Industry

 Face value

It's easier to recognise a face when its owner's race matches our own, is the controversial finding of a new study. An imaging study shows that greater activity in the brain's expert

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
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Radiation, Life Science, Research, Africa, Europe, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

 Searing heat

Global temperature to rise by alarming 2 4 C

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
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Climate Change, Global Warming, Environmental Science, Europe, United States Of America (US)
Environment

 Producer s onus paramount

One of the pioneers of the Extended Producers Responsibility EPR theory, Thomas Lindhqvist believes that plastic waste management will become increasingly expensive and EPR is the only logical solution. Excerpts of the inte

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
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Environment, Waste Disposal, Waste Incineration, Industry, Europe, India, Waste Recycling, European Union (EU), Plastics
Water Resources

 Blatant rejection

us companies operating in Europe have rejected a plan to introduce lower sales tax rates on ecolabelled products, saying it is "backward looking and innovation stifling.' Tax incentives for

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
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Green Products, Europe, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU)
Air Pollution

 Owning the road

Cities without cars, pollution and traffic. A movement is spreading across Europe to drive cars out. People are beginning to say no to cars

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Environment, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Housing, Urban Transport, Automobiles, Children, Europe, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Vehicles, Air Pollution
Air Pollution

 More dreams sans cars

From a loose concept to a concrete movement, the idea of the car free city has evolved gradually

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Environment, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Housing, Urban Transport, Automobiles, Children, Europe, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Vehicles, Air Pollution
Air Pollution

 Hindustan motors

Can India ever have car free centres?

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Environment, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Housing, Urban Transport, Automobiles, Children, Europe, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Vehicles, Air Pollution
Biodiversity

 Meltdown

Latest NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) satellite maps reveal that most of the

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
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Mountains, Alps, Himalaya, Glaciers, Environmental Science, Remote Sensing, Europe, United States Of America (US), NASA
Climate Change

 Who s in and out?

italy has wavered from its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol, jeopardising Europe's commitment to fight global warming. Italian officials have urged the European Union ( eu ) to acknowledge

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
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Climate Change, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Europe, Denmark, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU)
Climate Change

 Detergents threaten India s waterbodies

Narinder K Kaushik, professor emeritus at the University of Guleph, Ontario, Canada, speaks to Nitin Sethi on the dangers of phosphate content in detergents

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
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Climate Change, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Europe, Denmark, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU)

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