growth of cities and industries has severely affected the environment. The spread of disease has increased with the spread of civilisation
The growth of cities and industries has severely affected the environment. The spread of disease has increased with the spread of civilisation
Not for nothing is Germany's BUND at the vanguard of the global environmental movement. It offers not only criticism but solutions as well
A campaign by an organisation to clean up the polluted lakes of Udaipur has finally paid off. The Rajasthan High Court clamps down on erring government officials
Last fortnight I wrote about the different models of water privatisation. Questions continue to haunt me, but let me try and work towards some resolution. Firstly, there is the issue of pricing of
An investment of Rs 300 can bring electricity to every household in rural India. Humble cow dung can do this and more
Industry is wasting the environment. But the courts and the civil society will have none of it
Clarification dispute puts brake on Hero Honda project
To the Wopkaimin of central Papua New Guinea, Mount Fubilan is a sacred mountain sitting on top of the land of the dead. To exploration geologists in the 1960s, it was a 2,200-metre peak that could
Workers at Baranagar jute factory in West Bengal, one of five shut down by the state pollution control board, have decided to contribute part of their wages to help install an effluent treatment
Tanneries: ill managed, technologically challenged
The heavily polluted Pasig River, Metro Manila's main waterway in the Philippines, is beginning to show signs of revival. Already locals have resumed fishing activities in the river. Lauding the
The link between acid rain and avian waste
American scientists have made a significant improvement in producing energy from nuclear fusion.
lankan fuel crisis: Sri Lanka recently reached a settlement with the Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation, to resolve a fuel crisis in the
<p>A project launched in the Far-Western region of Nepal, to provide clean and energy efficient cooking stoves to 150,000 households has become the country’s first of its kind as part of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) scheme. Read more in this April 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Nepal</p>
Two of the country's most widespread weeds, Parthenium (Congress grass) and water hyacinth, will be used to produce petroleum-based chemicals. The National Environmental Engineering Research
IT HAS taken decades of singleminded toil for the world's leading green organisations to move centripetally from what was considered the lunatic fringe to a position of such popular power and
A few days ago, most of India reeled under drought. Cities thirsted for water. Karnataka s chief minister S M Krishna seeing water supply in his software capital reduced to once in three days
A recent study says that the Ganga Action Plan has led to some improvement in the water quality of the Ganga
How to detect hazardous wastes dumped in seawaters? Tiny, glowing bugs might be the answer