A small shopkeeper, Raquel Chavez, in Mexico City, has won a legal battle against the us drinks firm Coca-Cola's Mexican unit

Cement production is not water-intensive. On average, Indian plants use half a tonne of water to produce a tonne of cement. This is low compared to the pulp and paper industry, which consumes 200-250 tonnes of water to produce a tonne of paper.

The Centre for Science and Environment s Green Rating Project team has rated the cement industry. Its findings uncovered some surprises. The traditional wisdom was that the industry had to be a big time polluter. But what emerged was a more nuanced pictur

Bangalore is in the throes of a water privatisation debate. But the most critical flaws in a new plan for its suburbs have got missed out. s v suresh babu decodes

Rain gardens have been recommended as a best management practice to treat stormwater runoff. Replicate rain gardens were constructed in Haddam, CT, to treat roof runoff. The objective of this study was to assess whether the creation of a saturated zone in a rain garden improved retention of pollutants. The gardens were sized to store 2.54 cm (1 in) of runoff.