As thick smog rolling in
As thick smog rolling in from southern China blanketed Hong Kong on Monday, November 3, 2003, alarm bells rang. Said a spokeswoman for the city's Environment Protection Department, "Our advice is to
As thick smog rolling in from southern China blanketed Hong Kong on Monday, November 3, 2003, alarm bells rang. Said a spokeswoman for the city's Environment Protection Department, "Our advice is to
The Nama are forever: The Nama community of South Africa are today scattered over four poor villages near the Namibian border. But, on October 14, 2003, their lives changed. On that day, the
In New York, bus depots are located in areas where coloured people live
BIJWASAN OIL TERMINAL, DELHI, OCTOBER 23, 2003 1-8: Tankers trundle out of the gate. Stop. People openly pilfer fuels from these tankers in small cans. 9-19: Pilfered fuel is sold
Multilateral Institutions: A critical Introduction
I met an eminent economist last week. He quoted another eminent economist cum columnist, and asked me if it was true that apples had higher pesticide residues than Coke or Pepsi. Before I could
A systematically careless government
Adulteration is an effect of warped pricing
New Hampshire has become the first state in the US to take on oil giants such as ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco over widespread contamination of its surface water and groundwater due to gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether MTBE . The state has sue
gm on the platter: The US government has recently issued a notice to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for failing to comply with safety laws when it allowed offsprings of animals used
CSE s Clean Air campaigners ANUMITA ROYCHOWDHURY and CHIRAG SHAH expose the dirty, intelligent and systematic business of fuel adulteration: <br> <br> The problem: Oil companies refuse to take ultimate responsibility for the quality of the fuel the
unearthed: Thought to be extinct, the lizard Barkudia insularis has been sighted in Orissa's Chilika lagoon after more than 85 years. Ajit Kumar Patnaik, chief executive officer of the Chilika
In response to the direction issued by the Hon
A traditional water manager's prime duty is equitable water distribution and resolution of disputes. Their decisions are binding
Going against the grain of a September 9 federal appeals court directive, Brazil has allowed farmers to grow genetically modified (gm) soya bean this year. In the process, the country has temporarily
The Tokyo High Court has begun hearing a seven-year-old air pollution case that targets the Japanese authorities for putting at risk the health of the capital city's residents by not introducing
When I think of the government s newly cleared Auto Fuel Policy, the image of Nero fiddling while Rome burnt comes to mind. The document apparently sets the roadmap to meet clean air targets in
BADR EDDIN SULIEMAN, <i>chief national negotiator, Sudan, spoke to</i> Down To Earth
Tap water norms on the anvil
The proposed deal in Cancun had to be rejected. What was proposed at the World Trade Organization talks would have been a deadly price for developing countries to pay. Therefore, for once, our