The industry should stop hiding behind the petticoats of the government and factor in environmental concerns into its investment policies on a proactive basis

The BP Amoco investment makes great market sense. But it is not clear if the world is sensible enough to move to more sustainable options

One good tv programme on Amazonian rainforests can force politicians to take action just as much as tv can force them to protect Kosovars

Parliament should start a procedure called Regulatory Impact Analysis under which every law should be carefully scrutinised for its effectiveness

People living in polluted and already unhealthy cities like Delhi must remember that this diesel boom will only make breathing more difficult

The 21st century in India will be more like the 15th, better managed and wealthier, with much less trappings of the Western state

One can already see a thousand mutinies, if not a million. These are mutinies which have a creative protest. They will inevitably increase as the crisis grows and politicians will slowly turn more and more to NGOs and the civil society for answers

The government destroys natural resources; when villagers revive these, it reasserts ownership. This is an official loot of nature