Climate Change

 Shameless India

Publication Date: 
14/03/2002
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Pollution, Pollution Control, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, China, United States Of America (US), India, Global
Water Pollution

 Rivers e effect

The Andhra Pradesh government is all set to purify Musi river, which has been given top priority under the National River Conservation plan, by dumping effluents

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
Kushal P S Yadav
Down to Earth
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Pollution Control, Water Pollution, River Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Musi, Arsenic, Waste Disposal, Legislation, Supreme Court, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (D)
India

 Plastic purge

Chittaranjan township sports a new look as its residents say no to plastic carrybags

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
Jayanta Basu
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Pollution Control, Plastics, Public Participation, NGO, India, West Bengal
India

 CONTROVERSIAL CONSTRUCTION

The Karnataka High Court quashed the Karnataka state

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
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Tags:
Pollution Control, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Housing Construction, High Court, Karnataka
India

 Out of site

it's a catch-22 situation. Although the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (tnpcb) wants local bodies to compost their waste, there is a problem of giving them the right place. A recent casualty is

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Reservoirs, Conflicts, Governance, India, Tamil Nadu, Waste Recycling
Air Pollution

 Vehicles for change

Fuel cell buses set to steer Europe into zero emission era

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Air Pollution, Public Transport, Emissions Trading, Hydrogen Energy, Fuel Cell, Europe, India, European Union (EU)
Air Pollution

 In a twilight zone

Caught in the polluting haze of two and three wheelers, Asia is completely helpless today. The menace of these vehicles is unique to Asia. Therefore, the solutions have to come from within. But experts question the continent's capability to come up

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
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Pollution Control, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, CNG, WTO, Emissions Trading, Automobiles, Auto Industry, Governance, World Bank, Asia, China, Thailand, India, Statistics, Two Wheelers
India

 Breathing easy

A hundred medicines, a dozen therapies but no cure, that is the story of asthma treatment world wide. Complementary medicine fill the vacuum

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
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Pollution Control, Air Pollution, Malnutrition, Asthma, Respiratory Diseases, Children, Health Care, Medical Research, Child Health, Smoking, Genetic Resources, Africa, Mexico, New Zealand, India, Delhi
India

 Gasping millions

Asthma, the bane of modern life, stalks the young ones and the affluent. It will strike 32 million people in India by 2010. The silent strangler has a propensity to waylay its victims, striking with stealth. An analysis into what triggers the killer which

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
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Tags:
Pollution Control, Air Pollution, Malnutrition, Asthma, Respiratory Diseases, Children, Health Care, Medical Research, Child Health, Smoking, Genetic Resources, Africa, Mexico, New Zealand, India, Delhi
Environment

Evaluation study on the functioning of State Pollution Control Boards

This study was taken up at the instance of Planning Commission, with a primary objectives of understanding the functioning of the SPCBs and their efficacy in controlling water and air pollution, finding out the efficacy of functional tools employed by them in carrying out their objectives and identifying the constraints to their effective functioning.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2002
Planning Commission
Tags:
Pollution Control, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Act 1974, Water Cess Act 1977, Air Act 1981, India

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