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Nov 15-30, 2000
Cover Story
For the country where only 15 per cent of its population have access to electricity, Nepal has come a long way. It took 84 years to achieve power generation of 250 megawatt. And only five years to add a whopping 125 megawatt through microhydels, an increase of 50 per cent. Since 1995, community-based power generation and distribution have ushered in a social revolution. Now Nepal's remotest hills generate their own electricity in their backyard. India, despite its vast hydro potential, chooses to ignore this clean and economically viable option.
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The upcoming climate negotiations at The Hague may turn out to be the most crucial till now
Companies are given permission to use genetic tests to decide on insurance policy in the UK
Ban on harvesting of timber may not solve the problem of deforestation in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province
Poaching and encroachments threaten one-horned rhionos at Orang National Park
...Orissa's coastal districts still lies in ruins
Safdarjung Hospital's incinerator spells trouble for those living in its vicinity
Gujarat Pollution Control Board's latest invention helps 'reduce' air pollution
The Biodiversity Bill to empower local communities under scrutiny of parliamentary standing committee
Instead of curtailing use of plastics, the Delhi government sets up a new market
Science & Technology
Snow covered plants in the tundra start absorbing carbon dioxide in early spring itself
Greet the oldest living being on its 250 millionth birthday
A call for an international front against the naughty child
The development of new drugs could contain the spread of malaria
US scientists have developed a device that can capture air pollutants
Fly ash presents an alternative to the polluting burnt bricks
Special Report
Rising cases of respiratory ailments in children, due to air pollution, fail to stir the Indian government
People of the Arwari basin in Alwar, take proactive measures to battle drought
Mismanagement in India's premier forestry research institute
Life & Nature
Climate change is a very slow process, notoriously difficult to understand. Is it happening in India? Residents of some Himalayan towns, where the ecology is known to be very sensitive, observe some clear indications of change. It is getting warmer, they point out. Kashmir is said to have lost an entire season. Based on responses to a Down To Earth survey, Lian Chawii met residents of select towns in the Himalaya. They say the local climate is changing, for better or for worse
The Fortnight
Britain's worst ever flood in 50 years could be a result of global warming
Crosscurrent
The Supreme Court's decision, giving a go ahead to the Sardar Sarovar Project, has regenerated the debate.
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