The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Centre for Science and Environment has released the results of the lab tests of energy performance of popular 5-star split room air conditioners (RACs) under normal and maximum temperature conditions to assess how these units perform under different outdoor temperature conditions and how that affects the energy savings from the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shiv Prasad Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 25/07/2016 regarding closure of foundries/industries operating without consent to operate/Environment Clearance in Jasodharpur Industrial Area, Uttarakhand. Counsel appearing on behalf of the foundries/industries presented before the Tribunal minutes of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Potassium Bromate in Breads, 22/07/2016. The Government is aware of the study by the Centre for Science and Environment. Potassium bromate was earlier permitted to be used as an additive for manufacturing bread and other bakery products under the erstwhile Prevention of Food Adulteration …
New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on Monday banned use of potassium bromate as a food additive after Centre for Science and Environment alleged the presence of the substance in bread can cause cancer. Meanwhile, the food regulator has also referred the matter for further investigation …
The CSE has urged the government to ban the use of toxic chemicals in bakery products India's health ministry has ordered an inquiry after a study found cancer-causing chemicals in many bread and other bakery products. Researchers found residues of potassium bromate and potassium iodate in 84% of the samples …
Bread industry uses potassium bromate and potassium iodate, substances that are banned in many countries, but not in India; Indian regulators must act immediately and ban them CSE’s new study tests bread sold in Delhi. Finds residues of potassium bromate/iodate in commonly consumed varieties. Use of potassium bromate – classified …
Use of chemical food additives is a common practice in packaged and processed foods. Not all of them are safe. One such additive is potassium bromate (KBrO3) which, until over two decades ago, was routinely used in most parts of the world to treat flour for bread and bakery products. …
One of urban India’s staple food products – the bread that we buy off the shelves every day – could be laced with toxic chemicals which are serious health hazards, finds a new study done in Delhi by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The study, conducted by CSE’s Pollution …
Delhi is leading the major metropolises of India in controlling air pollution, a study by the think-tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) suggests. In a study that mapped the 10 most populous cities - Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Jaipur - which comprise 24 …
Three decades after the Bhopal gas lead killed a few thousand people overnight, the struggle continues for its survivors. A number of issues concerning the survivors of the disaster, termed the biggest industrial accident in history, seemed close to resolution this year, but none was resolved.
The court also ordered toll collectors to put in place radio frequency identification systems at the nine main entry points in the city by November 30. Commercial vehicles entering Delhi would have to pay an environment compensatory charge, the Supreme Court ordered on Monday. A bench headed by Chief Justice …
Charges will be Rs 700 for light duty vehicles and two-axle vehicles and Rs 1,300 for three-axle and above. The Supreme Court on Monday imposed an ‘Environment Compensation Charge’ (ECC) on commercial vehicles entering Delhi, in addition to the toll tax, from November 1 for four months on a trial …
Light duty vehicles would have to pay Rs 700 and three-axle vehicles Rs 1,300 for entering Delhi in addition to the toll tax from November 1, with the Supreme Court today imposing the ‘Environment Compensation Charge’ in a bid to check high pollution levels in the city. The apex court’s …
Big trucks entering Delhi will have to pay Rs 1,300 and smaller commercial vehicles Rs 700 with the Supreme Court today ordering an experimental pollution compensation charge from November 1. The court directed the Delhi government to impose the fee, which will be in addition to the standard toll tax …
Beginning November 1, trucks, light goods vehicles and heavy containers passing through Delhi will have to pay `700 or `1,300 (depending on the category of vehicle) as the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi Government to collect the amount as a pollution tax on an experimental basis till February …
Heavy Vehicles To Pay `Environment Compensation Charge' At Toll Booths In a move to check high level of air pollution in the capital, the Supreme Court on Monday formally imposed Environment Compensation Charge on vehicles entering Delhi from November 1. Heavy trucks would have to pay Rs 1,300 and light …
NEW DELHI: Delhi government may have welcomed the Supreme Court's order to levy a pollution fee on non-destined commercial vehicles going through the state, but officials admit that implementation by this November may be difficult. As per the SC order, commercial vehicles will be levied a pollution fee between Rs …
Charges on vehicles entering Delhi operative for four months on experimental basis, says Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Monday ordered imposition of ‘Environment Compensation Charge’ to the tune of Rs 700 on light duty vehicles and Rs 1,300 for three-axle vehicles and above, entering Delhi from November 1. A bench …
A study done by the Centre for Science and Research on Moradabad’s e-waste recycling industry has shown contamination due to heavy metals to be very high in and around the city. Moradabad is known for its e-waste recycling industry. The city is located on the banks of the Ramganga, an …
While a draft document on the National Mission on Small Hydro nudges industry to invest, the success of such projects lies in proper implementation, writes Maulik Madhu. Tucked away in the picturesque Hemmige village, about an hour’s drive from Mysore, is Bhoruka Power’s 4.5 megawatt Madhavamantri Power Plant. Like most …
