Environment

 Timber wastes land

Government move to allow pulp trees on degraded land not sound PRIVATE paper mills may soon be allowed to develop wasteland as plantations for pulpwood. S P Maurya, director, department of industrial policy and promotion, indicated this at the PapAsia 2009 conference on pulp, paper conversion and packaging industry held in early February. Only government-owned companies are now

Publication Date: 
30/03/2009
Down to Earth
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Environment, Agroforestry, Paper and Pulp Industry, Farmers, Private Sector, Government Of India (GOI), CSE, Environmentalists, India
Dams/ Irrigation

 Ganga basin authority notified

Government promises stopping work on dam in Uttarkashi ENVIRONMENTALIST G D Agarwal has managed to stall the controversial Loharinag Pala power project coming up speedily on the Bhagirathi, a tributary of the Ganga. On February 20, the Ministry of Power assured him work on the dam would be suspended immediately. Following this, Agarwal who was into the 37th day of his hunger strike, broke

Publication Date: 
14/03/2009
Ravleen Kaur
Down to Earth
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Water Pollution Control, Bhagirathi, Ganga, Dams/ Irrigation, Hydrology, Ministry of Power, Environmentalists, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), River Basin
Environment

Delicate balance

In an ironic twist, the decidedly authoritarian government of China has received much praise of late from Western environmentalists, who tend to cast themselves as anti-authoritarian types. China has indeed made laudable efforts in many fields, ranging from wind energy to vehicle-emission standards and pollution control. It has even outlawed free plastic bags.

Publication Date: 
12/03/2009
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Environment, Air Pollution Control, Ecosystem Services, Vehicular Standards, Wind Energy, Wetland Conservation, Environmentalists, China, Environment Management, Pollution Control
Climate Change

London - Mandelson under custard attack

A protester opposed to the expansion o f Heathrow Airport threw green liquid at business secretary Peter Mandelson on Friday when he arrived at a meeting in central London.

Live television pictures showed a woman approaching the business secretary shortly after he got out of his car and throwing a cup of green liquid into his face.

Publication Date: 
07/03/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Politics, Climate Change, Environmentalists
Wildlife

 Feather touch conservationist

Ravi Sankaran pushed community efforts to push the boundaries of ornithology An administrator

Publication Date: 
27/02/2009
S Narendra Prasad
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Endangered Species, Wildlife, Birds, Biodiversity Conservation, Scientists, Environmentalists, India
Environment

 Chella Krishnamurthy, 57, murdered

Karnataka farmer paid the price for resisting a polluting distillery, sand mining In early mornings, a portly old man would sneak into the fields in Chikballapur

Publication Date: 
30/01/2009
Deepa Kozhisseri
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Environment, Land Pollution, Organic Farming, Mining, Industrial Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal, Farmers, Environmentalists, Karnataka, Water Pollution
Health

 News 360 Briefs

food safety China lists illegal additives China has come out with its first official compilation of 17 illegal food additives used in the country. The banned substances include boric acid, commonly used as an insecticide but also mixed with noodles and meatballs to increase elasticity, and industrial formaldehyde, used in making soap and drains cleaner but also used as a common

Publication Date: 
30/01/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Food Additives, Mining, Water Resources, Amazon, Water Policy, Tropical Forests, Deforestation, Atmosphere And Ozone Layer, Health, Water Pricing, Radiation, Food Safety, Legislation, Environmentalists, China, Indonesia, Chile, India
Climate Change

Climate activists break into UK airport

Dec. 8: Protesters from climate action group, Plane Stupid, on Monday morning caused chaos at Stansted Airport leading to flight cancellations and delays by their demonstration on the runway.

The protesters were demonstrating against the decision to allow the Stansted Airport to be build a second runway.

Publication Date: 
09/12/2008
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Green House Gases, Air Transport, Environmentalists
Environment

Its time to re-think our priorities

BY RAI UMRAOPATI RAY

Publication Date: 
21/11/2008
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Environmentalists
Environment

Directory of environmentalists released

CHENNAI: In an attempt to improve the network of those involved in environment conservation, World Wide Fund for Nature - India has brought out a directory of environmental resource persons in Tamil Nadu, with their contact details and area of specialisation. About 130 experts, including scientists, academicians, NGOs and government officials have been listed.

Publication Date: 
21/11/2008
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Environment, Environmentalists, Tamil Nadu

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