Hindustan Times For the Uttarakhand government, the hydropower story is becoming a case of ‘so near and yet so far’. Its dream of building a network of projects on the Ganga has run into yet another roadblock. Last week, the Environment and Forests Ministry’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) decided not to give clearance to any [...]
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Temporary cap in place-now what for the Gulf?
By ALLEN G. BREED, VICKI SMITH and HOLBROOK MOHR for AP NEW ORLEANS-After three long months, the bleeding from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been finally, mercifully stanched. But in so many ways, the prognosis remains uncertain. Which species will rebound, and which have been pushed beyond the brink? Has the oil [...]
The oyster is their world, but oil spill threatens it
In Louisiana, acres of mollusk beds are off-limits, setting off a chain of devastating events — starting with the oysterman. By P.J. Huffstutter, Nicole Santa Cruz and Ashley Powers for the Los Angeles Times Reporting from Los Angeles and the Gulf Coast — Laurentino Cardenas leaned over the edge of his narrow boat, his hands [...]
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