VOICING CONCERN

Judges take lessons

Orissa's lower judiciary hones its skills to settle environmental disputes

Equity first

The only way to a lasting international climate treaty is to accept equal rights of all human beings to release greenhouse gases, acknowledges a …

New Brazil law for environmental transparency

Over the past few months, Rachel Biderman Furriela -- a Brazil-based lawyer and activist -- has been punching the keys of her laptop furiously. …

Falling on deaf ears

Wait and watch

The us government is in transition. But why should the rest of the world suffer?

Justice at last

J&K government shuts down polluting stone-crushing units

Book review: Garbage Wars: The Struggle For Environmental Justice By David Naguib Pellow

Sociologist David Naguib Pellow has come out with an engrossing account of Chicago from the perspective of what surrounds us all: garbage. It is …

Short-changed?

A petition filed by the Bhopal gas tragedy victims has prompted the Supreme Court to ask the Union government for an explanation. The discrepancy …

Points to ponder

Right to information and transparency in eia are critical for public participation in development projects

Out of earshot

Who follows the public hearing procedures? Neither the government nor the project promoters

The written code

Based on public hearings, environmental clearances are given to companies concerned

Damn not the oustees

The human tragedy that will unfold as a result of the Sardar Sarovar dam has to be mitigated

Haunted by the past

Five years ago, Nigerian social activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was killed because he fought against multinational oil companies and dared to assert the …

Fortifying ecofront

Can existing constitutional safeguards adequately address the environmental concerns?

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 …

Cries of anguish

Most Indians are defenceless against the fine toxic particles in the air -- largely products of vehicular emissions -- and scientists are finding …

Rules for dumping toxic waste in Pakistan

Rules for disposing toxins

The Bill of contentions

Adrift and Isolated

A proposed blanket ban on scientific prawn culture in Chilika lake is a total let-down for the fiskerfolk

American Electric Power to reduce emissions

Battered Lungs

Lung cancer is a result of the deadly cocktail of smoking, air pollution and poverty

Today's Plague

Some of the most common cancers in India are directly linked to poverty

Killer with a BIAS

There is overwhelming evidence that some of the common cancers target the poor

Environmental injustice

The poorest people in urban India live in foul environs. Research from across the world shows that the poor stand greater risks of several cancers.…