India

 Phulmai s walk a day in the life of a headloader

Headloaders collectors of fuelwood in India's woodlands. On the one hand, seen as forest destroyers, on the other, they are the sole support of a multi billion dollar market. RICHARD MAHAPATRA follows one of them from dawn to dusk to learn about the str

Publication Date: 
14/12/2002
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Forest Products, Wood, Firewood, Trade, Renewable Energy, Biomass, Drought, Headloaders, Women, Rural Development, Poverty, Supreme Court, India, Jharkhand
India

 Of props and power

The Spanish government's proposal to end subsidies for renewable fuels has made the country's Association of Renewable Energy Producers (arep) see red. The government feels that the sop should be

Publication Date: 
29/11/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Biomass, Wind Energy, Electricity, Subsidies, Europe, Spain
India

 No pulp fiction

An ecofriendly process to convert paper mill waste into hydrogen

Publication Date: 
14/11/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Paper and Pulp Industry, Biomass, Electricity, Hydrogen Energy, Fuel Cell, Waste Recycling
India

 Proposal rubbished

Delhi government draws flak over gasification plant

Publication Date: 
30/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Biomass, Energy Technology, Governance, NGO, Delhi, Waste Recycling
India

 Green alternatives

Alternative energy sources are being promoted the worldover to replace polluting fossil fuels. For example, in many of the European countries it is mandatory for conventional power producers to

Publication Date: 
Thursday, August 30, 2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Biomass, Wind Energy, India, Tamil Nadu
Industry

 What s cooking tonight?

Cooking smoke can increase the risk of catching tuberculosis

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Indoor Air Pollution, Health Effects, Biomass, Women, Tuberculosis, Environmental Health
Environment

Survival primer: Down to Earth special issue

This publication contains prominent articles collated from 200 issues of science and environment fortnightly, Down to Earth, from 1992 onwards.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2000
Anil Agarwal
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Environment, Environment Economics, River Pollution, Air Pollution, Forests, Traditional Water Harvesting, Global Environmental Agreements, Protected Area Conservation, Environment Education, Popular Movements, Biomass
Mining

 NOBEL GESTURE

The United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ) will finance a biomass fuel

Publication Date: 
14/11/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Biomass, Environmental Health, UNDP, Bhutan, Sustainable Development
Industry

 Power plants

spanish farmers are growing genetically modified ( gm ) artichokes ( Cynara

Publication Date: 
30/05/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Biomass, Energy Technology, Power Industry, Spain, European Union (EU)
Air Pollution

 A time bomb ticking

Air pollution continues to violate health guidelines in many cities of the world. Sulphur dioxide and particulate matter are the most commonly recorded pollutants. Independently or in combination,

Publication Date: 
Sunday, January 30, 2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Cancer, Respiratory Diseases, Biomass, Developing Countries

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