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Thin ice

Submitted by ipsita on Fri, 1995-06-30 00:00

A debate on Earth's last virgin territory heats up as multinationals continue to stampede towards the Antarctic

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
Main Topic: 
Environment
thesaurus: 
Environment
Author: 
Sumita Dasgupta
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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Readymade bridges

Submitted by ipsita on Fri, 1995-06-30 00:00

A modular bridge kit made of railroad flatcar decks

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
thesaurus: 
Natural Disasters
Architecture
Bridges
Physical Science
Scientific And Technical Development
United States Of America (US)
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
Main Topic: 
India
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No entry to Dutch plant

Submitted by ipsita on Fri, 1995-06-30 00:00

Pakistan"s environmentalists say no to dumping of obsolete and hazardous technology by the West

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
Main Topic: 
Environment
thesaurus: 
Pollution
Pollution Control
Hazardous Industry
Pakistan
Author: 
Kavita Charanji
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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Lifegiving venture

Submitted by ipsita on Fri, 1995-06-30 00:00

A PROGRAMME called Local Initiatives for the Environment -- LIFE -- is using novel approaches to finance and implement environmental projects. A product of Agenda 21, the international agreement

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
Main Topic: 
Fisheries
thesaurus: 
Rio Summit
Brazil
Agenda 21
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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The phase continues

Submitted by ipsita on Fri, 1995-06-30 00:00

India's time threatens to run out as the ozone phase out fund goes miserly

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
Main Topic: 
India
thesaurus: 
Montreal Protocol
Ozone Layer
India
Author: 
Ravi Sharma
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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The company El Nino keeps

Submitted by ipsita on Fri, 1995-06-30 00:00

Effects similar to those of El Nino have been observed in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
thesaurus: 
Indian Ocean
El Nino
Climate Change
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
Main Topic: 
Climate Change
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Muckraking

Submitted by ipsita on Fri, 1995-06-30 00:00

Calcutta comes up with the "most efficient and ecologically benign method" of re using municipal waste and sewage

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
Main Topic: 
India
thesaurus: 
Garbage
Calcutta (D)
Author: 
Sujit Chakraborty
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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Spaced out

Submitted by ipsita on Fri, 1995-06-30 00:00

IN A French government report on the space sciences, strong recommendations have been made to the authorities to move away from the European Space Agency (ESA) partners who are allegedly holding

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
thesaurus: 
Space Technology
France
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
Main Topic: 
Energy
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Water of contention

Submitted by ipsita on Fri, 1995-06-30 00:00

Political chicanery has plugged the revision of the US's Clean Water act

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
thesaurus: 
Water Pollution
United States Of America (US)
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
Main Topic: 
Water Pollution
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Crafting pores

Submitted by ipsita on Fri, 1995-06-30 00:00

A cheap way to prepare films of highly porous solids which have diverse applications

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
thesaurus: 
Physical Science
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
Main Topic: 
India

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