India's Fuel Economy Benchmarks
Fuel efficiency standards for vehicles directly influence mileage and carbon emissions per litre of fuel burnt and are one of the most difficult and least understood policy instruments in India. We need
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
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Tanzania- An Assessment of the Solid Waste Management Ecosystem
Tanzania , home to some of the fastest-growing urban centres in East Africa, produces 12–17 million tonnes of solid waste every year. Only 50 per cent of this is collected and sent to dumpsites. The focus
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Conserving the use of Critically Important Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals
This report highlights gaps and possibilities in the guidance of the Tripartite organizations on antimicrobial use in food-producing animals. It presents current practices in India with regard to their
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Transparency index: rating of Pollution Control Boards on public disclosure
A majority of India’s pollution control agencies remain closed entities when it comes to sharing information with the public. A new rating study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found that
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No time to lose, says Sunita Narain on the new IPCC report
The latest IPCC report confirms that we can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act, including empty promises of net zero by 2050. We bring you an appraisal of the report’s
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Inspection and Audit manual
CSE has prepared an Inspection and Audit manual for Ghana in collaboration with Environment Protection Agency (EPA). The objective of the manual is to establish a systematic approach for carrying out inspection
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Laboratory results of honey testing
It is a food fraud more nefarious and more sophisticated than what we found in our 2003 and 2006 investigations into soft drinks; more damaging to our health than perhaps anything that we have found till
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Agro-Residue for Power: Win-win for farmers and the environment?
Crop stubble burning is a major source of pollution in Northwest India. It will require significant and continuous investment to end the practice. On the other hand, despite the growth in ‘renewables’,
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Meeting Emission Norms
Coal-based power is one of the most resourceintensive and polluting industries. On 07 December 2015, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change introduced stricter environmental standards
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Pandemic and Mobility- Lessons from the COVID-19 crisis for building solutions
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/uploads/0.50648100_1459181755_0.JPG" style="width: 333px; height: 236px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />COVD-19 is an unprecedented opportunity to change