Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to ask the court for more stringent charges with punishment of up to 10 years in jail. "For the first time after 26 years of struggle and suffering, suddenly we see a ray of hope thanks to the supreme court... Full Article at Planet Green

There was a potboiler of a story in Friday's New York Times on the interpersonal tensions and dramas behind the scenes during the struggle to put a cork in the blown-out Macondo well. China supplanted the U.S. as the biggest energy consuming country in... Full Article at The Daily Green

A Cool, Green Network Through India's Capital Despite their current stinky condition, the nullahs are in many ways ideal for such a transformation, having been built close to key sites in the city and being generally lined by lush, cooling vegetation. ... Full Article at Treehugger

IPS continues: Fair trade statistics do not disaggregate production figures by region, or by countries income category, which makes it hard to see the extent to which fair trade benefits LDCs. Moreover, "it is much easier to implement fair trade in... Full Article at Planet Green

In fact right now in may back nearly 9 gigawatts of humungous coal-fired power plants in India and South Africa.A final review for the 3.96 GW Sasan Ultra Mega Power & Mine Project in India and another loan for the 4.8 GW Kusile coal project in South... Full Article at Treehugger

Other industrialized countries are curbing their releases under the Kyoto protocol, a 1997 agreement that the U.S. rejected. The talks are also seeking to include emissions restraints for the world’s largest emerging economies—Brazil, China, India, and... Full Article at Environmental Science & Technology

In this study, concentrations of 20 PFCs, including C3−C5 short-chain PFCs, were quantified using HPLC-MS/MS in precipitation samples from Japan (n = 31), the United States (n = 12), China (n = 5), India (n = 2), and France (n = 2). Among the PFCs... Full Article at Environmental Science & Technology