Pollution

Air Pollution

POPs talk

A meeting to eliminate persistent organic pollutants throws up more questions than answers

Publication Date:

27/02/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, DDT, Toxins

Environment

India's chief ministers are beginning to take note of environmental problems. But just about. The Centre for Science and Environment conducted a survey of Down To Earth readers and India's environmentalists. A report on the nature of the work carri

Publication Date:

14/02/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

7

Issue:

19990215

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Land Degradation, Deforestation, CSE, Pollution

Environment

Special Efforts

Source: CSE Survey, 1998 NOTE: Names of CMs in order of ranking done by environmentalist

Publication Date:

14/02/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

7

Issue:

19990215

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Land Degradation, Deforestation, CSE, Pollution

Environment

The World Bank sees money in emissions trading

Daphne Wysham is the co author of a recent report, The World Bank and the G 7: Changing the Earth s Climate for Business . She is also the coordinator of the sustainable energy and economy network, a project of

Publication Date:

30/01/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

7

Issue:

19990131

pp:

0

Tags:

UNFCCC, Pollution, Emissions Trading, Europe

India

SOUTH AFRICA

Five South African victims of asbestos poisoning have been told

Publication Date:

30/01/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, Asbestos, Health Effects, South Africa

Climate Change

Learning from mistakes

I have written this before and I want to repeat it again: The Western economic model which we are following with such keenness is a highly toxic model. Toxicity is inherent in it. It is built

Publication Date:

30/01/1999

Author(s): Anil Agarwal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

7

Issue:

19990131

pp:

17

Tags:

Environment, Economic Development, Political Parties, Pollution

Transport

POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES

The Bangladesh government has announced new measures to combat environmental pollution. The government's National Environ

Publication Date:

14/01/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution

Biodiversity

Right to know

FROm next year, us power plants will be forced to test the coal they burn for traces of mercury. The us Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will also require a selected number of plants to test

Publication Date:

30/12/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, Thermal Power Plants, United States Of America (US)

Climate Change

Distant warnings

THE widespread effects of pollution can be gauged from the fact that the remotest and the most uninhabitable regions on earth are facing the brunt of pollution caused by pesticides and industrial

Publication Date:

29/11/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, Pesticides, Canada, DDT

India