Earth-shaking intervention

An earthquake rocks El Salvador causing widespread destruction. Deforestation aggravates the situation

Americans want low-cost, quality health care

Hillary Rodham Clinton, head of the US President's task force on health, has a tough task ahead in providing Americans with low-cost, quality …

Jurisdictional ruling angers environmentalists

The Sri Lankan government is being sharply criticised for giving the court of appeal in Colombo authority to hear cases involving development …

Incinerator in Ohio ignites controversy

While US vice-president Al Gore cast his lot with the anti-incinerator, industry greens, residents of East Liverpool, Ohio, got together to …

All eyes on Akatsuki Maru

As the world follows the Akatsuki Maru and its 1.3 tonnes of plutonium oxide on its controversial trans-oceanic journey from France to Japan, …

Oil explorers ready to withdraw

Many oil companies in Myanmar are pulling out of expensive but fruitless exploriation projects, dashing the military regime's hopes of future oil …

Small policy

The Union government's decision to strengthen small-scale industries will have serious repercussions on the efforts to save environment

China eying Lhasa site for nuclear reactor

A US-based Tibetan organisation says not only is China intending to build a nuclear reactor near Lhasa, but is also setting up sites for missiles …

Catastrophe!

A super cyclone has left Orissa shattered and blown away India's claims of managing itself during a natural disaster

Escape clause inserted

Although claiming otherwise, Bush's new plan leaves enough room for the US to raise its emission of greenhouse gases

The trash piles up

With Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands insisting on high recycling targets, an agreement on waste packaging among European Community members …

Darkness at midnight

A devastating earthquake in the Chamoli region of Uttar Pradesh kills over 100 people, most of them in their sleep

A vital book

...says the President of India while receiving CSE's first report on global environmental negotiations

Global Environmental Governance

Global environmental negotiations on issues such as climate change, biodiversity and desertification often seem to be far removed from the …

Fundamental judgement

Clean drinking water is a fundamental right, states the Supreme Court and wants government to set up environmental courts

You've got a verdict

Six years of litigation over the Sardar Sarovar dam comes to an end with the Supreme Court giving the go-ahead to construction. The fate of …

Bone of contention

Neither Project Tiger nor the eco-development project can end the conflicts between the forest officials and the villagers in Ranthambhore

Climatic loophole

Sinks can now be potentially identified as the most dangerous loophole for the environmental integrity of the Kyoto Protocol

Heading for showdown

Even as the US accuses the EU of rewriting prior agreements, the later agrees on a common approach to limiting flexible mechanisms for …

First birthday

Although setting up of the EPA did result in policies to control pollution, political interference has blunted its effectiveness

Talking about fluorosis

Participants failed to come up with workable solutions at a recent international conference on fluorosis

The logjam continues

George W Bush gets a hostile reaction from the European Union for his stubborn stand on the Kyoto Protocol

Curative resolve

A dose of political will, backed by communication skills, can help combat infectious diseases

Deo slams MP government for denying forest rights to tribals in Mahan

Union tribal affairs minister says villagers’ consent to mining by Hindalco and Essar comprised more than 11,000 forged signatures

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