Environment Clearance (EC)

Science, non-science and the dubious role of “experts” in environmental due diligence: a case study of Cheyyur Ultra Mega Power Plant, Tamil Nadu

This case study of Cheyyur Ultra Mega Power Plant, Tamil Nadu reveals that project has cleared many statutory environmental checks based on several false claims made by EIA consultants and the project proponents.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2013
Nityanand Jayaraman, Farhaad Khazvini, K. Saravanan
The Other Media
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Coal, Kanchipuram (D), Tamil Nadu, Land Use, Forests, Environment Clearance (EC), Coastal Regulations, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Coastal Tamil Nadu Power Ltd, Mangroves
Hazardous Waste

A silent horror in our midst

LAST JANUARY, Australia declined India’s request for uranium supply citing non-proliferation concerns.

Publication Date: 
23/04/2011
Nityanand Jayaraman
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Tuticorin, Australia, India, Uranium, Radioactive Waste, Supreme Court
Habitat And Urbanisation

Highway To hell

Ask Chennai's fisherfolk and they will tell you that the road to hell is built on stilts.

Publication Date: 
26/02/2011
Nityanand Jayaraman
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T), Fisherfolk, Roads, Beaches, Displacement, Coastal Regulations, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Cooum, Mumbai, Turtles

One gram mercury can kill a 25-acre lake

Sitting atop the Palni hills, Kodaikanal, the premier tourist destination of Tamil Nadu, does not evoke images of pollution.

Publication Date: 
31/07/2010
Nityanand Jayaraman
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Palni Hills, Western Ghats, Kodaikanal, Mercury, Toxic Wastes, Supreme Court, Right To Information (RTI), Pambar, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Environment
Environment

A Time Bomb We Await

The fallout of Hillary Clinton

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Nityanand Jayaraman
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Nuclear Power, Compensation, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL), United States Of America (US), India
India

 Bt by Bt assessment

On November 10, 2002, people wearing Bollgard caps visited cotton farmer R Narsimha Reddy at his home in Aleru, a village in Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh. Bollgard cotton Bt cotton is Monsanto s proprietary gene technology developed to defend the pest pro

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
Nityanand Jayaraman
Down to Earth
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Cotton, WTO, Genetic Resources, Crop Biodiversity, Genetic Engineering, Research Agencies, India, Andhra Pradesh
India

 Under siege

India, seen as a dumpyard by the developed countries for toxic wastes, is under pressure not to ratify the Basel Ban

Publication Date: 
14/12/1997
Nityanand Jayaraman
Down to Earth
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Basel Convention, India, Toxic Wastes