FEATURE

Issue 27
July , 2010

 Wake up to the Civil Liability Nuclear Damage Bill 2010

Here comes the civil liability nuclear damage bill 2010 to ‘provide for civil liability for nuclear damage, appointment of Claims Commissioner, establishment of Nuclear Damage Claims Commission and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, for enactment by ...Read Full Story

Issue 26
June , 2010

 Renewing Bhopal Catastrophe

Its said that time heals all wounds. But is it the truth or a ‘feel-good’ belief? In the case of the recent Bhopal Gas tragedy verdict it seems to be no more than a 'balming' effect by the political leaders and judiciary which has worsened the wounds than doing any bett...Read Full Story

Issue 24
April , 2010

 Minor Minerals Need Major ‘Mindmining’ in India

About a year back Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India constituted a group to look into the environmental aspect of mining of minor minerals in India. The group, headed by Secretary, E&F submitted its report on the environmental aspects of quarrying m...Read Full Story

Issue 12
April , 2009

 Climate change triggering extinction of species

According to the most comprehensive study done so far in this field, over a million species will be lost in the coming 50 years. The most important cause was found to be climate change....Read Full Story

Issue 11
March , 2009

 Bitter Truths about Sweet Chocolate

Imagine visiting a Chocolate Room where everything is edible: the pavements, the bushes, even the grass. There are trees made of taffy that grow jelly apples, bushes that sprout lollipops, mushrooms that spurt whipped cream, pumpkins filled with sugar cubes instead of s...Read Full Story

 People and Places/Alanna Mitchell

One hundred and fifty years after the publication of On the Origin of Species, award-winning environmental reporter Alanna Mitchell set out to retrace the idea of evolution and grapple with the fact that a massive extinction of the planet's species was well under way. S...Read Full Story

Issue 10
February , 2009

 Dusty Future

What started off as a socio-educational project to educate children of Lal Kuan in Delhi proliferated into a still bigger cause. While running education centres for the poor children in this area, S A Azad, key person and coordinator of NGO Prasar (People’s Rights & ...Read Full Story

Issue 8
January , 2008

 Countdown to zero: Success story of Defence Colony waste-management initiative

While the urban municipal waste continues to grow into a bigger mess each passing day, community driven and managed waste management systems give hope for a sustainable solution. Such initiatives not only address the issue of clean and hygienic neighbourhood, but also o...Read Full Story

Issue 7
November , 2007

 Indian paints high on lead: Companies turn a blind eye

Though the media and civil society reacted with concern to a recent study revealing dangerous levels of lead in household paints, the paint industry showed little inclination to even notice this issue. Thus making it clear that lead-free paints would be made available t...Read Full Story

Issue 6
July , 2007

 Think before you make the switch to CFL!

If there is one product that has come to symblolise the ease with which an individual consumer can make a contribution in towards reducing global warming, it is the Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL). But a growing section of experts and activists has dared to question the...Read Full Story

Issue 5
May , 2007

 Don’t axe the tree, integrate it with transport

Projects like the High Capacity Bus Service based on dedicated corridors, need to be fully supported for their ability to transport over 10,000 office goers per hour in buses, both for their transport efficiency as well as carbon saving, but they also need to limit road...Read Full Story

Issue 4
March , 2007

 Waste-to-energy is no quick fix for Municipal Solid Waste Management

The mismanagement of solid waste in urban areas poses a grave threat to public health and the quality of life of people living in those areas. Up to now there has been no comprehensive policy in India that deals with the whole cycle of waste management from production a...Read Full Story

Issue 3
February , 2007

 Mercury in healthcare: Clear and present danger

Two recent studies have once again highlighted the clear and present risk of mercury exposure to medical staff and patients in everyday healthcare settings. While one reinforces the global impact of mercury as a contaminant, the other shows its specific threat in the In...Read Full Story

Issue 2
January , 2007

 Breathing Asian nightmare

Asia's urban population is dying a slow death. The very economic growth that made the Asian developmental dream very real and palpable is now threatening to choke it as well, writes Parvinder Singh....Read Full Story

Issue 1
December , 2006

 E-waste: Time to act now

Approximately 150,000 tons of e-waste is generated in India annually and almost all of it finds way into the informal sector for recycling at a monumental environmental and health cost. This trend is likely to increase manifold in proportion to the growth in the electro...Read Full Story