India

 Making CETPs work

If cetps are the answer, how do we make them work? The choice of technology, however important, is not the only challenge ahead. The key is to build a much stronger framework for common waste

Publication Date: 
14/01/2003
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Pollution, Pollution Control, Industrial Dispersal, Leather Industry, Waste Treatment, Small Scale Industry, Technology, Supreme Court, NGO, Greenpeace, India, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Waste Recycling, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)
Environment

 Public verdict

Cement packing unit stalled

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
Nidhi Jamwal
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Tags:
Environment, Pollution Control, Noise Pollution, Fisheries, Trade, Coal, Emissions Trading, Cement Industry, Public Participation, Ireland, Gujarat, Kerala
Agriculture

 Fast food

pushpesh pant rediscovers Amaranth once the poor man s grain, today an expensive health food

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
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Agriculture, Fast Foods, Traditional Knowledge, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
Industry

 Dumb charade

Gujarat violence takes its toll on the environment

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
Nitin Sethi, Nidhi Jamwal
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Pollution Control, Industrial Dispersal, Industry, Legislation, Environment Act 1986, High Court, NGO, Gujarat
India

 New look for seven Indian cities

spurred by the success of the Taj eco-city project

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
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Environment, Sanitation, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
India

 With IT villages

Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
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Tags:
Agriculture, Agricultural Inputs, Basmati Rice, Wheat, Soyabean, Coffee, Aquaculture, Rural Development, NGO, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Internet, Computers
India

 The right blend

Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment friendly decision

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
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Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ethanol, Petrol, MTBE, Emissions Trading, Research, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Statistics, Two Wheelers, Toxins
Industry

  Another Alang in the making

Andhra Pradesh is in choppy waters over a proposed ship breaking yard at Vodarevu

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Kushal P S Yadav
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Marine Pollution, Asbestos, Shipping, Environmental Health, Hazardous Products, Dioxin, Industry, India, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (D), Gujarat, Developing Countries, Toxins
India

 Cotton conundrum

The fiery issue revolving Bt Cotton has little to do with farming and more with politicking

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
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Tags:
Agricultural Research, Pesticides, Cotton, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Legislation, Supreme Court, NGO, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Punjab
India

 Pollution Pvt. Ltd.

A polluting industrial unit in Gujarat continues to operate, despite the state Pollution Control Board issuing notices to shut it down

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
Suverchala Kashyap
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Chemical Industry, Waste Disposal, Industrial Workers, Legislation, India, Gujarat, Environmental Security, Toxic Wastes

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