In Short

Promises broken, justice delayed

Bhopal gas tragedy survivors continue to suffer as court cases are delayed and government promises prove hollow

Elsevier retracts study on rats fed GM food

Two-year animal feeding study showed that rats fed Monsanto's genetically modified maize NK603 or water containing roundup died much earlier

Ethanol demand could expand Gulf of Mexico's dead zone

Bhopal gas leak: curative petition downplays number of deaths

Victims threaten rail roko agitation if government fails to correct death and injury figures in a month

More forest diversions likely in Singrauli

Greenpeace report says pollution from coal-fired thermal plants not considered while allowing mining in coal belt

Gamble for guar, soy

Despite demand and production, farmers lose to futures trading

Import happy

India gets wastes from 105 countries. The waste import sector is truly bewildering

Permanent

Cleaning up colour is almost impossible

Black chemistry

Why are colours a problem?

PUNJAB: Ignorance is bliss

MAHARASHTRA: Waiting for a cow to die

GUJARAT: Turning a blind eye

Fatally fixated

Unchecked

Industry flouts weak regulations at will

Unsettling

What the Centre and the state government did to rehabilitate victims

Serving the symptom

The government still does not know what still afflicts people in Bhopal

Foul Debris

The UCIL plant is still a health hazard

Chlor-alkali’s acid test

The Centre for Science and Environment’s Green Rating Project assesses the trade

A revolution redefined

Troubled by the degradation of soil and water, French farmers are now switching to a more sustainable practise of agriculture

The next disruption

Ratlam’s toxic legacy

Hazardous waste kept in shut factories continues to contaminate groundwater

Promoting millets: the wheel need not be reinvented

New policy could be detrimental to millet farming

Cuddalore flouts rules

New industries set to increase pollution in the area

The escape route

Punjab, which accounts for only 1.5 per cent of the total geographical area of the country, cannot continue producing for the whole country. It …