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Issue 14
June , 2009
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Image for bulleted text  Global warming concerns hot topics of debate

The issues over global warming are heating up further.A major report released by the US Federal government summarizes th...More


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Image for bulleted text  Innovative Ideas to Bring In Greener Cleaner Economy

Innovative ideas abound the Green Green world and economy, it seems. To start with Jet fuels derived from algae, came...More


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Image for bulleted text  CleanTech draws investor attention

Green-collar workers from energy-efficiency consultants to wastewater plant operators constitute a tiny but fast-growi...More


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Image for bulleted text  Now Coral Reefs Hit!

It took only 40 years for the Caribbean's spectacular branched corals to be flattened. Research reveals that the corals ...More


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Image for bulleted text  Nigeria suffers major deforestation

According to Nigeria's Minister of Environment, Mr. John Odey, as published in a recent report,his country loses over 35...More


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Image for bulleted text  Human rights indicator of climate change

Human rights can be a "compass" to guide research and policy development for climate change adaptation and mitigation st...More


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Image for bulleted text  Minorities worst hit by climate change

Minorities and indigenous people frequently bear the brunt of the ravages of climate change but also often come last on ...More


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Image for bulleted text  American Chestnut trees boon to environment

A Purdue University study shows that introducing a new hybrid of the American chestnut tree would reduce the amount of c...More


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Image for bulleted text  People and Places/Erin Brokovich

Hollywood star Julia Roberts immortalised her in a film that was nominated for five Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Le...More


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Image for bulleted text  Kuthambakkam residents oppose compost yard plan

Residents of various villages around Kuthambakkam, near Poonamall...More

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Image for bulleted text  Controlled Yamuna floods to solve water woes

The answer to Delhi’s water woes may lie in a previously untapped...More

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Image for bulleted text  Polythene ban comes into force

Residents of Jammu division will be relieved of the polythene pro...More

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Image for bulleted text  Ban on construction in green areas may go

Taking a lenient view on allowing construction in green areas, th...More

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Image for bulleted text  Time to scrap unsafe shipbreaking

India, along with Bangladesh and Pakistan, figured at the United ...More

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Image for bulleted text  City tops UN’s ‘green list

In 2003, Central Pollution Control Board gave Ahmedabad the ignom...More

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Image for bulleted text  Climate change institute for Delhi

After creating its own action plan on climate change, Delhi is no...More

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Image for bulleted text  Delhi Govt: Ban on plastic bags enforced successfully

The complete ban on plastic bags may be far from reality but the ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Maharashtra Govt policy on e-waste disposal soon

The Maharashtra Government is formulating a policy for disposal o...More

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Image for bulleted text  Cocktail of noxious gases turns up the heat, says study

If you feel dizzier in summer, there is a good reason for it. As ...More

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Image for bulleted text  Poor pesticide use leading to crop loss: Assocham

Non-judicious use of pesticides by farmers is leading to yearly c...More

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Image for bulleted text  Deonar crisis at tipping point

The 16-member BMC standing committee and the civic administration...More

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Image for bulleted text  NGO joins pollution war

After the district administration gave into public protests and s...More

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Quotes From The Earth

The packaging for a microwavable "microwave" dinner is programmed for a shelf life of maybe six months, a cook time of two minutes and a landfill dead-time of centuries.
David Wann, Buzzworm, November 1990<

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.
Marya Mannes, More in Anger, 1958

Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take his automobile and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which was good to eat in the refrigerator and throw away that which had no further use. And soon the earth was covered with plastic bags and aluminum cans and paper plates and disposable bottles and there was nowhere to sit down or walk, and Man shook his head and cried: "Look at this Godawful mess."
Art Buchwald, 1970

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