Neduvasal

TN Govt’s Bill to Protect Cauvery Delta Makes the Right Noises, Not Much Else

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami. Credit: PTI

TN Rejects Centre’s Hydrocarbon EIA Exemption, Asks for Status Quo Ante

Cauvery basin, Cauvery delta, hydrocarbon extraction, seismic survey, airgun, produced water, heavy metal contamination, offshore drilling, Neduvasal, zooplankton, humpback whale, Minke whale, beluga, bearded seal, bowhead whale, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, proppant sand, aluminium silicate, nonylphenol ethoxylate, methylisothiazolinone, neurotoxic, genotoxic, boron, phenol formaldehyde resins, glyoxal, isotridecanol ethoxylate, TNPCB, Sterlite copper smelter, Vedanta Sterlite, Thoothukudi protest, ONGC,

Environmentally, India’s Hydrocarbon Sector Enjoys a Regulatory Free-for-all

Scenes of protest for the 100th consecutive day in Thoothukudi against the Sterlite unit, May 22, 2018. Source: Author provided

Thoothukudi Isn’t Alone – Tamil Nadu Has Been Rising in Protest for Decades

An artist's impression of a pulsar and its white dwarf companion. Caption and credit: esoastronomy/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Infinite in All Directions: Juno’s Problem, Evolution of Astronomy, Visualising Pulsars

Cauvery basin, Cauvery delta, hydrocarbon extraction, seismic survey, airgun, produced water, heavy metal contamination, offshore drilling, Neduvasal, zooplankton, humpback whale, Minke whale, beluga, bearded seal, bowhead whale, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, proppant sand, aluminium silicate, nonylphenol ethoxylate, methylisothiazolinone, neurotoxic, genotoxic, boron, phenol formaldehyde resins, glyoxal, isotridecanol ethoxylate, TNPCB, Sterlite copper smelter, Vedanta Sterlite, Thoothukudi protest, ONGC,

In Neduvasal, a Push to Protect Farmlands Is About Holding the Government Accountable

All You Need to Know About the Neduvasal Protests Against Hydrocarbon Extraction