Sunday Column - Select Articles of the Week

Here are the select few articles from the past week:

• Going green, with a large side order of mercury - Despite the growing popularity of energy-saving fluorescent lamps, little has been done to address the issue of the safe disposal of the dangerous waste they generate
• The model code ain't broke - UPA government's move to fix the EC's model code of conduct smacks of   devious if ingenious way to curtail the powers 
• False nuclear fears cloud judgment on Iran - A non-hysterical approach to the Iran nuclear issue is entirely possible. A rational approach to preventing proliferation could avoid thousands of unnecessary deaths.
• Seeding a policy without the dirt on climate change - "ICAR says knowledge of climate change impact in India is 'fragmentary'. Then, how can the government be tailoring its policies to mitigate the impact of climate change on agriculture."
• For oil and peace, India must stand up in the two Sudans - "South Sudan's oil shutdown dealt a major blow to the overseas oil ambitions of India's leading national oil company ONGC Videsh. India must lend a hand in ending Africa's longstanding conflicts in Sudan.
• Still sprouting after 32,000 years - The natural cryopreservation of plant tissues over thousands of years demonstrates a role for permafrost as a depository for an ancient gene pool. It could be a laboratory for the study of rates of microevolution.
• The Dow side of corporate sponsorship - "In the light of Dow chemicals sponsoring Olympics, U.N. guidelines can be effective yardstick to assess the human rights record of corporations."