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Pachyderm dilemma

Zimbabwe, which is hosting the June convention on endangered species, is fighting for right to controlled trade in ivory

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Weeded problem

"Nitrogen enrichment is pushing us towards a weedier world,' says David Wedin of the University of Toronto, Canada. Burning fossil fuel releases nitrogen oxides, which ecologists believe could act as

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A revolution misplaced

Apathy towards China s environmental degradation may seem a thing of the past. But the damage that has already occurred places a daunting task before the Chinese

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Kit highs

for all parents in the us who suspect that their children are using drugs, a government-approved kit will soon be at their disposal. The kit called "Dr Brown's Home Drug Testing System" has

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Warm and uncomfortable

Altered habitats caused by increasing temperatures are threatening penguins in Antarctica

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Better alternatives

DLF, a real estate and construction company based in New Delhi, has developed cellular lightweight concrete, an eco-friendly product that offers a more cost-effective alternative to bricks. K P

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Clarion call

the us has evolved a multi-pronged stra-tegy to tackle the problem of greenhouse gas emissions calling for the setting up of emission targets, reporting them and budgeting emissions by deve-loping

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Grounded!

A new rule in Lucknow keeps vehicles off the roads unless certified as pollution free

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Clean and high

These are skyscrapers with a difference: they can remove large amounts of sulphur dioxide, ozone, soot and other polluting particles from the air

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Madness again

the German government called upon agricultural and health experts to hold an emergency meeting on January 22, following a report of the confirmation of the nation's first case of bse (bovine

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