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Steering into turbulence

Australian politicians are finding it hard to live with a landmark judgment, which puts in jeopardy the landholding rights of colonialists by accepting that aborgines were the original settlers

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On the rocks

hard rock mining has resulted in metal contamination and sedimentation of waterways, posing serious health and environmental risks. It has been precipitated by relaxation of laws and

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Going overboard with development?

A new project seeks to examine the environmental degradation due to development in Kochi

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Gauging emissions

The emissions from the engines

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Who ate my house?

A bird found in the Andaman islands is under grave threat as its edible nest one of the most expensive animal products in the world is falling prey to human greed

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Armageddon ahead

global warming could lead to more than floods and inclement weather. It could facilitate the spread of tropical

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Spice woes

Thousands of Mizoram farmers now face an impending financial crisis, thanks to the apathy of the state government

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Another pesticide treadmill

In the US, this is the third year of farmers successfully growing crops that are genetically engineered to make their own pesticide, known as Bt toxin, a natural poison obtained from the soil

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Dying for a river

In Raigarh district of Madhya Pradesh, tribals are fighting to save their only source of water from an industrial house. A woman has already died while sitting on a hunger strike

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Fish trouble

metal pollution from salmon farms has caused serious threats to wildlife in some of Scotland's sea lochs. According to a study of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency ( sepa ), levels of

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