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 What China is doing to Goa

I wrote last fortnight about how mining in Goa for iron ore was ripping its forests and devastating its people. I wrote of the violence and protests I saw in its villages, where miners were pitted against people angry at the loss of their cultivable lands and their water bodies. I had asked then

Publication Date: 
29/04/2007
Sunita Narain
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Pollution, Water Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Land Resources, Land Pollution, Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Iron, Naga, Conflicts, Panchayats, China, India, Goa, Corruption
Mining

 Making India's mining sector socially and environmentally viable

While mining continues to exploit mineral-rich areas and impoverish their people, a government panel ignores these costs to focus on fast-tracking private investment in the sector.
By Chandra Bhushan

Publication Date: 
29/04/2007
Chandra Bhushan
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Water Pollution, River Pollution, Land Pollution, Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Stone Industry, Minerals, Brahmani, Water Quality, Health Effects, Poverty, Orissa (Odisha)
Water Pollution

 In short

>> At 2 am on March 11, 2007 (0700 GMT), the US pushed forward the hands on its clocks by an hour. The shift came three weeks earlier than usual. Normally US clocks "spring forward' on the first

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
Down to Earth
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Animal Diseases, Poultry, Energy Policy, Influenza, Afghanistan, United States Of America (US)
India

 Bird populations in India dwindling at alarming rate

function open_new_popwin() { newwd=window.open('photo/photo_gallery.htm','','height=570,width=550,scrollbars=yes'); newwd.moveTo(250,75); } Clipped Wings In Uttar

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14/04/2007
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Water Pollution, Wetlands, Pesticides, Pest Control, Heavy Metals, Climate Change, Global Warming, Floods, Endangered Species, Habitat, Birds, Migratory Species, Ramsar Convention, India, Global, Statistics
Industry

 Goa's mining problems

We were standing between a massive mine and a stunning water reservoir. Local activists were explaining to me that this iron ore mine was located in the catchment of the Salaulim water reservoir, the only water source for south Goa. Suddenly, as I started clicking with my camera, we were surrounded by a jeepload of men. They said they were from the mine management and wanted us off the property.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
Sunita Narain
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Water Pollution, Land Pollution, Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Conflicts, Mining Waste, Goa
Water Pollution

Removal of nitrogen in constructed wetlands to prevent eutrophication

Nitrogen is an important nutrient in domestic and industrial wastewater and its elevated concentration in the wetland promotes explosive growth of algae. The decomposition of the algae leads to an excessive growth of bacteria, utilizing and dissolved oxygen from water. This process of rapid algal growth leading to oxygen-starved waters is known as eutrophication.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2007
Debabrata Mazumder, Biplab Roy
Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers
2007
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Wetlands, Eutrophication, Aquatic Plants, Water Pollution Control, Sewage Treatment Technology, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

 Cars off the road in Italy

More than 130 cities in northern Italy, including Milan and Verona, banned car traffic for several hours on the last Sunday of February. In Milan, the ban was for two consecutive Sundays.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2007
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Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Public Transport, Car Free Days, Italy
Water Pollution

 Fresh evidence of water having flowed on Mars

Scientists recently presented fresh evidence of the possibility of water having once flowed on Mars. A nasa spacecraft currently orbiting Mars has captured photographs that depict equatorial ridges

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
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Physical Science, Geology, Planets, NASA
Water Pollution

 The <i>kuhls</i> of Kangra by J Mark Baker

Book>> the kuhls of kangra

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
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Irrigation, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra
Water Pollution

 Google Earth helping Iraqis survive violence in Baghdad

Iraq's beleaguered people have an unlikely ally in the search engine Google. Its online satellite map, Google Earth, is being used to help people survive violence in Baghdad. As sectarian strife

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
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Conflicts, Information, Media, Iraq, Internet

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