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 End of epoch for Greens

AS THE body of Petra Kelly, co-founder of Germany's Green Party and civil rights activist, was laid to rest in the Bavarian town of Wurzburg, the peculiar circumstances that led to her death have

Publication Date: 
29/11/1992
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Environment, Germany
Environment

 Clean manufacturing, cleaner environment

Waste abatement measures can go a long way in controlling pollution and increasing efficiency, prove several surveys. Access to right technology is needed.

Publication Date: 
14/11/1992
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Environment, Waste Management, UNIDO
Environment

 Energy analysis uncovers interesting trends

WHAT DO the Gulf War, Greenhouse effect and the Narmada project have in common? They are all related to energy, an issue that took centre stage in the 1970s. The oil crisis of 19 made the West

Publication Date: 
14/11/1992
Shobhit Mahajan
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India

 To get in touch....

Babu Lala Sharma, Chairperson, Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha 92, United Newspapers, 4 Windsor Place, New Delhi 110 001 G N A Nayar, Chairman, M N Sreedharan Nair, General Convenor,

Publication Date: 
30/10/1992
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Environment, Health Effects, Industry, Technology, India, Delhi
Environment

 The case for and against....

Ecological factors • The present alignment passes through densely populated and cultivated coastal land. • The alternative alignment also passes through forest areas. • Trains

Publication Date: 
30/10/1992
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Environment

 Case dismissed

In its judgement on a writ petition challenging the Konkan Railway Project, the Panaji High Court ruled that the railways did not need to get an environmental clearance for the project.

Publication Date: 
30/10/1992
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 Storm over fishing rights on lake

A Pakistani court will decide whether commercial fishing can be allowed on a protected lake that is also the haunt of migratory birds.

Publication Date: 
30/10/1992
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Environment, Fish, Endangered Species, Sanctuaries, Pakistan
Environment

 Facts and figures

• Total length of the Konkan railway : 760 km • Cost (at 1991-92 prices) : Rs 1,391 crore • Completion date : October 1994 • Length in Goa : 106 km • Number of

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30/10/1992
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Agriculture

 Goa's food bowl getting bare

Environmental degradation, changing land use patterns and poor administrative planning is resulting in the destruction of a unique agro system in Goa.

Publication Date: 
30/10/1992
Uday Shankar
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India

 Another dam, another issue

The Bedti hydro-electric project in Karnataka is in the midst of another controversy. The project, which was scrapped in the early 1980s following protests from farmers and environmentalists, is

Publication Date: 
30/10/1992
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Environment, India, Karnataka

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