Article No 26 Hemantha Withanage Executive Director, Centre for Environmental Justice Sri Lanka is planning to run train engines with bio-fuel by 2010. Big corporations are eyeing to cultivate 65,000 hectares of sugar cane in Sri Lanka to produce ethanol. However, the so called green solution to climate change and increasing fossil fuel prices seem

Hemantha Withanage Executive Director, Centre for Environmental Justice Paper presented at the Climate Change and Ecological Justice parallel session at the South Asian People’s Assembly( People’s SAARC) held in Colombo from 18-20 July 2008 Most environmental decisions are still taken by the politicians and high level bureaucrats. Those who have scientific knowledge are still not

Hemantha Withanage Executive Director, Centre for Environmental Justice Since the media reports on passing of Environment Conservation Levy Act has been rounding the corner, arguments and counter arguments are frown upon with tinge of personal rivalry among the public, experts and officials. In the process of healthy discourse the larger context should not be missed or

Hemantha Withanage Executive Director, Centre for Environmental Justice Climate Change and Food crisis were two major items that dominated the G8 summit 2008 just ended in Hokkaido, Japan. However, the agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally by 50 percent by 2050, which was among the major decisions, is perhaps a reverse from the minimum