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.
Environment
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.
Chennai techie greens Tindivanam hometown cleaning up lakes
Velmurugan is a busy man. The 27-year-old is a senior software engineer at Trimble, an IT company in Tidel Park, Chennai. But he never fails to return on weekends to his humble hometown of Avarapakkam in Tindivanam district. Driven by a desire to give back to the land in which he grew up, the...
Blue Buttons: Alien creature washing up in our beaches
The marine organism Porpita porpita known as Blue Buttons has been spotted in large numbers at Pattipulam coastal village near Mamallapuram last Sunday. The organism's usual homes are Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions. They are not seen in the Bay of Bengal. Experts suggest that it...
Positive cultural practice: Tamils take to bird watching
Birds glide around the world’s skies as the messengers of ecological balance. Urbanization, destruction of forests, and water, air and noise pollution are threatening their habitats. Common people have a key role to play in protecting birds. International agencies have been working to promote...
