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Environment VOICES
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The ecology of conservation
June 6, 2011, 9:44 AM IST
The tradition of frugality in Indian everyday life has been well documented. Whether one goes by objective measures like the savings rate or by experiential and anecdotal accounts, the Indian penchant for frugality is well…
June 6, 2011, 9:44 AM IST
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Eco City Showstoppers
May 1, 2011, 6:57 PM IST
In times of transition, cross border exchanges and interconnections between people, work, capital and interests it is natural that new ideas of urban environment and living such as `eco cities’ are bound to flow into…
May 1, 2011, 6:57 PM IST
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Remembering Chernobyl
April 26, 2011, 12:00 AM IST
It is a name that has become synonymous with the worst nuclear accident in history. On April 26, 1986, a series of explosions rocked reactor number four of the Chernobyl plant near the city of…
April 26, 2011, 12:00 AM IST
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Hard-selling tiger tourism
April 16, 2011, 8:47 PM IST
The number of tigers in the Indian jungles may be on the rise, but it continues to be as difficult to spot one as finding a needle in a haystack. I discovered during a recent…
April 16, 2011, 8:47 PM IST
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Reframing the Green movement
February 5, 2011, 6:24 PM IST
Jairam Ramesh has deepened the divide between those who believe that we need to do everything possible to save the environment and those who think of the Green movement as a fad perpetrated on the…
February 5, 2011, 6:24 PM IST
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Pitching For Green Growth
February 3, 2011, 5:56 PM IST
Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Environment and Forests, has issued a conditional green signal to the once derailed South Korean firm Pohang Iron and Steel Company’s (POSCO) project in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. …
February 3, 2011, 5:56 PM IST
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Renewable Energy Land Banks
January 21, 2011, 4:13 PM IST
The requirement of energy outstripped demand long time back. Based on statistics that clearly reveal how increasing use of renewable energy (RE) will translate into lesser use of fossil fuels, that has gone to…
January 21, 2011, 4:13 PM IST
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Beware! Big Coal strikes back
January 9, 2011, 4:51 PM IST
After suffering initial setbacks, the coal industry appears to be gathering its wits to again lay claim to coal deposits lying under prime forest areas. In recent times, it has sharpened attacks on environment minister…
January 9, 2011, 4:51 PM IST
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Tigers will come, do we have space?
December 19, 2010, 5:58 AM IST
Earlier last week, when Amitabh Bachchan spent a day at Madhya Pradesh’s Pench tiger reserve pitching for India’s national animal, the marathon TV effort raised Rs 5 crore. Arguably, there is plenty of awareness about…
December 19, 2010, 5:58 AM IST
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We Need Systemic Changes Mr. Ramesh!
December 6, 2010, 2:04 PM IST
Recently Jairam Ramesh pronounced use of diesel-guzzling sports utility vehicles (SUVs) in India a “criminal offence.” Ramesh has a point — “Subsidies” are for the poor. Rich SUV owners are unintended beneficiaries of a distortion in the…
December 6, 2010, 2:04 PM IST
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When a tiger walks, the jungle stands in attention
November 16, 2010, 12:36 PM IST
I am a sucker for wildlife, especially tigers, and follow every development to do with their conservation, loss of habitat, their behaviour and all else quite intently. These past two days, therefore, were quite exciting…
November 16, 2010, 12:36 PM IST
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End of a journey, but others must go on
November 15, 2010, 5:22 PM IST
Around this time of the year two decades ago, a flock of feathered visitors would have been making a grueling, uncertain journey towards India. They would travel over 6,000 kilometres through some of the toughest…
November 15, 2010, 5:22 PM IST
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Tigers are our heritage. Don’t mess with their habitat. Please
October 21, 2010, 6:49 PM IST
The Times of India carried a disturbing story today about the Rajasthan government leasing out huge chunks of land in the Aravalis adjacent to Sariska Tiger Reserve for mining purposes.
October 21, 2010, 6:49 PM IST
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Project Tiger
October 20, 2010, 9:59 PM IST
After periodic shifts for two years between ‘Aye’ and ‘Nay,’ a visit to the Ranthambore national park held promises of being my tryst with destiny. Finally, one day, the motion swung in the affirmative. The…
October 20, 2010, 9:59 PM IST
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True confessions: How I became a total Page Tree person
October 6, 2010, 10:32 PM IST
There I was minding my own asana and, before I realised it, I had turned into a tree-hugger. It started with something perfectly acceptable, the omnipresent plastic bag which all sane devotees of urbania must…
October 6, 2010, 10:32 PM IST
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Heat Up Efforts To Live Cool!
August 20, 2010, 5:34 PM IST
The world as it grows warm has been witnessing an intensification of extreme weather events. Extreme events like Leh’s cloud bursts, Pakistan floods, Moscow smog post highest recorded temperature, China’s heavy-duty rainfall, UK warm conveyor…
August 20, 2010, 5:34 PM IST
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Energy At What Cost?
August 12, 2010, 1:19 PM IST
Shale gas has emerged as the new focus area in India as the country’s Oil Minister, Murli Deora, has announced that the first shale gas acreage will be offered in 2012. As of now only oil…
August 12, 2010, 1:19 PM IST
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The Day I got myself Natural Therapy!
August 11, 2010, 1:55 PM IST
‘Is the copy in?’……‘When are you submitting your copy?’…. ‘Check the details again’…..‘Why so late?’……. give me a break! I know I’m a journalist and I know I am responsible to many (read: my family)…
August 11, 2010, 1:55 PM IST
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Let tourism help the tiger
August 9, 2010, 8:10 AM IST
The move by the Madhya Pradesh government (since quashed by the Centre) to allow tourists to stay in protection cottages deep inside core areas of tiger reserves is just the kind of excess that should…
August 9, 2010, 8:10 AM IST
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Vanishing stripes
July 17, 2010, 10:50 AM IST
Let’s face it. Despite stepped-up conservation efforts, awareness drives, catchy campaigns featuring cricket stars and the tom-tomming of a four-digit figure which is supposed to be the number of big cats left in the wild…
July 17, 2010, 10:50 AM IST
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