Last time I wrote about the cycle of poison, where one toxic substance is replaced with another, equally toxic, one. This cycle, I wrote, is exactly like the modern eco nomy where business is
manufacturers of air-conditioners (acs) and producers of refrigerant gas are at loggerhead. With the Union government denying the former the licence to import refrigerant gas
That is what the Montreal Protocol, meant to do away with ozone depleting substances, has become. India's phase out programme under the protocol is only helping the big businesses in the country earn some quick bucks. About US $75 million of public money
For manufacturers of ozone destorying substances in the South its time to make a tough call. The protocol brings the bigwigs of the North-based chemical industry to their doorstep. Will they fight by leapfrogging to the best alternatives and beat the comp
The refrigerant and air conditioning industry in India remains quiet about its moves post 2002 when it stops using chlorofluorocarbons. Is it also making plans to get "compensation" to do nothing? And in this carnival of big business what chances do the
