The Bhopal legacy: reworking corporate liability

Going vegan can help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions

A study shows that dietary emissions for meat-eaters are 99 to 102 per cent higher than for vegans

Project disaster

A natural gas pipeline which is expected to wind its way through a forest area in western Thailand could jeopardise 14 protected areas and the …

Technical Problem!

Procedural delays on the part of implementing agencies will ensure that the Supreme Court deadline for the conversion of old Delhi Transport …

Forget oil

Create a culture that places a premium on human power

Locals get firm

Shades of green

During the Auto Expo 2000, most carmakers were seen going ahead with diesel models. But the makers of two-stroke two-wheelers decided to announce …

Gasping for GAS

In the absence of a government policy on the use liquefied petroleum gas for automobiles, the illegal market is flourishing where safety norms …

DTC: OUT OF GAS?

With the deadline for converting its entire bus fleet to compressed natural gas drawing near, the Delhi Transport Corporation looks for excuses …

Will Bhopal victims get their due?

A government is preparing to go into denial

Pay and take

A High Powered Committee on efficient allocation of natural resources and telecom spectrum puts market above people

Five steps to recovery

Panchakarma , an ayurvedic treatment, holds the key to Bhopal gas victims' recovery

Empowered panchayats make for true liberalisation

A myth actively perpetuated by traditional politicians and a supportive bureauracy is that panchayat bodies are India's lowest ranked …

The Bhopal in us

As a society we have never felt the venom of methyl isocyanate and other toxic gases like the Bhopal victims

Sick berth

The Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre has done little for the long-term treatment of gas victims

Delhi to go greener

After CNG, the national capital is all set to run its public transport fleet on biogas

The night the air turned poisonous

...the much-flouted crisis management system failed to activate itself, leaving the residents of Kardampuri colony in Delhi gasping for breath

Memory's nemesis

An 'anniversary' story changes tack, a tragedy continues unabated

West By Far East

In the rush for economic growth, China ignored its environment. Now it faces a nightmare. The country is one of the most polluted in the world.

UCIL's end-game

With the dismantling of the Union Carbide factory responsible for the Bhopal gas leak, vital evidence in the case, which reveals the company's …

Power hat trick

Tri-generation systems use one fuel for simultaneous heating, cooling and power generation

Guar mine

Farmers in Rajasthan make big bucks as shale gas rush boosts demand for little-known cluster bean

A tinge of green

Issues relating to the environment, though not on top of the agenda, did make their presence felt in the just-concluded assembly elections.

Fuel economy standards: sanctity of decision making process must be upheld

Car industry's efforts to dilute standards approved by PMO will significantly reduce fuel savings

Healing festering wounds

An action plan is ready to decontaminate UCILÔÇÖs plant site in Bhopal. It just needs to be implemented