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- Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency 33
- Chaos in the iron age 4
- Li's visit yields little on Brahmputra
- Monsoon arrives over Andaman Sea
- Poison in disguise 2
- India bans use of dolphins for commercial entertainment
- Activist lands in jail for protesting lack of health facilities in tribal district five years ago
- Environment ministry wants to restore night traffic through Bandipur tiger reserve 52
- A green facade 44
- Diesel: when bad policy makes for toxic hell 38
- Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency 33
- What’s good insulation? 30
- How vulnerable are India's nuclear power plants to disaster 28
- Grand distraction called river interlinking 28
- Eat at your own risk 27
- Green energy takes toll on green cover 26
- Temporary solution, permanent jam 25
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Issue Date: May 15, 2007
On March 18, 2007, the Calcutta High Court again adjourned the much-awaited hearing of the Nandigram case (see 'Nandigram carnage', Down To Earth, April 15, 2007). The court was to hear the CBI's report on the police firing in Nandigram. The chief justice will now hear the case on April 26.
A US Circuit Court of Appeals has decided in favour of salmons, which are threatened because of four dams in the Columbia-Snake river basin. The court directed the government to look at options, including removing the dams. The government had earlier ignored concerns by conservationists.
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