Mounting evidence that the Peruvian government's family-planning program is employing coercion, misinformation or promises of food to presuade poor women to undergo sterilization has prompted public
In an alarming development, all the North Eastern States including Assam and barring Mizoram and Tripura, have recorded massive loss of forest cover. The massive depredation of forest has taken a
Non-Governmental organisations working with the fishworker communities of Tamil Nadu have demanded that the Centre declare and implement a new deep sea fishing policy which would encourage the fisher
The proposed World Commission on Dams is expected to be launched next week. The commission would be an independent international body to review the development of large dams. According to environment
The US government moved a step closer to giving consumers for the first time detailed information about chemicals and potential health hazards in their tap water. The Environmental Protection Agency
The much vaunted 201 MW Arun III is certainly not a huge power project by global standards. Nor was it one of World Bank's biggest investments. Yet when the bank announced its withdrawal from the
Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler is to Tell EU vets to stop stalling and vote on proposals to ease the ban on British beef exports. Fischler wants the Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC), made
Several months into the latest manifestation of the freak El Nino weather system, EU aid experts are attempting to assess the extent of the damage so far and how much more it could cost the Union in
European commision plans to introduce EU-wide rules on the use of asbestos appear to have run into trouble. A committee of scientific experts met last week to disucss the drawing up of definitive
Environmental campaigners have roundly criticised MEPs for failing to take a tough enough stand on proposed new air quality targets for the Union. A coalition of consumer protection, health and green
