More facts, more doubts
Monsanto ups the Bt cotton ante with a feel-good survey
Disposing of nuclear waste
>> Too Hot to Touch, the Problem of High Level Nuclear Waste, by William Alley and Rosemarie Alley, Cambridge University Press, US $ 29.9
Rotterdam Convention: no new agenda for pesticides at chemical review panel meet
Signals under-utilisation of the subsidiary body of Rotterdam Convention
Bok review: Heady stuff
Conservation and Society by Kamaljit S Bawa
Film review: A planet of hope
Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi
Cocooned in secrecy
Exposing America's toxic burden
Pesticides Action Network's report says Americans carry high pesticide levels in their bodies
Book Digest: Tales of tradition from Himalayas, cultural influences in COVID-19 world and more
Prospects of fossil-free future to politics of climate change, DTE tracks new books on environment and development from leading authors
Beyond protected areas: This new book explores how India's conservation scene turned inclusionary
‘At the Feet of Living Things’ journals experiences of ecologists who practise a collaborative and socio-ecologically sensitive …
Book Digest: Tracing world order from 2008 financial crisis to COVID-19, Shaheen Bagh and more
From stories of climate crisis to women-led movement for equal rights, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and development from …
Book review: Seeds of Contention
The good thing about this book is that it makes a clear attempt to scale down the shrill rhetoric of the gm debate. The sharp language and …
Supreme Court dismisses plea to review order expediting interlinking of rivers
Central Ground Water Authority had said the order could amount to judicial overreach
Conflict-affected African nations show improved government policies
Gender bias comes out as a concern in the assessment conducted by the World Bank; scores likely to influence financial support given to these …
Identity under threat
Film>> Tuhya Dharma Koncha, directed by Satish Manwar, cast: Upendra Limaye, Vibhavari Deshpande, music by Dattaprasad Ranade
Poison present
Greenpeace and Bhopal disaster survivors transported toxic waste from the Bhopal disaster site to Dow Chemical Co's largest European operation, …
Conflicts are bad for the environment, says UNEP report
At a time when the threat of war looms large over Iraq, here's more ammunition for peaceniks to confront warmongers with. The United Nations …
Below Poverty Line census: fudging figures?
A survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society …
Is Bt cotton a success or failure?
Participants attending conference to review Bt cotton call for extensive investigation into all aspects of cotton production before drawing …
My report is not an industry report: T S R Subramanian
The High Level Committee (HLC), constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) three months ago to …
Can game theory help detect drug-resistant bacteria?
Washington State University researchers developed a software tool, with a graphic user interface, that can identify most relevant features …
Developed countries face tough questions on emissions reduction
Inadequacy of targets and discrepancies in reporting highlighted at the first multilateral review of Annexe I parties
Book review: Profound primer
Providing a good text is the primary step, now that environmental studies have become a scheduled subject at the graduate level in all …
Report on GM crops unfortunate: industry
The parliamentary committee on agriculture has strongly criticised the regulatory system on genetically modified (GM) crops in the country, …
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
Book Review
Accountability in the Pesticide Industry - A report based on a forum held at the Pocantico Conference Center . June 25-28, 2002 . Paper No 5