Namrata Kolachalam
@namratakolachalam.bsky.social
Journalist in Mumbai. Bylines: @TheAtlantic, @Slate, @Citylab, @RoadsKingdoms, @AtlasObscura, @FiftyTwoDotIn, @TheWorld, @NPR, etc
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‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
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‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"We are in this situation where we’re racing to collect knowledge...That race between knowledge and obliteration is really one of the through lines of the book."
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"We are in this situation where we’re racing to collect knowledge...That race between knowledge and obliteration is really one of the through lines of the book."
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Last year, 43 monkeys escaped from a primate breeding and research facility. Now a strange coalition of animal-rights activists and MAGA loyalists is demanding that all lab animals be set free. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/vS1MOq
November 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Last year, 43 monkeys escaped from a primate breeding and research facility. Now a strange coalition of animal-rights activists and MAGA loyalists is demanding that all lab animals be set free. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/vS1MOq
Here's my second story for @theworld.org about elephants moving into Andhra Pradesh and the consequences of climate change + habitat loss on these communities and this amazing species. Photos by @justinnisly.bsky.social. Huge thanks to @earthjournalism.bsky.social for the support!
Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and human activity have degraded the traditional habitats for some elephants in India, pushing them and humans into increasingly narrower spaces. Now, some people are seeking better ways to adapt to the changes.
Communities in southern India search for solutions for growing encounters with elephants - The World from PRX
Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and human activity have degraded the traditional habitats for some elephants in India, pushing them and humans into increasingly narrower spaces. Now, s...
theworld.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Here's my second story for @theworld.org about elephants moving into Andhra Pradesh and the consequences of climate change + habitat loss on these communities and this amazing species. Photos by @justinnisly.bsky.social. Huge thanks to @earthjournalism.bsky.social for the support!
Here's the first of two stories I reported for @theworld.org on elephants moving into Andhra Pradesh for the first time in 200 years, and what that means for the species and for people. Grateful to work w/my awesome editor @ginak.bsky.social and photog @justinnisly.bsky.social, take a look!
It’s hard to be a human right now, but being an elephant doesn’t sound like such a picnic, either theworld.org/stories/2025...
Migrating elephants are causing more encounters with humans in populated areas of southern India - The World from PRX
For the first time, elephants can be seen in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, as they are pushed out of their natural habitats for varying reasons. This has led to more human-elephant enco...
theworld.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Here's the first of two stories I reported for @theworld.org on elephants moving into Andhra Pradesh for the first time in 200 years, and what that means for the species and for people. Grateful to work w/my awesome editor @ginak.bsky.social and photog @justinnisly.bsky.social, take a look!
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In “Extraction,” @triofrancos.bsky.social examines the politics of lithium mining in South America—and the complexities of the energy transition. @materialistjew.bsky.social spoke with her about imperfect trade-offs and the nature of democracy.
Schrodinger’s Element | Ajay Singh Chaudhary
In her new book, Thea Riofrancos homes in on the extraction of lithium—and the thorny problem of an ecologically sound energy transition
thebaffler.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In “Extraction,” @triofrancos.bsky.social examines the politics of lithium mining in South America—and the complexities of the energy transition. @materialistjew.bsky.social spoke with her about imperfect trade-offs and the nature of democracy.
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Trump administration wants to roll back regulations on HFCs (very potent greenhouse gases) OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE APPLIANCE INDUSTRY.
Here’s why one industry is worried about Trump’s latest climate rollback
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that it would rewrite a Biden-era rule aimed at limiting hydrofluorocarbons, a potent greenhouse gas.
wapo.st
October 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Trump administration wants to roll back regulations on HFCs (very potent greenhouse gases) OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE APPLIANCE INDUSTRY.
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NEW: A bold “rewilding” initiative to reintroduce jaguars and turtles in Argentina raises tough questions about whose vision of nature is being restored, writes @bysammeadows.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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‘Rewilding’ in Argentina Raises Thorny Questions
Endangered jaguars and turtles are being reintroduced in the forests of Chaco province — but whose vision of nature is being restored?
newlinesmag.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
NEW: A bold “rewilding” initiative to reintroduce jaguars and turtles in Argentina raises tough questions about whose vision of nature is being restored, writes @bysammeadows.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/reportage/re...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/re...
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Israeli forces have attacked a seed bank in the West Bank city of Hebron, destroying equipment used to reproduce heirloom seeds, according to the group managing the facility.
Israeli Forces Allegedly Bulldoze Palestinian Seed Bank
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August 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Israeli forces have attacked a seed bank in the West Bank city of Hebron, destroying equipment used to reproduce heirloom seeds, according to the group managing the facility.
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💥Murder in Mumbai💥
My first @financialtimes.com magazine story on a shocking assassination, a jailed gang boss and the Bollywood icon entangled in a decades-long grudge rooted in wildlife crime.
👉 on.ft.com/3YRlPWN
Huge thanks to @cordeliajenkins.bsky.social for the stellar edit.
My first @financialtimes.com magazine story on a shocking assassination, a jailed gang boss and the Bollywood icon entangled in a decades-long grudge rooted in wildlife crime.
