Just another charade
Yet again, automobile manufacturers shy away from the responsibility of reducing emissions
Environment Politics
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SIAM passes the buck
Indian automakers are at it again: blaming vehicle owners for emissions
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Trade tactics
Imposing environmental trade sanctions on the South will not help, note experts
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US tastes cream paste
It is still unclear who the new US president is. Even if he is favourably inclined towards the protocol there is every chance of it getting rejected by the Senate
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Negotiating the future
The upcoming climate negotiations at The Hague may turn out to be the most crucial till now
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A wake up call
Britain s worst ever flood in 50 years could be a result of global warming
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Victory dance of the impotent
It is sickening to see the Union home minister rejoice when dam oustees despair
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When laws make out laws
Everybody’s a loser. Forest guards die for laws that cannot be defended. Poor people get exploited. Veerappan rules the jungle. Sandalwood trees disappear
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Other voices
Excerpts from letter to the editor from M Mahmood Husain, Chennai Forty years ago, Veerappan's haunts in Tamil Nadu forests were mine too, almost every one of them. Every nook and corner was
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For common sense
Down To Earth articles on shahtoosh and Veerappan provoke comment. We decided to excerpt them. But first, the editor s rejoinder