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The freedom to ride
Also means a healthy social lifestyle We think of the car as a magic carpet taking us where and when we want. But when we drive, society becomes an obstacle
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Never too many pedals
Investing in urban cycling provisions is ultimate climate strategy European countries have committed to reduce carbon emissions by at least 20 per cent by 2020, compared to 1990. This includes my country: the Netherlands. The targeted reductions are realized at home or through
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When oil goes bust
Book>> The Last Oil Shock
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Lets talk about access to space
Philipp Rode, executive director of the Urban Age Programme at the UK
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Farmers wisdom must be on paper in era of patents
At a time when fast food reigns, one hardly thinks of cherishing a local Indian delicacy and conserving a local plant variety. M P Nayar, former director of the Botanical Survey of India who currently heads the government Task Force on Agro-biodiversity Hotspots recently completed mapping these hotspots. P R J Pradeep talks to him On the difference between agro-biodiversity hotspots and
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Insect supreme
Book>> The Book of Indian Butterflies
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Bulls from bears
Book>> Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity
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Following rules doesnt pay
Organizations that continued with embryonic stem cell research benefit STEM cell therapy promises cures for diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer
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All about climate
Book>> The Hot Topic
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Historical burden
The north may renege again and again but the south must go on fuelling their growth scientists have rung the alarm bell again, this time in Copenhagen, predicting a climate change more severe than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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From the blurbs
Resisting Reform? Water Profits and Democracy by Kshithij Urs and Richard Whittell, Sage Publications 2009, Price Rs 395 The book looks at attempt to reform Bangalore
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Play station Congo
Documentary>>Blood Coltan
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From the blurbs
Handbook of Environmental Law: by P B Sahasranaman, Oxford University Press, Price Rs 895. The book analyses the response of the Supreme Court and high courts to public interest litigation. It also examines concepts such as the polluter pays principle, the precautionary principle, the and the public trust doctrine Land Acquisition, Displacement and Resettlement in Gujarat:
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Three cheers for democracy
Important bills are better dropped than approved without parliamentary debate THE government failed to push through Rajya Sabha three critical bills that had been cleared by the lower house of Parliament recently. The upper house rejected government bills on land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation, and compensatory afforestation. These bills address natural resources
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Promises kept and not kept
Book>> An Eye for Excellence
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Back to basics
Cooperation is the cornerstone of humanity, some have not forgotten this sometime in mid-2007, the world underwent a major demographic shift. For the first time, the earth
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Origin of Darwin
Book>> Darwin
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Death by inaction
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