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. …
A joint initiative of the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi and Ministry of Physical Planning, Works and Transport Management, Government of Nepal. The Clean Air and Sustainable Transport Programme of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised the Nepal Country Workshop on Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation …
CEO to prepare report on mounting death toll Srinagar: In the wake of the rising deaths of pilgrims undertaking this year’s Amarnath yatra, Governor N N Vohra, who is also the chairman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), convened a meeting today where the CEO of the board was …
States to notify core, buffer areas The Supreme Court today clamped a ban on tourism in the core areas of all the 39 tiger reserves across the country, giving a major boost to efforts for protecting and increasing the population of the endangered species. A Bench comprising Justices Swatanter Kumar …
When extreme weather events begin to occur with increased intensity and frequency, they should make us think During my weekly conversation with my sister, I told her about the unusual searing heat this June, the problems of power cuts and how we are coping in India. She, in turn, told …
Sunita Narain, the director of the Centre for Science and Environment, said here on Saturday that the endosulfan victims in the district should be provided with more facilities. She was in the district to attend the National workshop CONCORD 2012. Though appreciated the state government for giving the rightful recognition …
Padmashree Sunitha Narain, the director general of the Centre for Science and Environment in Concord'12 National Seminar at Kasaragod, said here on Saturday that the endosulfan victims in the district should be provided with more facilities.
We, the Participants of the National Workshop, that assembled under the Chairmanship of Sri P Karunakaran, MP and that was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of the Kerala State, Sri Oommen Chandy and consisted of the People's representatives and leaders, activists and members of social, cultural, health and environmental …
Equating the serious health hazards wrecked in the district due to the indiscriminate exposure of endosulfan pesticide for over two decades with that of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, acclaimed environmental activist Sunita Narain has said that the major task before the administration was to bring hopes and cheers back …
The Centre’s plan to dispose a fraction of the hazardous UCC waste is too little, too late, for the long-suffering victims, says Shonali Ghosal THE CENTRE has finally decided to dispose of 350 metric tonnes of toxic waste from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal to Hamburg, Germany. The waste …
The recent Punjab & Haryana High Court direction barring the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) from issuing fresh licences for housing projects in Gurgaon without an undertaking from the builders to not draw groundwater has been welcomed by the citizens by and large as a “justified concern”, but also triggered …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court’s directive to Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), stating that “builders should not be issued licenses for housing projects in Gurgaon if they don’t give an undertaking stating that they will not use groundwater for construction”, has evoked a mixed response from residents and authorities. …
New Delhi: Diesel’s gain is CNG’s loss in the capital, spelling bad news for the city’s air. Dealers are reporting a 60%-80% drop in sales of CNG kits for private vehicles since the beginning of 2012. They say many car owners who had got these kits retrofitted in their cars …
Says CSE Report Based On Review Of 900 Haryana Projects. Builders seem to be fudging data related to water consumption while seeking green clearance for their projects, according to a recent report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). A review of about 900 projects for environmental clearance in …
An open forum convened by the Haryana government at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district, the venue of proposed nuclear plant in the state, ended abruptly on Tuesday after leaders of opposition parties joined the farmers in their protest against the venture. The public hearing, which was expected to continue for …
The public hearing on the Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposed Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant in Fatehabad, Haryana came to an end within 40 minutes of its start yesterday after the local people’s fierce opposition. Irked by the farcical and undemocratic manner in which the EIA hearing was bei8ng conducted, …
About two months ago, Gurgaon suffered one of its worst ever water shortages. The raw water supply to the city – already insufficient – shrunk all the way to 40-45MGD, whereas it is estimated that the daily requirement at the time reached its seasonal high of 200MGD. Residents in several …
We have taken certain measures to tackle the problem of water depletion in the corporation area. We have built 78 rainwater harvesting structures so that the groundwater level goes up . Also, we have asked departments like HUDA to lay new pipelines to supply water to more residential areas Sudhir …
A nuclear power plant coming up in Haryana, India, conducts a public hearing without making the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report public. The controversial plant is being constructed by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) on fertile agricultural land. A public hearing for granting environmental clearance to the …
The Environment ImpactAssessment (EIA) report on the nuclear power plant coming up in Haryana was leaked a day ahead of a public hearing to be held at the project site on Tuesday. The plant will be constructed at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India …
New Delhi: All tourist operations within 5km of all 600-plus tiger reserves, national parks, sanctuaries and wildlife corridors in the country will have to fork out a minimum of 10% of their turnover as a “local conservation fee”. The fee will be used not only to protect wildlife areas but …
