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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Chongqing, China’S City On The Move (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 02, 2007)
The conurbation already comprises around 10 million people. The number is expected to go up to 22 million by 2020.
- Fuel Needs: An Alternative Is Possible (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 02, 2007)
Agricultural and industrial wastes alone are capable of producing millions of tonnes of fuel, writes Prem Shankar Jha.
- It’S Love At First Sight (Hindu, SOMA BASU, Jun 30, 2007)
Where you can spot squirrels and smell sandalwood, says SOMA BASU
- Industries Asked To Focus On Sustainable Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
“Reengineered Primary Treatment System” inaugurated
Process of zero discharge will bring in overall benefits to the society
“Leather industries should consider effluent treatment as a business process”
- India Refineries Told To Clean Up (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
Authorities in India's north-eastern state of Assam have threatened local oil refineries with closure unless they stopped polluting local rivers.
- Zinc: More Than A Micronutrient (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 29, 2007)
Over the past several decades, the services sector has exploded. Preparing students for this emerging work area is the primary reason a service science discipline should take root.
- High Cess To Check Groundwater Abuse? (The Economic Times, Vandana Shiva, Jun 29, 2007)
Protecting our scarce and fast disappearing groundwater has become an ecological, economic and social imperative.
- The Safest Energy, But Dangers Lurk Too (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 29, 2007)
"Nuclear power plants are very safe because they are dangerous people take safety seriously because they know how dangerous it can get."
- Countering The Car Boom (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Jun 29, 2007)
Public transportation, which is vitiated by poor management, must be improved, write Bhamy V Shenoy and A Madhavan.
- Environment And U.S. Policy Top Global Fears (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Jun 29, 2007)
A 47-nation survey finds “a broad and deepening dislike of American values.”
- Plane-Makers Confront Green Issues (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 28, 2007)
Carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft are a significant and growing contributor to harmful global warming.
- Jai Metro! Chants Jayanagar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
Residents and commercial establishments located along the North-South Corridor are a happy lot in anticipation of soaring land prices and boom in business fortunes, and the hope that the Metro Rail will not only change the face of the City but . . .
- Water Access And Citizens’ Movements (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jun 28, 2007)
The predicted disruptions to the water cycle over the subcontinent in the
coming years as a result of climate change make citizen sector intervention
even more of a necessity.
- Seeking To Make Fire Without Smoke (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Jun 28, 2007)
Efficient biomass-burning cooking stoves that give out less smoke would be hugely beneficial. But designing such stoves
that also get public acceptance is
quite a challenge.
- Bright Ideas For Energy Efficiency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 28, 2007)
A changeover from incandescent light bulbs to energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) has been aggressively promoted in recent years by climate change campaigners.
- Maya For Catapulting Mishra To National Scene (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Jun 28, 2007)
Satish Mishra wears multiple hats as cabinet minister, Rajya Sabha MP and national general secretary of the Bahujan Samaj Party.
- Pet Untruths (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 23, 2007)
Stuti's first pet was a tiny white guinea pig. My eight-year-old daughter was completely fascinated by its nuzzling ways, cute face, comforting grunts and, above all, fluffy coat.
- Global Warming: Speed The Car's Exit (Business Line, Shyam G. Menon, Jun 23, 2007)
It is a hard message and an unpopular one for carmakers. But we have to make these changes and I want to be a small force for making others understand what we need to do and what we can realistically achieve.
- Global Warming: Just What Overcrowded, Polluted India Didn't Need... The $3,000 Car (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2007)
As a student in Delhi, thirty years ago, I was an admirer of the classical singer Kishori Amonkar. I would go to her concerts, buy her cassettes, and record her programmes on the radio. For years on end, my favourite cassette was an All India Radio . . .
- Army Of Frogs To Combat Killer Mosquitoes (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2007)
Thousands of frogs could be shipped into the Indian capital as part of a government drive to prevent a severe outbreak of the mosquito-borne dengue fever after the monsoon rains.
