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A view of Lakeside apartment of Lavasa developed by Lavasa Corporation Ltd. near Pune in Maharashtra. A file photo: Paul Noronha.
Green Tribunal agrees to hear plea against Lavasa’s hill city
The Tribunal directed Lavasa, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to file their replies to the petition of a project-hit Pune native before July 24.
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Census gives indications of healthy pachyderm population
The three-day synchronised elephant census carried out in the four southern States concluded on Thursday. Indirect evidence gathered in the form of peeling off of the bark from trees, du...
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Ripples that may last
ENVIRONMENT: Community led solutions could be one of the many ways to stem the current water crisis
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Comfort in captivity
Zoos should not be perceived as places of dread where animals are imprisoned and neglected. Here’s a plea to look at the bigger picture.
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Overfishing will result in disappearance of fish species in 50 years: Official
Overfishing and exploitation of marine biodiversity would result in the disappearance of fish species in the next 50 years, warned M.F. Farooqui, Special Secretary, Union Ministry of Environment an...
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May 25, 2012
Lighting up lives
Efforts to promote renewable energy as an alternative to electrify rural India got a fillip with Alstom Foundation announcing a 90,000 euro grant to upgrade 65 existing power plants in the underser...
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Thiruvananthapuram,
May 24, 2012
Green walk
The capital city has always prided on its green cover and shady avenues. Over the years, much of the greenery has been denuded in the name of development and housing. Recently a group of...
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Chennai,
May 23, 2012
Making the most out of green waste
Several colleges in the city have been working hard to do their bit for the environment. They have been collecting garden waste and making compost from it. The respective environment clubs, botany...
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JAIPUR,
May 22, 2012
Tigers get younger in Ranthambhore!
Rajasthan's Ranthambhore National Park is turning into a little kingdom of tiger cubs with their number registering an all-time high figure of two dozens. One new cub was discovered on Monday morni...
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May 20, 2012
A lake rejuvenated
Known as the city of lakes, Udaipur was adjudged one of the ten best tourist destinations in the world in 2009. It is also a favourite hotspot for big fat weddings and its scenic beauty has lured m...
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CHENNAI,
May 20, 2012
Rescued turtle goes back to sea
A large crowd gathered at the Neelankarai beach on Saturday to see a female olive ridley turtle being released into the sea. Thirteen months after it was rescued by volunteers of TREE Foundation,...
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May 17, 2012
Now, coastal vulnerability is classified
A large extent of Kancheepuram district and parts of Chennai along the 1,000 km-long Tamil Nadu coastline have been classified as “very high risk” areas in relation to future sea-level rise.
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Madurai,
May 16, 2012
Make hay while the sun shines
Drastically hit by the frequent power cuts and steep increase in electricity tariff, people are now desperate to find an effective alternative. Conventional inverters provide some solace. But can...
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May 14, 2012
Let's go birding
It's blazing hot, the migratory birds who left their countries to escape the harsh winter, realise that it's time to return home due to their internal clocks. Some who came in late, like the Plove...
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May 12, 2012
Stoking the embers
The tussle between coal mining and nature conservation has been long standing. But things have risen to a new level with the GoM (Group of Ministers) set up to consider the various issues around co...
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Sunny solutions
CO-4 grass, melia dubia, can generate substantial power for Tamil Nadu
Orangutans evolve with times
Unlocking tidal and wave power
Bhopal gas victims see a ray of hope
In Mowgli's land…
Tree Bank making waves in the city
Kaziranga has over 100 tigers
New Delhi,
May 25, 2012
Western Ghats expert panel report out in public domain
Recommending scrapping of two controversial hydro-power projects in Karnataka and Kerala that had run into difficulty due to opposition from environmentalists, the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Pan...
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May 23, 2012
Water warriors
“A river is not just water. It is the people who live on its banks, the flora and fauna in and around it,” says Vikrant Sharma, who along with fellow environmentalists has been raising awareness ab...
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CHENNAI,
May 22, 2012
Tree census narrates stories of living monuments
A weary group, after travelling through time, and browsing through sculptures and inscriptions at the Government Museum, Egmore, sluggishly laid out a straw mat and broke for lunch under the shade...
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Chennai,
May 21, 2012
Arbours of academia
Protecting ecosystems in urban spaces requires education, sensitisation and sustained surveillance. Urban development is a sad commentary on how this lesson is easily forgotten. Fortunately, there...
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May 20, 2012
Network to save the greens
Nearly 200 young people from 11 countries, including India, recently laid the foundation stone for a worldwide youth climate network within the ‘YouThinkGreen' programme at Wolfsburg in Germany. »
CHENNAI,
May 20, 2012
Yet another deer injured at VHS
An injured stag on the sprawling campus of the Voluntary Health Services, Taramani, has been a cause of concern to residents and employees of the hospital. The stag is part of the herd of deer tha...
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May 16, 2012
Live to love
The first man who walked on both the North and the South Poles, who also cleared heaps of garbage at King George Island, one of Antarctica's most polluted regions and who was the driving force beh...
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TAMBARAM,
May 16, 2012
Unchecked pollution chokes water body
Due to unchecked pollution, abetted by government agencies, a sprawling water body in Tambaram is under siege. The Kadaperi Lake in West Tambaram, has fallen a victim to pollution caused...
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May 13, 2012
Distressed tweets from the lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwings — dainty birds standing tall on slender yellow legs and a red fleshy wattle in front of each eye — grazing for insects and worms in ponds, pastures, forest clearing or dry wat...
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TIRUNELVELI,
May 12, 2012
Tiger reserve bags award
The 24-year-old Kalakkad – Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), spread over 895 square kilometres on the southern tip of the Western Ghats with rich biodiversity, has bagged the National Tiger Conse...
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