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Issue 21
January , 2010
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Image for bulleted text EDITORIAL

Image for bulleted text  Nuclear Energy – bane or boon?

In this special issue,Ravi Agarwal,Director,Toxics Link,questions environmental impacts of India's nuclear power policy. ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Environment and Health Public Lecture Series - How the Australian Rainforests were Saved - the Influence of Gandhi

The world's first direct action in defense of rainforests took place at Terania Creek in northern New South Wales Austra ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Students for Environment forum

Thumbnail for the story Does climate change and the hulla balloo about it bother you?? Do you feel the need to talk about the environment? Do yo ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Small Grants and Fellowships 2010, Available for Work on Toxicity, Waste and Pollution in India

Environmental Equity and Justice Partnership (EEJP) announces the launch of second phase of its grant program. Over next ...More


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Image for bulleted text REPORT / INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Image for bulleted text  Brazil Announces National Policy on Climate Change

Thumbnail for the story Brazil's President introduced national legislation that will guide efforts to reduce projected emissions by 36.1 to 38.9 ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Underwater rocks could be used for massive carbon storage

Thumbnail for the story Considering it is unlikely that global carbon emissions will start dropping anytime soon, researchers are beginning to l ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Taiwan seeks green tower award

Thumbnail for the story Outdone by an tower extending over 800 meters in Dubai, the world's former tallest building, Taipei 101, wants to become ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Ecosystems strain to keep pace with global warming

Thumbnail for the story Earth's various ecosystems, with all their plants and animals, will need to shift about a quarter-mile per year on avera ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Icy seas continue in Antarctica

Thumbnail for the story Sea water under an East Antarctic ice shelf showed no sign of higher temperatures despite fears of a thaw linked to glob ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Earthquake deaths lower in 2009

Thumbnail for the story The US Geological Survey reports that earthquake related deaths numbered 1783 worldwide, a big decrease from 2008 when m ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Arsenic release from paddy soils during monsoon flooding

Thumbnail for the story Bangladesh relies heavily on groundwater for the irrigation of dry-season rice. However, the groundwater used for irriga ...More


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Image for bulleted text  US carbon tariff policy

Thumbnail for the story In every US climate policy negotiation thus far, a major sticking point has been the issue of economic competitiveness. ...More


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Image for bulleted text  BAN refutes claims by Good Point Recycling

Thumbnail for the story In an editorial published in the December's issue of E-Scrap News, authored by Good Point Recycling and American Retrowo ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Emerging economies to boost PC sale

Thumbnail for the story Global PC shipments were up 2.3 percent in the third quarter of 2009 ,after three consecutive quarters of losses. The fi ...More


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Image for bulleted text  EPA includes phthalate as hazardous chemical

Thumbnail for the story As part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s commitment to strengthen and reform chemical management, the U.S. Environment ...More


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Image for bulleted text  EPA shores up transboundary hazardous waste shipments

Thumbnail for the story The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week issued new regulations to manage the shipping of hazardous waste betw ...More


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Image for bulleted text NEWS

Image for bulleted text  Rising mercury puts brakes on Delhi's green light plan

Thumbnail for the story Delhi may have become the first state in the country to finalise ...More

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Image for bulleted text  GPCB to ascertain e-waste quantum in Gujarat

Thumbnail for the story After the solid, bio-medical, industrial and agricultural waste, ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Aravali aviation club lands in green trouble

Thumbnail for the story The good news is Gurgaon has got its first aero aviation club off ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Fine for littering polythene, pouches on Ganga banks

Thumbnail for the story In an initiative to make the Ganges pollution free, the city's mu ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Alarm bells over Valley’s largest glacier

Thumbnail for the story While Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh believes glacier melting ...More

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Image for bulleted text  North India's groundwater use raising sea levels by 5%

Thumbnail for the story The amount of groundwater pumped out by Delhiites and others acro ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Climate change hits poor countries hard: World Bank

Thumbnail for the story The developing world will suffer about 80% of the damage from cli ...More

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Image for bulleted text  State to implement e-waste policy in Jan

Thumbnail for the story By end of January this year Tamil Nadu government will put in pla ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Use plastic waste to bridge coal deficit, CPCB to cement units

Thumbnail for the story The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has asked cement units ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Plant:To Let

Thumbnail for the story As the owner of Landscape Development, a family-run company that ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Chennai e-waste triggering fatal health problems

Thumbnail for the story Chennai might soon turn home for patients of respiratory diseases ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Piles of desktop pcs and white goods to weigh heavy on climate

Thumbnail for the story Even as global leaders are busy negotiating for a solution on cli ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Civic body to start auctioning e-waste

Thumbnail for the story The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will soon become the first ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Najafgarh drain 11th among highly polluted industrial clusters

Thumbnail for the story There could be bad news for the Delhi government, which is bracin ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Land donated to Karnataka pachyderms

Thumbnail for the story In what is being described as the first such conservation step in ...More

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Image for bulleted text  70% of Corbett resorts host parties, races

Thumbnail for the story Corbett national park, India's best known tiger sanctuary, has al ...More

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Image for bulleted text  UN to probe violations in India's shipbreaking, e-waste businesses

Thumbnail for the story India’s alleged eco-unfriendly and labour-unfriendly policies, pa ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Plastic ban: BMC wants state to amend laws

Thumbnail for the story The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to impo ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Cities laying rivers to waste

Thumbnail for the story Rivers, seas and other water bodies in urban India are going to w ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Maharashtra Pollution Control Board cracks down on chemical units

Thumbnail for the story Maharashtra Pollution Control Board cracks down on chemical units ...More

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