Water Resources

  Agro watershed

A revolution in farming is in the offing across Europe, courtesy the new Water Framework Directive . The order must become a national law across the 15-nation European Union (eu) bloc by the

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
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Pollution, Agricultural Systems, Water Quality, Legislation, Europe, European Union (EU)
India

 Rating Parameter

See Score Card Raw material sourcing phase To rate the companies on the raw material sourcing phase, grp used the following indicators: the quality of input salt, transportation of salt,

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14/09/2002
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India

 The best and the worst

Pondicherry-based Chemfab Alkalis Ltd (cal) has been rated as the greenest caustic-chlorine company in India. With an overall score of 46.7 per cent, it has been given the Three Leaves Award. Set

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India

 OBSERVATION: Mercury rising

With lax regulations and a huge mercury loss unaccounted for, a disaster is waiting to happen in India

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14/09/2002
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India

 OBSERVATION: Chemical roadmap

If the industry wants to survive in an environmentally conscious world, the search for chlorine alternatives must go hand in hand with product stewardship

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Agriculture

 Cultivating Europe

Middle Eastern farmers carried agriculture to the West

Publication Date: 
30/08/2002
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Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Life Science, Genetic Engineering, Europe, France
Poverty

 Widespread disagreement may mar WSSD

Emil Salim, chair of the global preparatory committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) and former Indonesian environment minister has urged India's Prime Minister, Atal Bihari

Publication Date: 
30/08/2002
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Ecosystems, WTO, Poverty, Europe, United States Of America (US), Sustainable Development
Energy

 Heavy on the purse?

Measuring efficiency of electric appliances fails to take off in India

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
Nitin Sethi
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Energy, Legislation, Europe, India, Delhi, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Electronics
Economy

 Identity crisis

Rightwing parties provide an illusion of certainty: the one thing that many Europeans reeling under new pressures are hungrily groping for

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
Jurgen Maier
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Environment, NGO, Politics, Europe, Denmark, France, Italy, Globalisation, Economy
Animal Care

 Back to basics

An air conditioning system that uses constant subterranean temperatures can become an ecofriendly alternative to conventional systems

Publication Date: 
29/04/2002
Girja Sharan, R K Sahu, Ratan Jadhav
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Soil Science, Animal Care, Zoos, Tiger, Technology, Europe, Ahmedabad (D)

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