Much heat generated over energy tax proposal
The proposed energy tax has run into heavy weather in Europe, despite strong backing from Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.
Dolphin kills may provoke US ban
Colombo is at pains to clear itself of the UNEP charge that it is one of the world's five major dolphin catchers.
Uncertainty increases over convention terms
As it comes under increasing scrutiny, the biodiversity convention signed last year is proving to be neither good nor bad -- just uncertain. Key …
Dutch to pay ecological debts
The Netherlands is negotiating with Bhutan, Costa Rica and Benin a long-term reciprocal development treaty that is based on Dutch assumption that …
Unequal representation
Getting scientists from developing countries to serve on the climate change panel is proving difficult.
Delegates stall action on greenhouse gases
Little was achived at the December climate meeting in Geneva by way of setting schedules for future sessions,mainly because of stalling tactics …
Finnish belt-tightening chokes green projects
Faced with the century's worst recession Helsinki has had to cut back heavily on development aid. At stake are several international …
Third World posers for Northern donors
In the new environment-sensitive atmosphere after Rio, two Northern agencies that aid research projects in the developing world are being …
Fire sparks controversy
The huge forest fire that swept New South Wales smoked out into the open a debate over the government's weak fire-fighting strategy.
Burning rubber
Tyres that never tire are an automobile's glamourous footwear, but producing these sophisticates is an environmental nightmare
'Hole' of a problem!
As concern for the ozone layer mounts, two more chemicals have been found to have a degenerating effect on the protective shield
Supermouse
A gene which boosts the growth of muscles in mice could enhance meat production and also be a cure for cancer
An Arctic account
The ice layer is thinning and spring arrives sooner than expected. The Arctic is already experiencing the impacts of global warming
The aftermath
The tests at Pokharan have shown that, given the right thrust, India can develop thermonuclear power plants
Terror on the high seas
A giant iceberg, now floating off the coast of Antarctica, is threatening research and commercial ships plying in the busy Drake Passage
Dolly II
Chinese scientists have achieved a major breakthrough by cloning the endangered giant panda
Labour pains
Birla Textile Mill in Himachal Pradesh is yet to pay dues to 2,300 workers. The unit was 'shifted' from Delhi for causing pollution
A step too small
The government fails again to take the right decision and carries on with its lopsided fuel policy
Changing weather
Changes in climatic trends may be part of a decade-long pattern known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Barren continent
After the destruction of Europe's conifers, it took millions of years for the regeneration of forests
All work and no foreplay
Plans are afoot to rejuvenate an overworked elephant population in Myanmar through artificial insemination
Monkeying with money
Reluctantly funding developing countries for research on CFC substitutes is another exercise in enriching multinationals who created much of the …
Russia's role raises hopes and fears
With Russia participating in the first unified space station project, international cooperation reaches new heights. But there are also doubts …
Germany tries to pass the buck
The meeting of the climate convention negotiating committee, which was meant to evolve criterion for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, …
Buckled together in a free-trade belt
Negotiators have paved the way for the ratification of NAFTA, which overshadows both the EC and the ASEAN in terms of economic clout