About 70 per cent of forest fires have been estinguished, not just by the rains but because there is nothing left to burn, says Murdiansyah, an official of the East Kalimanthan Envi
Confused reporting by emergency officials about the extent of danger and inadequate disaster management, brought to light official apathy recently in Mexico City, as the volcano Popocatepetl, spewed
Spyplancs, small enough to fit into a palm, may take off within three years. Microflyers, as they are called, will have a wingspan of about 15 cin and would weigh less than 100
the accident-prone nuclear industry of Japan received yet another jolt when a fire and explosion hit a nuclear-waste reprocessing plant resulting in a low-level radiation leak. Inadequate action by
in a grim reminder of the Pasarlapudi blow-out on January 8, 1995 (Down To Earth, Vol 3, No 18), a massive blow-out occurred on February 19, at the Mandapet exploratory oil rig of the Oil and
Little has been done about the January 8 Lahore gas leak disaster which had claimed 30 lives and affected thousands. In want of any evaluation of the area by the authorities, deaths kept occurring
Minamata in Japan and Bhopal in India. Two of the worst cases of chemical disaster to have hit the world this century. Years later, the nightmares continue for their victims and survivors. Two stories of compensation delayed, denied or only partiall
When the cyclone slammed into Bangladesh on April 29 earlier this year, the anxiety in many quarters of the world was especially heightened in anticipation of huge fatalities. Exactly to the day 3