Monthly Archives: November 2010
Water Pollution
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was enacted in 1974 to provide for the prevention and control of water pollution, and for the maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water in the country. The Act was amended in … Continue reading
Commit The Crime And Be Rewarded: Ayodhya Dispute Verdict
By Ram Puniyani Nation heaved a sigh of relief following the three judges delivering the verdict on Ayodhya case (30thSptember 2010). There was no violence anywhere, something which was feared very much. The day passed off peacefully and the fear … Continue reading
Ayodhya Verdict 2010: Whither Indian Constitution
By Ram Puniyani The verdict given by Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court (Sept 2010) has been a landmark of sorts. On one hand it is culmination of the process of demolition of Babri Masjid, now that illegal act of … Continue reading
Majority Report Of MOEF Committe A Vindication Of Peoples Just Struggle Against POSCO Project
By Ashok Chowdhury, Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty & Leo F. Saldanha The Majority Report of the 4 member Committee appointed by Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Mr. Jairam Ramesh to go into all issues relating to the environmental … Continue reading
Networks For A Changed World
Global government is unlikely in the twenty-first century, but various degrees of global governance already exist. The world has hundreds of treaties, institutions, and regimes for governing interstate behaviour involving telecommunications, civil aviation, ocean dumping, trade, and even the proliferation … Continue reading
Violations Of The Forest Rights Act In The POSCO Project Area Referred To The Tribal Ministry
The Forest Advisory Committee , demonstrated yet again that it is more interested in corporate interests than in upholding the law. It decided to refer question of violations of the Forest Rights Act in the POSCO project area to the … Continue reading
Orissa Trips Over Stringent Norms While Clearing Posco Project
The FRA, coupled with a August 2009 order ensuring compliance of the Act by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), disallows the ministry from giving forest clearance to a project before the rights of forest-dwellers have been settled and … Continue reading
On Climate Models, The Case For Living With Uncertainty
By Fred Pearce As climate science advances, predictions about the extent of future warming and its effects are likely to become less — not more — precise. That may make it more difficult to convince the public of the reality … Continue reading
Growing Conflict Over Arctic Resources And The Threat Of A Climate Catastrophe
By Dr. Peter Custers The Moscow Forum on the Arctic seemed a rather surrealistic event. For the Arctic circle is the very region where the drama of the world’s climate catastrophe threatens being enacted. Two of the natural phenomena which … Continue reading
Growing Calls For Moratorium On Climate Geoengineering
By Stephen Leahy NAGOYA, Japan — Delegates to the world summit on biodiversity here are calling for a moratorium on climate engineering research, like the idea of putting huge mirrors in outer space to reflect some of the sun’s heating … Continue reading