👉 on.ft.com/3YRlPWN
Huge thanks to @cordeliajenkins.bsky.social for the stellar edit.
How India’s most notorious gangster declared war on a Bollywood legend
[FREE TO READ] The tentacles of the Bishnoi gang reach from India to Canada
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May 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
💥Murder in Mumbai💥
My first @financialtimes.com magazine story on a shocking assassination, a jailed gang boss and the Bollywood icon entangled in a decades-long grudge rooted in wildlife crime.
👉 on.ft.com/3YRlPWN
Huge thanks to @cordeliajenkins.bsky.social for the stellar edit.
My first @financialtimes.com magazine story on a shocking assassination, a jailed gang boss and the Bollywood icon entangled in a decades-long grudge rooted in wildlife crime.
👉 on.ft.com/3YRlPWN
Huge thanks to @cordeliajenkins.bsky.social for the stellar edit.
A passionate advocate for the desert and its many inhabitants, Radheshyam's passing is devastating for the conservation community and the species he loved so deeply
indianexpress.com/article/indi...
indianexpress.com/article/indi...
Known for efforts to save Great Indian Bustard, wildlife conservationist dead in Jaisalmer accident
Born in the village of Dholiya, Radheshyam Pemani was deeply influenced by the Bishnoi community's centuries-old tradition of environmental stewardship.
indianexpress.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
A passionate advocate for the desert and its many inhabitants, Radheshyam's passing is devastating for the conservation community and the species he loved so deeply
indianexpress.com/article/indi...
indianexpress.com/article/indi...
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Hindu temples offer prayers for a path to the U.S. But some in India were stunned by the way the U.S. deported Indians despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's friendship with President Trump.
From @diaahadid.bsky.social and Omkar Khandekar
From @diaahadid.bsky.social and Omkar Khandekar
Indians still pray at 'visa temples' after the U.S. deported migrants in chains
Hindu temples offer prayers for a path to the U.S. But some in India were stunned by the way the U.S. deported Indians despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's friendship with President Trump.
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May 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hindu temples offer prayers for a path to the U.S. But some in India were stunned by the way the U.S. deported Indians despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's friendship with President Trump.
From @diaahadid.bsky.social and Omkar Khandekar
From @diaahadid.bsky.social and Omkar Khandekar
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India’s forests are disappearing, but not on paper
On March 30, bulldozers rolled into Kancha Gachibowli, a lush, 400-acre tract of forested land in Hyderabad, a city in India’s southern Telangana state, with sounds of distressed animals echoing in the background.
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On March 30, bulldozers rolled into Kancha Gachibowli, a lush, 400-acre tract of forested land in Hyderabad, a city in India’s southern Telangana state, with sounds of distressed animals echoing in the background.
dialogue.earth/en/forests/i...
India’s forests are disappearing, but not on paper
The country’s biodiversity-rich forests are failing to appear in official records due to non-classification and legal loopholes, leading to fears over their protection
dialogue.earth
April 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
India’s forests are disappearing, but not on paper
On March 30, bulldozers rolled into Kancha Gachibowli, a lush, 400-acre tract of forested land in Hyderabad, a city in India’s southern Telangana state, with sounds of distressed animals echoing in the background.
dialogue.earth/en/forests/i...
On March 30, bulldozers rolled into Kancha Gachibowli, a lush, 400-acre tract of forested land in Hyderabad, a city in India’s southern Telangana state, with sounds of distressed animals echoing in the background.
dialogue.earth/en/forests/i...
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What does it mean to see ourselves as animals? Does it change how we treat other life on Earth? How are we alike or different from our fellow animals?
We asked renowned Stanford University professor Robert Sapolsky. 🧪
We asked renowned Stanford University professor Robert Sapolsky. 🧪
We Could Have Been Warthogs
The peerless animal wisdom of Robert Sapolsky
nautil.us
April 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
What does it mean to see ourselves as animals? Does it change how we treat other life on Earth? How are we alike or different from our fellow animals?
We asked renowned Stanford University professor Robert Sapolsky. 🧪
We asked renowned Stanford University professor Robert Sapolsky. 🧪
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During the hearings, #WhatsApp had listed the number of persons who were targeted using #Pegasus by country over the two-week period. The users were spread across 51 countries.
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10812...
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10812...
April 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
During the hearings, #WhatsApp had listed the number of persons who were targeted using #Pegasus by country over the two-week period. The users were spread across 51 countries.
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10812...
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10812...
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“This song came into being in that place and time…with the cloud forest, and all of its inhabitants—its rivers, its fungi, its birds, its creatures, its mist, its histories, its possible futures—as our co-author, as the co-creator.” @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Song of the Cedars - A Conversation with Giuliana Furci, Robert Macfarlane, César Rodríguez-Garavito, and Cosmo Sheldrake
Bringing in the voice of the forest, four members of the More Than Human Life Collective share the story of co-composing a song with the Los Cedros cloud forest in Ecuador and explore how its…
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March 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“This song came into being in that place and time…with the cloud forest, and all of its inhabitants—its rivers, its fungi, its birds, its creatures, its mist, its histories, its possible futures—as our co-author, as the co-creator.” @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
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The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets
The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets
Technicians in India’s refurbished laptop shops give discarded electronics a new life.
