New Technology To Boost Mileage By 20%, Lower Co2 Emissions By 15%
FORD India is looking to introduce its EcoBoost engine technology in its new cars. The company claims the new engine will raise fuel mileage by 20%.

Plastics not bio-degradable and hit groundwater table
Eco-Friendly: Mayor M.Subramanian distributes paper bags made of recycled paper to shopkeepers on the Marina beach in Chennai on Wednesday.
CHENNAI: Close to 1,500 paper bags made from recycled paper were distributed by Mayor M. Subramanian at the Marina beach to spread awareness about the

Jairam Calls For Emulating Beijing On Emission Control

Beijing: China has agreed to include India in a three-nation (China, Japan and South Korea) joint mechanism on climate control, minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday.

Search on for a 33-year-old man of Maraimalai Nagar
Precious seizure: Personnel of the Forest Department inspecting the seized items on Thursday.

TAMBARAM: Personnel of the Tambaram Range of Tamil Nadu Forest Department on Thursday seized the skin and antlers of spotted deer in Maraimalai Nagar and are searching for a 33-year-old man in this connection.

An easier and online method of monitoring pollution caused by factories has arrived in the state.

Reshoo-e-System, a Chennai-based company, today launched the Online Dust Analyser

ALTERNATIVES: Government-run shops such as the Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan have devoted a portion of their shelf-space for organically grown products.

CHENNAI: It was, perhaps, the widely travelled and the well-educated who re-introduced the concept of organic food in Indian restaurants. Today, tour operators ensure that their customers are satisfied, by procuring them farm fresh food.

Can the proposed ban on plastics on the Marina by Chennai Corporation be extended across the city?

Major issue: In the absence of proper disposal, plastics end up chocking waterways.

CHENNAI: Continuous monitoring of Chennai

D. Radhakrishnan

Project expected to be completed by the end of 2010

Focus on safe disposal: A truck carrying garbage entering the municipal dump yard at Theetukkal near Udhagamandalam.

R.Sujatha

Residents of Virugambakkam say they get dirty water from hand-pumps