Black carbon harms health, and traps heat, melts snow and disturbs rain patterns for as long as it is airborne. While long-lived carbon dioxide (CO2 ) needs fast-tracked action to stabilize global temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees Celsius, black carbon needs elimination to contain short-term warming spikes and to …
PRESS RELEASE Centre for Science and Environment, as part of the global civil society coalition issues grave warning to World Health Assembly, urges leadership and action GENEVA—The Antibiotic Resistance Coalition, comprising civil society organisations and stakeholders from multiple sectors on six continents, has called on World Health Organization (WHO) Member …
The Antibiotic Resistance Coalition, in this declaration released today, asserts that consumer protection and public health must trump the pursuit of profit, and that effective antibiotics are global public goods. The Coalition also calls for international leadership and action to, in part: • Prohibit the promotion and advertising of antibiotics; …
To Look Into Yamuna Too; Report In 1 Month After a WHO urban air quality database released last week sounded alarm bells on the city’s extremely high air pollution levels, lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung has set up a high-powered committee to look into air pollution levels. “We cannot allow pollution …
The 2014 general election, it seems, is becoming a referendum on the so-called Gujarat model and the something-United Progressive Alliance (UPA) model. Very broadly, the Gujarat model is seen to be corporate-friendly, with emphasis on economic growth at any cost and little focus on social indicators of development. The UPA …
Air pollution kills. In 2009, the Capital registered 10,900 premature deaths due to ambient particulate matter (PM) pollution. These were the findings of a study that was conducted to monitor the adverse health effect of rising air pollution in the city. The effect of breathing toxic air laced with harmful …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has pegged air quality in most cities worldwide below its guidelines for safe levels, but India appears among the worst. According to the UN agency’s latest pollution data, Delhi (not Beijing) tops the list of most polluted cities. Among the world’s 20 most polluted cities …
Jal Board says it has done everything possible Alarms are being set for unearthly hours, chaotic queues are being braved and hard-earned money is being spent by Delhiites on water. The annual summer water crisis is here. While residents in some areas complain about scant supply through the Delhi Jal …
Instead Of Addressing Problem, Gets Into Futile Argument About Data For Beijing New Delhi: A day after World Health Organization’s latest urban air quality database showed that Delhi has the worst air quality among 1,600 cities in 91 countries, government officials chose to split hairs over the published numbers while …
New Delhi: Delhi has the dirtiest air in the world but it hasn’t done anything about it in years. The benefits of CNG have dwindled with increasing vehicular population but the city’s second-generation action plan that recommends a move to Euro V and VI emission standards and rapid expansion of …
World Health Organisation study finds Indian capital had dirtiest atmosphere of 1,600 cities around the world for PM2.5 particles India's state air monitoring centre has admitted that pollution in Delhi is comparable to that of Beijing, but disputed a World Health Organisation (WHO) finding that the Indian capital had the …
GURGAON: Air pollution is now categorized as a public health hazard by the World Health Organization. This should be of particular concern to cities like Gurgaon, which is not only an industrial hub of the region but has also seen the number of vehicles on its roads increase exponentially over …
Hyderabad: Over the past few months, the dust levels in the city have gone up two times above the normal limit, it has been revealed. The area around Paradise recorded the highest value of 160 micrograms/m3, while the permissible level is around 60 micrograms/m3. Officials have blamed election campaigns across …
Packed With Fine Particles That Damage Heart, Lungs: WHO New Delhi: Delhi has the most polluted air in the world. A World Health Organization (WHO) air quality database of 1,600 cities and 91 countries released on Wednesday shows that the concentration of PM2.5 (fine, respirable particles) is the highest in …
There is little that the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board (RPCB) can do to check pollution. Under the board's watchful eyes, for years the Bandi River and Nehra dam in Pali have been turning into reservoirs of chemical effluents released without treatment from the textile units in Pali. Ironically, even when …
70 per cent of buildings that will stand in 2030 have not been constructed’ What should set alarm bells ringing for urban developers and policymakers is the data released by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that says more than 70 per cent of the buildings that should stand …
It’s Been Over 3 Years Since PIL To Regulate Sale In Schools Was Filed The city is in the grip of a silent childhood epidemic—obesity.Astudy by the Diabetes Foundation of India has shown that 25% of schoolchildren in Delhi are overweight or obese, which is the highest incidence in the …
Construction debris in Delhi is choking roads, wetlands and green areas and the problem is becoming more acute every year. Dumped callously wherever there is space, it is rarely ever recycled on a large scale. Delhi’s only pilot construction and demolition recycling plant in Burari that recycles about 500 tonnes …
In a seminar on renewable energy held in Gurgaon on Tuesday, senior government officials once again brought to the fore the issue of solar technology, which is touted as the future of green energy but still doesn't have many takers in Gurgaon's industrial and commercial sectors. At the seminar, the …
Social watchdog organizations including the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) have welcomed the direction of the Delhi High Court on banning junk food in schools. A Delhi-based non-profit organisation, Uday Foundation had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), in the year 2010, seeking a ban on junk food sold …
An expert group, formed on Delhi High Court order to frame guidelines on junk food in schools, today alleged its report was diluted by the food safety body before it was submitted to the court. The allegation by co-chair of the expert group Sunita Narain came a day before the …