- Global Warming: Just What Overcrowded, Polluted India (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2007)
India's economy is booming but its roads are a throwback to pre-industrial times. That is about to change when a flood of cheap vehicles come on the market. Andrew Buncombe reports from Delhi
- Power Challenges For The Developed World (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 21, 2007)
A key message of the OECD report "Tackling Investment Challenges in Power Generation in IEA Countries," is that the growing demand for energy, coupled with the need to replace ageing infrastructure, creates significant investment requirements in . . .
- China Is Worlds Biggest Polluter (Deccan Herald, John Vidal, Jun 21, 2007)
China has overtaken the US as the biggest producer of carbon dioxide, a development that will increase anxiety about its role in driving man-made global warming.
- Eco Changes And Diseases (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 21, 2007)
Mahatma Gandhi once said “ the truth is far more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction.” In the current Indian context, truth is standing on its head.
- Water Woes (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 21, 2007)
Pollution aggravates China's natural water scarcity, and climate change threatens to aggravate it.
- Planemakers Confront Green Issues (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2007)
Carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft are a significant and growing contributor to harmful global warming. It is time for the industry to sort it out, Scott Carson, chief executive of Boeing's commercial planes division, tells BBC News.
- Healthcare: The Doctor And Ethics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 20, 2007)
Disease control and longer life expectancy are increasing the population of the aged and with it, its incidental problems and the issues of quality of life.
- It Has Got To Be Al Gore In The White House (Hindu, Peter Preston, Jun 19, 2007)
THE AMERICAN debate, as ever, sets a shining city on a hill and calls it Las Vegas.
- Ensuring Water For China's Millions (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 18, 2007)
Pollution is aggravating the scarcity, particularly in the drought-prone north.
- Indian Villagers Oppose Uranium Mines (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2007)
Villagers are fighting back against plans to mine uranium in northeast India, saying it will put their health at risk and destroy the environment.
- Global Warming Needs Cool Winds Of Change (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 15, 2007)
Nations should rise above the political blame-game and help transfer and adopt modern technologies and practices to combat climate change.
- It's Olympics Time, Rain Can Wait (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 14, 2007)
A country where the weather is thought to be too important to be left to the caprice of god or nature, China has come a long way in its rainmaking programme.
- Global Warming Gets Hotter (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2007)
When the Group of Eight summit began in Heilingdamm, Germany, everyone agreed that the big issue there would be climate change.
- Cpi(m): Dealing With Disunity (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2007)
THE indignant question, "Who is manipulating the media to score points over the other?", that two top leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala were lobbing at each other in public for some time has proved to be the final straw . . . .
- Economy Is Much Like The Atmosphere (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 12, 2007)
A closed system, everything is connected in the world economy and every action by an individual instantly affects everyone else. The links come alive in the 14 snapshots that Daniel Altman keenly watches in the Connected for the big picture, from . . .
- Increasing Cng Use (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 12, 2007)
The federal minister for petroleum and natural resources has recently said that over Rs70 billion has been invested in the CNG sector in the past seven years and it is expected that this figure will further double in the coming years.
- Changing Weather (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2007)
The G-8 agreeing to consider cuts in greenhouse gas emissions is a starting point in the battle to arrest climate change.
- Taj Oh! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 09, 2007)
Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) established to conform to Supreme Court’s (SC) directives for conservation of the Taj. (The Taj Corridor is part of it).
- A Fusion Solution To The Energy Problem (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 08, 2007)
The eventual success of China's EAST project would have enormous benefits for the country and the world.
- Scientists Fear Loss Of Icy Zones Of Himalayas By 2030 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2007)
The Himalayas may lose its huge icy areas by 2030 resulting in alarming rise in water level on the Earth due to global warming, scientists have warned.
- What’S New? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 08, 2007)
West Bengal’s important people have done their bit for global warming. All their worries about air pollution in Calcutta — the deadliest in India — came to a head on World Environment Day.
- How Clean Is Potable Water? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 08, 2007)
OVER the past few weeks, some regions in the country have been in the grip of a silent health emergency that has not received the attention it should have to save lives.
- Bush Under Eu Pressure To Sign Up On Climate Change (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
George Bush was coming under strong pressure from the European Union and Japan last night to sign up to a G8 target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions after the White House's pledge to work through the United Nations on climate change failed to . ..
