Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Travel within any Indian city is usually crowded and slow. But Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), capital of West Bengal, has certain advantages. Its underground rail network, which was the first to open in India in 1984, is being extended. Uniquely in the country, electric trams clatter along its streets. Public transport …
It is not just nitrogen oxides and particulate matter that causes pollution in the city. A new study claims to have found high levels of toxic benzene in Hyderabad’s air. It says that the city now faces the challenge of a multi-pollutant crisis. And not just Hyderabad, but tier-II cities …
Nearly three-fourths of Indian cities have particulate pollution (PM) levels exceeding permissible standards affecting the health of lakhs of people across the country, according to an analysis released Thursday. The analysis is part of a book 'Good News Bad News: Clearing the air in Indian cities' by the Centre for …
Companies such as HUL, Nestle, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Dabur argue there can't be any such category Fast food-burgers Even as the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) attempts to put in place a final set of guidelines on healthy food in educational institutions, top packaged food & beverage …
Bus ridership in Delhi has dropped from 60% in 2000 to 41% now. Every year, Delhi needs an area the size of 310 football fields for parking its vehicles. And Delhi has one of the highest particulate matter (PM10) levels in South Asia. These are some of the findings of …
A bitter debate over HFCs heats up ahead of India-US talks This weekend, Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and US president Barack Obama are meeting in Washington DC. An environmental tussle is predicted: the two-steps-forward one-step back battle to phase out HFCs. HFCs, or hydrofluorocarbons, are gases used in air …
At a time when most Indian cities and towns show pollutants in the air due to emissions from different sources, two towns in Kerala - Malappuram and Pathanamthitta - have met the clean air benchmark of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The finding is part of a book -- …
New Delhi, September 26, 2013 78 per cent of cities in India have particulate pollution levels that exceed the standards. Only two cities – both from Kerala – meet the clean air benchmark of the CPCB for PM10. Bus transport ridership is declining. In Delhi, it has dropped from 60 …
Measuring air quality: Learning health impacts - a presentation by Anumita Roychowdhury at STEPPING TOGETHER: A Conclave of Changemakers for Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility held in New Delhi from September 26-27, 2013.
The presentation on Health effects of air pollution by Dr. Manas Ranjan Ray at Stepping Together : A Conclave of Changemakers for Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility held in New Delhi from September 26-27, 2013.
Conference discusses impediments that prevent solar energy from taking off in a big way in the country. Gujarat has taken the lead in solar energy. Now, it is planning to generate 5MW energy each from rooftop solar panels in five other cities — Mehsana, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Vadodara, said …
As per a leaked UN report, CO2 emissions have gone up to 95% from 90% in '07. The United Nations will be releasing its fifth assessment report (AR5) on climate change releasing this Friday, and it paints a grimmer picture of global warming that we had imagined. Despite questions from …
Govt Fails To Save Riverine Ecosystem; Also Unable To Improve Air Quality, Contain Private Vehicle Surge If the Congress government’s performance were measured on the yardstick of urban ecology, it would fail miserably at least on one count—the Yamuna. Despite repeated promises of cleaning up, the river’s condition has been …
The solar energy sector in India has reached a deadlock and needs policy reforms, claimed experts at a conference on 'The future of solar energy in India' held at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) on Monday. Jointly organized by Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi-based research and advocacy body, …
In the second phase of development of solar power projects in Gujarat, the state government plans to generate 60 MW power from rooftops by bringing in 30,000 houses under the project within the next three years. Apart from houses, solar panels of about 20 MW capacity will be laid on …
Stake holders, experts and state level policy makers are seeking reforms must to facilitate growth of solar energy sector up to its potential. At a time when India's total installed capacity in solar power generation is just about 1800 mw against the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission's (JNNSM) target of …
The US and other developed nations may want India to toe their line in phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) - climate damaging refrigerant gas - but they won't find it easy to push New Delhi to junk its refusal to do so without viable alternatives. India is banking on the support …
MYSTERY MOVES Experts say environmental laws don’t give the ministry the powers to levy a fine; No explanation was given how the penalty of . 200 crore was arrived at By slapping a . 200-crore penalty on the Adani Group for environmental violations, the ministry of environment and forests may …
United States and other industrialized nations may want India to toe their line in phasing out hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) - climate damaging refrigerant gas - but it won't be easy for them to push New Delhi to divert from its stated position. India has got support of three other powerful nations …
Industrialised countries should phase out HFC says Sunita Narain, Director-General, CSE in this presentation at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held from September 18-19, 2013. HFC: A lesson on how companies make money to save the world - Presentation by Sunita Narain, Director-General, CSE …
