Air Pollution

 Gaps in GAP

• The apex body headed by the prime minister to monitor the plan

Publication Date: 
30/01/2001
S S Jeevan
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution
Environment

Survival primer: Down to Earth special issue

This publication contains prominent articles collated from 200 issues of science and environment fortnightly, Down to Earth, from 1992 onwards.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2000
Anil Agarwal
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Environment, Environment Economics, River Pollution, Air Pollution, Forests, Traditional Water Harvesting, Global Environmental Agreements, Protected Area Conservation, Environment Education, Popular Movements, Biomass
India

 What it takes to clean a river

It is the tale of two European rivers. The Rhine and the Danube. No river system in the world has a density of industrial agglomerations comparable to that of the Rhine. The river connects the economies of some of the richest countries, while the Danube l

Publication Date: 
30/12/2000
Down to Earth
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Pollution Control, River Pollution, Danube, Rhine, Riverine Ecology, Waste Disposal, Industrial Disasters, International Cooperation, Public Participation, Europe, Sustainable Development
India

 The Blue Danube

An international convention for protection of the Danube hopes to restore the river s ecosystem

Publication Date: 
30/12/2000
Down to Earth
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20001231
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Pollution Control, River Pollution, Danube, Rhine, Riverine Ecology, Waste Disposal, Industrial Disasters, International Cooperation, Public Participation, Europe, Sustainable Development
Health

 The DANUBE

The second longest river in Europe, the Danube originates in Germany and drains into the Black Sea

Publication Date: 
30/12/2000
Down to Earth
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20001231
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River Pollution
Environment

 Nuclear contamination

alarming levels of radioactivity have been detected in two rivers near the Siberian Chemical Complex, Russia's largest nuclear site, according to a

Publication Date: 
14/12/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Nuclear Power, Waste Disposal, Radiation, Nuclear Wastes, Governance, Russia
Water Resources

 CLEANING YAMUNA

The Union mini

Publication Date: 
14/09/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, River Pollution, Yamuna, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Legislation, Governance
Industry

 I am green by choice , not by chance

Probably the first chief minister of Delhi to have taken a keen interest in the environment, Shiela Dixit has got a mixed response for her efforts. While a large number of people have come forward to pa

Publication Date: 
30/07/2000
Down to Earth
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Pollution Control, River Pollution, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Urban Water Supply, Drinking Water Scarcity, Automobiles, Natural Gas, Industry, Public Participation, Governance, Delhi
India

 Holy river?

Even untreated sewage water in Norway is cleaner than the water flowing in the Ganga

Publication Date: 
14/07/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Leather Industry, Ganga, Skin Diseases, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)
India

 Killer hospitals

various hospitals and nursing homes in Jammu and Kashmir (j&k) are violating the Bio-Medical Wastes Management and Handling Rules, 1998. This has resulted in polluting some rivers, lakes and other

Publication Date: 
14/07/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Hospital Waste, Waste Disposal, Legislation, Government Of India (GOI), Jammu & Kashmir

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