- Disparities In Global Assets (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Jun 07, 2007)
Wealth creation and ownership can be accessible to all, if governments discourage corruption in every form and ensure inclusion by facilitating financial assistance to asset-less households.
- Change Growth Model To Tackle Global Warming (Tribune, MADHAV MEHRA, Jun 07, 2007)
The climate change scenario in India is much worse than it looks. The inequity of climate change is writ large everywhere.
- India Is Committed To Clean Environment, Says Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2007)
"Government alone is not responsible for conservation of environment"
Energy Conservation Act 2001 had set energy consumption norms
Climate change could force plants, animals to migrate: Reghupati
- Pollution Level Alarming In Cauvery (Hindu, L. Renganathan , Jun 05, 2007)
With the water flow in the Cauvery ebbing to just 1,000 cusecs, the pollution level in the river has gone up consequent to the continued discharge of effluents from the Noyyal and Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited at Kagithapuram near here.
- State Sitting On Hazardous Waste Time Bomb (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Jun 05, 2007)
There are 1,565 industries in the state that generate hazardous waste. These include chemical, electronic, electroplating, fertilisers and manufacturers of drug intertermidiaries industries.
- Stall Environmental Perils (Deccan Herald, SURESH HEBLIKAR, Jun 05, 2007)
Environmental pollution is a cumulative output of the entire gamut of human activities that have taken place on earth since man began to clear the forests to settle down and start agriculture.
- Climate Policy Must Make Room For Growth, Says China (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
China went on the global warming offensive on Monday, unveiling a national climate change plan while stressing it will not sacrifice economic ambitions to international demands to cut greenhouse gas pollution.
- Brick Making Sustains Peasant Families In India (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
Chakubhai Khabhu, old and lean, smoking a thin, hand-rolled cigarette, stands on top of a pile of bricks his children have made with their hands.
- Marshall Plan Ii (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 05, 2007)
Global warming is the greatest threat today to Planet Earth, even more daunting than the destruction caused by World War II.
- Living With Asthma (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2007)
An increase in pollution in the country has led to a rise in health problems and people are unaware of how to deal with them.
- India To Resist Bush Pressure On Warming (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2007)
India, one of the world’s top polluters, will not accept equal responsibility to cut emissions and combat climate change despite US President George W Bush’s proposal for a deal among top emitters, officials said on Sunday.
- Stink Of Callousness (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2007)
In an astonishing display of callous disregard and arrogance that can only come with backing from the powers-that-be, various industries continue to pump their noxious discharge into the Budda . . .
- Nuclear Deal Still On: Burns (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2007)
Anytime you have an agreement this big and this ambitious, youre going to run into some technical issues that make progress a little more halting than youd like it to be. But we're still committed to its success, White House spokesman Tony Snow said.
- Bush Bid To Rope In India, China Against Global Warming (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Jun 02, 2007)
Faced with mounting international criticism for inaction against global warming, President George W Bush has proposed a new initiative under which the US and other major polluters including fast-growing India and China agree on a new agenda to cut . ..
- Brazil — The Emerging Bio-Fuel Power (Business Line, R. Viswanathan , Jun 02, 2007)
The pioneer in the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel, Brazil could soon become a bio-fuel power with its ability to grow a variety of vegetables and oilseeds on large tracts of arid land unsuitable for other crops. India, which relies much on . ..
- Declaration Of Eszs Around Protected Areas Sought (Hindu, R. Krishna Kumar, Jun 01, 2007)
Proposal aims to curb environment-unfriendly activity
Establishment of ESZs expected to protect animals, birds
Government seeks `Core Area' around Bandipur park
- Posco To Use Self-Developed Technology For Orissa Plant (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
South Korean steel major Posco on Wednesday said that it will adopt its self-developed FINEX technology for its proposed $12 billion Greenfield integrated steel project in Orissa, coming up under the largest foreign direct investment in India.
- Too Much Hot Air (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 30, 2007)
Global warming is agitating our minds, particularly after the report of the Inter- governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Four issues are under debate.
