US food authorities pander to drug companies

Bush signs legislation to prevent over-fishing

No labelling for GM food

New food safety regulation ignores it despite a four-year-old law

News 360°-Brief

Partial ban

New rules ban metalised plastic only in tobacco sachets

Letters

Smoked out

DESTROYING WATERBODIES

Industrial discharge: seaward ho!

As rivers spill over, the sea becomes the new dumping destination in coastal Gujarat

INDIA

Targets or Diktats?

India: Aim, Hope High

Opting for renewables

Gujarat to set up water regulatory commission

IN COURT

Ambanis play power games with nuclear energy and ethanol

EPA bans lindane

Australia amends asbestos-related compensation law

Australian Aboroginal Land Rights Act tabled for amendement

US frames new rules for mining

Australia approves laws for Aborigines

EU defends groundwater purity law

Efficiency versus democracy

Aviation boom is no boon for climate

Stink of India's steel frame