IPCC’s warning for Chennai on climate change should make TN government sit up
Chennai is among 20 largest coastal cities in the world at risk for highest flood losses by 2050, and is among 13 in Asia, says IPCC report
Environment
Anti-nuclear activist breaks ranks: ‘Opposition to Kudankulam storage tank is political’
Dr Pugazhenthi says the DMK government is seeking to turn the Kudankulam Spent Fuel Storage Facility into yet another center vs state issue
Chennai homes, tech firms generate tonnes of hazardous e-waste; here’s how to dispose it
Chennai has a major e-waste problem. Old gadgets lying around the house are unsafe. But there’s something you can do about it. Here’s how.
Saving vultures: Our half-baked science has killed this benevolent, skillful bird
The disruption of the food chain and the application of half-baked scientific knowledge has pushed the vulture to the brink of extinction from the entire world.
Adyar residents step up to collect and dispose toxic used batteries, computers, mobile phones.
India stands third in the world when it comes to generating e-waste. In India, Mumbai tops in generating e-waste followed by Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmadabad, Hyderabad, Pune and Surat. The usual electronic items found in e-waste are keyboards, mobiles, batteries, switchboards,...
Sterlite protests: Who was involved and how it built up to the day of the police firing
Mass support for the Sterlite protests drove a diverse cast of characters with their own interests to converge for a common goal.
Is the water polluted or fresh? Bird species in TN wetlands indicate health of environment
Glossy ibis, common coots and grey headed swamp hens that prefer sewage water are thriving in wetlands, but fresh water birds dwindling
River linking another pipe dream? Budget ties it to states’ cooperation, TN stands to lose
Centre has set a budget for river linking, but the project is hinged on cooperation between states, which may never happen, says expert
Thoothukudi abuzz that Sterlite could reopen its plant, but will people accept it?
Sterlite has a history of managing to reopen after executive and judicial closure orders. The police firing on May 22, 2018 which killed 13 people, seemed like curtains for the plant. But the management has certainly not given up. The company’s appeal against the government order closing it was...
SIPCOT land eyed by Sterlite given to furniture park, space for plant expansion curtailed
Sterlite needed about 700 acres to build Unit 2 of its existing copper smelter plant. After the government allotted it 324.5 acres in Thoothukudi’s SIPCOT Phase 2, the company had sought more land for the expansion. Now, the extra land sought for the purpose has been re-allotted to an International Furniture Park, putting a spoke in the wheel of Sterlite’s expansion.