- Polishing Unit Causes Nuisance In A Quiet Area (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
Stone polishing unit makes life miserable for families
Muneshwara Block is strictly a residential area
A stone polishing unit is bothering students in a school
- Printers Devil (Deccan Herald, S Raghunath, May 30, 2007)
Despite hawk-eyed proof-readers, errors escape into newspapers causing laughter.
- Plans For Bangalore: Dousing Fire With Petrol (Deccan Herald, KATHYAYINI CHAMARAJ, May 30, 2007)
The way the whole city is being held to ransom to accommodate cars, one would think that cars are the privileged citizens of this city and not the human beings.
- 400 Electroplating Units Face Closure (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
In total violation of Punjab Pollution Control Boards directives, Electroplating industry, one of the oldest industries in Ludhiana, has been discharging hazardous industrial effluents in the sewerage which in turn pollutes Budha Nullah - the main . ..
- Why Many From Not-So-Prosperous Areas Of State Have Turned To Dera (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, May 28, 2007)
In the districts of backward southwestern Punjab like Bathinda, Sangrur, Mansa and Muktsar, the Sacha Sauda Dera has acquired a phenomenal following. In Bathinda, District Collector Rahul Bhandari hazards an estimate:
- Minister To Rescue Of Slum-Dwellers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
Union Minister of State for Mines T. Subbarami Reddy's timely intervention prevented eviction of some 10,000 people living in various slums encroaching railway lands in the city.
- What Judicial Overreach? (Pioneer, Jagmohan , May 25, 2007)
While the administration of justice in general and the functioning of subordinate courts in particular leaves much to be desired, the higher judiciary, especially the Supreme Court, has won public applause.
- Punjab’S New Land Policy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 25, 2007)
From the almost forcible takeover of land for a private company to offering farmers a stake in development projects undertaken on their land, the Punjab government has come a long way in framing a workable land acquisition policy.
- Rapid Development Of City Worries Vatal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2007)
MLA to launch `Save Bangalore' campaign from June 8
Academics, urban development experts invited to conference
Conference to analyse problems and suggest remedies
- Think Local, Go Green (Deccan Herald, Animesh Bannerjee, May 24, 2007)
A recently published report of the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is cause for concern, as are other reports on impending threats to world ecosystems published from time to time.
- Buffett Eyes Easy Ride With Us Freight Railroads (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
Freight railroads and their investors can feel confident no new railroads will try to create a competing network — the cost is too high.
- India Isn’T Delhi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Singapore Times, May 23, 2007)
A lot of murky water has flown under the bridge since India lost its bid for the 2014 Asian Games. And the shadow-boxing between heads of ministries and departments continues unabated.
- Winners And Losers As India Booms (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
On a dry, arid patch of land in Western India, a group of farmers make a political and economic statement - we are selling our farms, they say.
- China Targets Big Polluters To Reduce Greenhouse Gas (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 21, 2007)
China, the ‘world’s factory’, has launched a new project to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by targeting rural enterprises.
- Sensitivity To Common Man's Issues Showcased (Hindu, Meera Srinivasan, May 19, 2007)
Students present projects at Intel Fair
Over 1,500 finalists, 50 countries take part
Prizes include scholarships, tuition grants, internships worth over $3million
- Global Buyers Becoming Wary Of ‘Made In China’ Tag (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
As frequency of product recalls increases, doubts on quality of Chinese food and fake drugs may affect other exports
- Oxygen Supplies For India Police (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
Police stations across the Indian city of Calcutta have been equipped with oxygen devices to enable police to offset the effects of pollution.
- Taj Mahal 'Turning Yellow' (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2007)
Air pollution is turning the Taj Mahal, India's famed white-marble monument to love, a decidedly unromantic yellow. But as with many ageing beauties, a therapeutic mud pack has been recommended to restore its natural allure.
- Taj Mahal Is Turning Yellow: Parliamentary Panel Report (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2007)
Taj Mahal, the world-famous white-marbled monument of love, is fast losing its sheen due to pollution, a Parliamentary panel report has said.
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