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First expedition in Intenational Polar Year 2007-08 begins
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2007
Polar Research us, Sweden, Chile
Coal a human history
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2006
Coal A Human History by Barbara Freese Arrow Books London 2003; The End of Oil The decline of the petroleum economy and the rise of a new energy order by Paul Roberts, Bloomsbury London 2005.
Journalist assaulted by goons in Chhattisgarh
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2006
Afzal Khan, a Bhopalpatnam-based correspondent with the Chhattisgarh daily HindSat, was assaulted by Salwa Judum--Chhattisgrah's anti-Naxal militia. He was suspected of having helped local village heads make a request to the Raman Singh government to prevent the state-backed, anti-Naxal militia from entering their villages.
Teachers' union wary of Al Gore's DVDs
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2006
Climate Change USA
New coffee house chain by Coke
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2006
Coca-Cola Toronto
New website gives access to most recent images of Envisat
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2006
Disaster Europe
Have you ever wanted to track natural events in progress, such as fires, floods and volcanic eruptions, or simply explore the planet through the eyes of a satellite? The European Space Agency has created a website, miravi, which gives access to the most recently acquired images from the world's largest Earth Observation satellite, Envisat.
Thought-provoking ads by UNDP
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2006
Water UN
"By joining the Water Alert campaign, you can help to solve a crisis that is affecting countless millions in the developing world," claims a notice on the undp website. The un body's campaign comprises four print ads.
One of them asks: "Where does the price of water cost more than in Central London?" The answer is, as the message rightly points out, "In a developing country slum".
Documentaries on Colombian Caribbean soon
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2006
Conservation Colombia
A team of researchers and filmmakers will travel through the Colombian Caribbean from January 2007 to produce documentaries about endangered species and ecosystems. This television project includes the participation of the private channel rcn and Eco Films, Colombia. The team will spend a year in the area collecting material for the documentaries.
Lakshwadeep islands to be connected by Ham radio
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2006
Radio Lakshadweep
Three islands in Lakshwadeep will be connected by ham radio for the first time on January 15, 2007. Ham radio operators will set up a base in Magatti, Bangaram and Kadmat islands as part of a ten-day international ham fest. After a year of intense lobbying, the National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, has succeeded in getting permission from the Union ministry of communications and information technology to operate hams from Lakshadweep.
