PRESS RELEASE 04 April, 2014 In November 2013, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), along with the Madras Naturalists’ Society (MNS), carried out a survey of the waterbirds of Odiyur Lagoon, a wetland near the proposed 4000 MW Cheyyur Power Plant. Additionally, they carried out a literature survey of published and unpublished information available on the […]
Cuddalore, 2 April 2014: More than 1400 residents from 25 villages of Cuddalore today participated in a daylong hunger strike opposing the proposed textile park in Periyapattu village of Cuddalore. The strike was organized in an open land adjacent to the proposed textile park site in the village. The hunger strikers that were from both […]
March 25, 2014 By ANDREW JACOBS and IAN JOHNSON New York Times BEIJING From taxi tailpipes in Paris to dung-fired stoves in New Delhi, air pollution claimed seven million lives around the world in 2012, according to figures released Tuesday by the World Health Organization. More than one-third of those deaths, the organization […]
Download this key note in pdf format for printing. PRESS RELEASE 23 February, 2014 The coal scourge E.A.S.Sarma Former Union Power Secretary Coal is a widely used but fast depleting energy resource. The extensive land degradation that coal mining involves, the widespread loss of livelihoods and toxic pollution that coal-based projects cause and […]
23rd February 2014 By Pearl H Mohankumar New Indian Express CHENNAI: Despite India’s perceived abundance in coal reserves, usable coal will not last beyond 15 years, going by the rate at which it is being consumed in the country, warned former Union power secretary E A S Sarma here on Saturday. Speaking on […]
22 February 2014 Deccan Chronicle Fair Use Statement
PRESS RELEASE 29 January, 2014 More than 200 farmers from Vedal in Cheyyur taluka attended a hearing called for by the District Collector of Kanchipuram on 28 January, and unanimously conveyed their decision against land acquisition of their farmlands for setting up the 4000MW power plant. A similar meeting was held at 3 p.m. for […]