Kerala brick industry taking over rice fields
The fast-expanding brick industry (in Kerala) is causing irreversible damage to paddy-fields in a state that is already beset by an acute rice …
Boosting industry will tax resources base
Budgetary provisions aimed at giving a fillip to industry, will add to the burden on the country's resources.
Wood substitutes threaten plywood industry
A CPWD proposal to ban use of timber in construction has generated friction between manufacturers of wood substitutes and plywood, with each side …
"Environmental breakfasts" in mega-hotels
Big business in Germany more than in any other country. But how delighted should an environmentalist be with this development?
A watered-down capitulation
Who should benefit from biotechnology? The South, where the genes originate, or the North, with its massive gene banks? Commercial interests …
Asia countries say no to US cancer sticks
The US is pushing its tobacco industry in Asian countries, despite stringent laws against smoking in several of these countries
Cracking down on eco-crime
Polluters of the environment are now increasingly being regarded as criminals. In New Jersey, there's a new breed of police personnel …
The business of environment
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Himachal cement plants face flak
The Himachal government's plans to install cement plants in the state create a none too happy situation
Beating the hell out of death
Industrial houses and research organisations must join hands and rethink about Indian health standards
Encounter with the future
The newly-discovered method of lasing in conjugated polymer microcavities may herald bright possibilities for the electronics industry
The green dream
Environmental problems in Pakistan have grabbed media headlines, but never the serious attention of its leaders. The country's brief rendezvous …
Illegal eagles
The Madhya Pradesh government's decision to call in the private sector to convert state forest lands into captive plantations, impinges on people'…
Hell-Hole
Gujarat industrialists are building a site to dump toxic wastes in Nandesari. The plans of the landfill, however, are severely flawed and it …
TOXIC TRAIL
A small area in northern Vadodara is cluttered with nearly 200 industries, most of them dealing in chemicals. This has created serious …
Ticketless travel
Electronic tickets are fast becoming popular in the us and Canada
Common platform
An environmental rating project provides a meeting ground for the Indian pulp and paper sector
Dirty move
The move to exempt certain categories of industry from a public hearing is anything but laudable
Democracy or dependance
Will the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) be able to deliver on its promises?
Myth of eternity
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Patent hypocrisies of US
American business lobbies are spreading falsehoods about India’s patent policies—and glossing over their double standards
Coal blocks on offer
Under new policy, Centre offers 17 blocks with total reserve of 8.5 billion tonnes to state-run firms
Curse of limestone
Farmers from 12 Rajasthan villages refuse to part with fertile land for cement companies
Paperworks
Overall environment health of the pulp and paper industry is far from healthy Inefficiency in resource use plagues the industry
The resonance
The Green Rating Project has already had an impact on Indian industry and hopefully will have more