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. …
New Delhi: Delhi’s air pollution levels are on an upward spiral with this summer having recorded higher of ozone and particulate matter. Simultaneously, levels of carbon dioxide emitted from vehicles have also shown a steady sharp rise. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says that apart from a rise in …
New Delhi: Who wouldn’t want to replace polluting energy with clean, renewable energy? Surprisingly, some wouldn’t. Because, sometimes they end up paying a heavier ecological price for it. Communities in many parts of the country are fighting a war against ‘clean energy’ projects that have proved to be far from …
Says sector severely wanting in pollution & regulatory compliance The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a non-government organisation based here and promoting sustainable development, today exposed major inefficiencies in the performance of India’s iron and steel sector. In a detailed rating, which took two years to compile, of the …
TOI Guest Editor Sunita Narain presents a green paper on all the things India desperately needs to get right Would you like a cola and some chips,” we asked. To her credit, Sunita Narain, India’s best known environmental activist and a leading campaigner against junk food, laughed out loud. “The …
New Delhi: About five times a year, the world breaks into celebrations over planet earth. Irrespective of what is done in the remaining 360 days, each time world water day, earth day, environment day or the earth hour are observed, people are at their best ‘green’ behaviour, at least some …
On World Environment Day, this report card from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) warns that Delhi's air pollution and congestion crisis will worsen this decade if urgent action is not taken and calls for radical improvements in public transport. On this World Environment Day, Centre for Science and Environment …
If the Sundarbans are to be saved, ecological concerns must find their way into the debate on development, writes Uddalak Mukherjee The Centre for Science and Environment recently released the findings of a study it had undertaken to examine the impact of climate change on development in the Sundarbans. The …
A harried parent called a few weeks ago. She wanted to know if pollution levels in Delhi were bad and, if so, how bad. The answer was simple and obvious. But why did she need to know that? Her daughter’s prestigious school (which I shall leave unnamed) had sent a …
An inter-ministerial committee probing into contravention of the one project-one proponent norm in the National Solar Mission by LANCO Infratech has concluded that there were no violations. Sources privy to the developments said, “It cannot be denied that the company did have the intent to do so. However, at the …
New Delhi: Even as chief minister Sheila Dikshit hinted at marginal relief for Delhiites from the petrol price hike, environmentalists are not amused. They continue to be a worried bunch and their fears are not unfounded, for petrol getting out of reach for many people means there will be more …
An inter-ministerial committee probing into contravention of the one project-one proponent norm in the National Solar Mission by LANCO Infratech has concluded that there were no violations. Sources privy to the developments said, “It cannot be denied that the company did have the intent to do so. However, at the …
Calling the Rs.7.50 increase per litre in petrol price shocking, Delhiites on Wednesday expressed their outrage at the Central Government's “inconsiderate” move. “The Government has clearly not taken into consideration the already sky-rocketing cost of living. Rising fuel costs and the lack of adequate, safe public transport system adds to …
New Delhi, May 23: The raised petrol prices and the untouched diesel reflect a disturbing trend that is pushing consumers towards private diesel vehicles and hurting the country’s environment, health and economy, analysts have said. The increase announced today will mainly jack up the fuel bills of owners of small …
New Delhi: The Delhi government finally seems to be waking up to the threat of environment pollution from the expanding private vehicle pool in the city. Based on an EPCA (environment pollution control authority) recommendation, the transport department is putting together a proposal for mandatory fitness checks of all private …
It is mostly caused by deliberate neglect and designed failure of the way we manage water and land It’s drought time again. Nothing new in this announcement. Each year, first we have crippling droughts between December and June, and then devastating floods in the next few months. It’s a cycle …
Technicians dismantle e-waste from discarded electronic devices such as computer peripherals at Earth Sense Recycle unit in Andhra Pradesh. While e-waste laws have come into effect from May 1, questions remain on their implementation. E-waste may not be as glamorous a problem as climate change but it is a prevalent …
Though, the new draft of National Water Policy has favoured privatisation of water-delivery services and tariff hike, members of a working panel of the Planning Commission are strongly divided over the crucial issue. But strangely, for reasons best known to the Commission, the views of the members who have opposed …
NEW DELHI: Trucks and tourist buses with national permits and registered in NCR that need to move cargo or people between two points in NCR are now required to comply with Bharat Stage IV emission standards. The notification was issued this February but sources claim there is negligible compliance. With …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) collaborated with the National Environment Commission (NEC), Bhutan, by signing a MoU on May 7, 2012 in Paro, Bhutan. Read the report: http://www.cseindia.org/content/cses-outreach-south-asia
Untreated waste water is a health hazard. Nonetheless, it should be considered a resource. Unless it is recycled and re-used, it will be impossible to provide all people in the cities of developing countries with safe drinking water. The example of India shows that agglomerations cannot get ever more fresh …
