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A proposed congestion charge in U.K has led to much resistance among commuters.
A transport ministry proposal last year for a road congestion charge that could see drivers pay up to $2 a mile has sparked an online [...]

A story from Mexico clearly spell out the dilemma which underlies most conservation efforts.
Environmentalists from the United States and Mexico had begged the fishermen to stop using the gill nets that are killing off la vaquita, or the little cow, a porpoise that now has the dubious distinction of being one of the most endangered [...]

..But who will tell that to the Indian babudom? A series in Indian Express exposes how the Indian government is delaying the visas of Fulbright scholars . The visa process is inordinately delayed and even rejection over flimsy grounds is not unknown. Now the babudom, obsessed as it is with color codes and [...]

Rising sea levels could damage hundreds of miles of the English and Welsh coast over the next 100 years, according to a study commissioned by the conservation group.Houses, farmland, lighthouses and sand dunes will be submerged as climate change and rising seas fuel the erosion, the “Shifting Shores” report says.”The coast is a canary for [...]

Lisa Margonelli thinks increased emphasis on energy-efficiency can help solve America’s energy problems and simultenously tackle global warming. Interestingly enough, she advocates efficiency trading rather than government coercion for best results.
To start an efficiency program, the US will have to shift emphasis from encouraging energy supply to managing energy demand. We should cap the energy [...]

It is too early to celebrate but the government seems to be on the right track.
Government is for allowing 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in higher education and hinted at making reservation mandatory in the institutions to be set up by foreign universities in the country.Citing India’s WTO commitments made in 2003, [...]

Pratap Bhanu Mehta asks India to step up and face the global climate change challenge.
The challenge is that all these assumptions need to be attenuated if not abandoned. While developed countries are largely responsible for the problem and have so far sought a cheap and easy way out, India and China together will have [...]

India’s top bureaucrats would now face an evaluation by well-known American universities before they are promoted to the next level.
The government has chosen the John F Kennedy School of Government (KSG) at Harvard University, Duke University, and Syracuse University to carry out the task. Initiated by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and [...]