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Our quality of mercy
(by Sunita Narain)

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human tiger
coverstory
River runs dry
A series of hydropower
projects on the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda may reduce the Ganga to a trickle. But project proponents will still be making money

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News
judgement dayLavasa’s nightmare
A hill station project in the Western
Ghats is clouded by land grab allegations		   changing gearsControversy: Turf war over fuel economy
Fuel efficiency standards for cars falls victim to industry politics
factsheet
changing gearsStonewalling the sea
Puducherry plans rock walls to tackle coastal erosion. Activists contend the method is unscientific
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polar potentialOut of turn
Average annual rainfall has declined in 68 per cent of India


 
Feature news
canine carnivoresNature’s fury
An exhibition captures different moods
of Bangladesh in recent calamities		  

consumed by hungerNeutrino in elephant’s way
A proposed observatory in Nilgiri forests threatens to disturb wildlife movement

   
c for cabbages c for condomsBull to bull’s eye
Tribals remodel hunting festival for solar lamps		   polar potentialFinancing emissions from jets, cows
Robert Goodland, a World Bank Group veteran, on how the Bank has become obsolete on sustainability issues
     
 
     
 
News
A Groundwater recharge plan fails to take off
Orissa targeted for illegal Bt cotton cultivation
Rainfall decreased across two-thirds of India
Tripura university lab pollutes lake
Planning Commission tables fiscal reforms for fuel
Supreme Court allows mining in a tiger reserve
Uranium waste spills again in Jaduguda
US devalues life by US $1 million
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Opinions

Editorial: Our quality of mercy
(by Sunita Narain)
Leader: Himalayan blunder
Leader: Future shock, this?
Denial of the rural: 85 per cent urban population will be a disaster (by Bharat Dogra)
   
The GM snare: Measures to test GM crops for safety leave a lot to be desired (by K P Prabhakaran Nair)
science & technology
A dam to check malaria
Blame pollution for skewed male to female ratio
 
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Gobartimes
ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN		   review


after oil?


Geology gyan: Rocks tell stories


 Sept. 15, 2008






Book: A Community Guide to Environmental Health (By Jeff Conant and Pam Fadem)
Film: Caught on tape discarding fish
Ad campaign: Exposing Shell's hollow claims
   
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