The World Wide Fund for Nature-India has expressed resentment over the Maharashtra Government's attempts to construct a multi-million dollar port at Vadhavan saying that if the port comes up it will
Social and economic upheaval after the collapase of Soviet Union has led to unemployment, poverty and sudden relaxation of social and legal taboos in Russia. This, coupled with an influx of heroin
Water pollution from hard rock mining has become a global problem - made worse by countries relaxing their mining laws to encourage investment by multinational corporations. Mining operations in
With declinig markets in the West, tobacco companies are turning to the newly-opened economies of Laos, Cambodia, Burma and Vietnam. Their strategy is similar to that used in eastern Europe -
New British research suggests a solution to the problem of water shortages in the arid and semi-arid regions may lie in the concept of 'virtual water' - water which is available in the global trading
Fly ash from the AEC continues to poison driking water. The Ahmedabad Electricity Company (AEC) is using the ravines on the river bank to dump the slurry and reclaim land. However, the ponds created
The midday sun burns red through the smoke rising from dozens of forest fires. For the Yanomami Indians, it is a sign of the apocalypse- and environmentalists fear they may be right. A 3 month old
The enraged people of Tavaragere in Kushtagi taluk of Koppal district have decided to sue the State Government for "breach of trust and cheating" following the failure of World Bank assisted