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April 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets
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6/15 Using CMIP6 climate model data, we identified nine Indian cities (pop. >1M, Census 2011) expected to see some of the biggest rises in dangerous heat index days, selecting one city per state.
March 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
6/15 Using CMIP6 climate model data, we identified nine Indian cities (pop. >1M, Census 2011) expected to see some of the biggest rises in dangerous heat index days, selecting one city per state.
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In particular, all the major South and SE Asian rivers will eventually struggle, so Pakistan, India and China will come into increasing conflict over water
Note - all three have nuclear weapons
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Note - all three have nuclear weapons
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2 billion people, says UN
Unesco report highlights ‘unprecedented’ glacier loss driven by climate crisis, threatening ecosystems, agriculture and water sources
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
In particular, all the major South and SE Asian rivers will eventually struggle, so Pakistan, India and China will come into increasing conflict over water
Note - all three have nuclear weapons
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Note - all three have nuclear weapons
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"More biodiversity on American lawns could soak up carbon, better mitigate floods, support pollinators that propagate our food and host the insects that form the crucial early threads of the terrestrial food web. 'But lawns do none of those things,' Tallamy said."
“The typical suburban lawn is zealously mown, raked & bombarded with chemicals.”
What if we gave up the cult of green grass & instead embraced a bounty of biodiversity in our yards? Oliver Milman explores how a cultural reset would benefit us all.
#grass #lawn #biodiversity #garden #pollinators
What if we gave up the cult of green grass & instead embraced a bounty of biodiversity in our yards? Oliver Milman explores how a cultural reset would benefit us all.
#grass #lawn #biodiversity #garden #pollinators
The Cult Of The American Lawn | NOEMA
Manicured grass yards are ecological dead zones. So why are they being forced on people by their neighbors and homeowner associations?
www.noemamag.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"More biodiversity on American lawns could soak up carbon, better mitigate floods, support pollinators that propagate our food and host the insects that form the crucial early threads of the terrestrial food web. 'But lawns do none of those things,' Tallamy said."
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"before the first abortion ban went into effect, the rate of sepsis for this patient population was remarkably steady.
After the first ban was passed in 2021, it shoots up by more than 50%"
@propublica.org's Lizzie Presser on the increased threat of sepsis, post-Roe:
After the first ban was passed in 2021, it shoots up by more than 50%"
@propublica.org's Lizzie Presser on the increased threat of sepsis, post-Roe:
More pregnant women face life-threatening sepsis in wake of strict abortion laws
In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among wome...
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February 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
"before the first abortion ban went into effect, the rate of sepsis for this patient population was remarkably steady.
After the first ban was passed in 2021, it shoots up by more than 50%"
@propublica.org's Lizzie Presser on the increased threat of sepsis, post-Roe:
After the first ban was passed in 2021, it shoots up by more than 50%"
@propublica.org's Lizzie Presser on the increased threat of sepsis, post-Roe:
Important, disturbing look at U.S. deportation efforts, including yesterday's flight of more than 100 Indians who traveled for 40 hours in handcuffs and leg chains: indianexpress.com/article/citi...
Inside US deportation of 104 Indians: ‘Handcuffed, legs chained, struggled to use washroom for 40 hours’
The US military aircraft — a C-17 Globemaster — that the Donald Trump administration deployed made four pit stops for fuel refilling before landing at Amritsar Wednesday.
indianexpress.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Important, disturbing look at U.S. deportation efforts, including yesterday's flight of more than 100 Indians who traveled for 40 hours in handcuffs and leg chains: indianexpress.com/article/citi...
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What are we to make of the biodiversity crisis, and the weight that comes w/ knowing our species' role in driving it?
My conversation w/ @elizkolbert.bsky.social and Craig Foster (My Octopus Teacher) is a cover story for the latest issue of @atmosmagazine.bsky.social: atmos.earth/elizabeth-ko...
My conversation w/ @elizkolbert.bsky.social and Craig Foster (My Octopus Teacher) is a cover story for the latest issue of @atmosmagazine.bsky.social: atmos.earth/elizabeth-ko...
Elizabeth Kolbert and Craig Foster: Holding Onto Awe Amid Biodiversity Loss | Atmos
Elizabeth Kolbert, Craig Foster, and Whitney Bauck discuss alarm and wonder amid the biodiversity crisis.
atmos.earth
December 12, 2024 at 5:46 PM
What are we to make of the biodiversity crisis, and the weight that comes w/ knowing our species' role in driving it?
My conversation w/ @elizkolbert.bsky.social and Craig Foster (My Octopus Teacher) is a cover story for the latest issue of @atmosmagazine.bsky.social: atmos.earth/elizabeth-ko...
My conversation w/ @elizkolbert.bsky.social and Craig Foster (My Octopus Teacher) is a cover story for the latest issue of @atmosmagazine.bsky.social: atmos.earth/elizabeth-ko...