Council To Rephrase Document, Finalize It by Month-End The PM's Climate Change Council on Monday averted an embarrassment for India in the global arena by pointing out how the draft domestic climate change action policy could compromise India's international stance that had been defended at the UN conference on climate change in December 2007 at Bali by science and technology minister Kapil Sibal.

While the government talks about saving prime agricultural land from industry, a pitched battle between Alphonso growers and a power project developer is raging in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district. The environment ministry has cleared a 1,200MW thermal power plant by JSW Energy Limited in the heart of the famous mango-exporting belt despite admitting that the studies to understand the impact of pollution from the thermal plant do not exist yet.

Has 73% Market Share Against India's 6%: Report India might have gained a headstart in the carbon market but it has been left behind by the China juggernaut. The latter has become the world leader in the carbon credit business with a market share of 73% in the volume of credits traded in 2007 as compared to India's 6%, a recently released World Bank report has said. But the entire carbon market could be in for a major shake-up depending on how the negotiations on the future of the Kyoto Protocol, which are to be concluded by 2009, shape up.

The government has finally geared up to fill a gaping hole in its forestry statistics

Even as interested parties have approached the Supreme Court for clarification on its orders on shipbreaking safety norms, 88 ships have illegally beached at Alang in Gujarat without prior decontamination or requisite safety certificates. The court, in its order in September 2007, had ordered that all ships being beached in India should compulsorily carry the "Certificates for Gas Free for Hot Work'.

Gleaming Scorpios, Boleros and Ambassadors, glitzy motorcycles and gadgets to make an office comfortable

the government at the centre has moved one step closer to opening up radio waves to community organisations.

Ecological Nationalisms: Nation, Livelihoods and Identities in South Asia

Tangled web

New Delhi: Jindal Power Ltd (JPL) could be in for more trouble with the Chhattisgarh government filing legal proceedings against it for illegally starting work on its 2,400 MW thermal power project in the state.

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