The asbestos cement industry is back on the sly with its misinformation campaign. On July 15, 2003, The Indian Express and The Financial Express carried full page special features trying vainly to defend the use of white asbestos fibre by the asbestos c
Not one to be left behind, the cement industry too has launched a similar image building campaign. The Cement Sustainability Initiative (csi) started by the world's 10 largest cement manufacturers
the existence of protected areas in Gujarat is threatened. Cement industries and lime stone quarries have taken their toll on Gir forests. The Marine National Park and sanctuary have
In this paper the authors have estimated for 1990 and 1995 the inventory of greenhouse gases CO2, CH4 and N2O for India at a national and sub-regional district level. The district level estimates are important for improving the national inventories as well as for developing sound mitigation strategies at manageable smaller scales.