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It is a cosy club: The voluntary carbon market is a closed-door affair

Voluntary carbon market is a sophisticated ecosystem. It involves a multitude of players to ensure that a carbon offset project delivers on its …

Save the carbon bubble: India’s voluntary carbon market must be regulated and made to contribute to its climate goals

Governments world over continue to issue regulations to rein in the voluntary carbon market, hold it accountable for its acts and ensure sharing …

Due credit: The Indian voluntary carbon market is growing exponentially

India’s lucrative carbon market is worth over $1.2 billion. It will only grow as the crisis of climate change becomes more urgent and …

India slipping on way to meeting UN-mandated SDGs: CSE-DTE

Country facing challenges in 11 of the 17 SDGs; states’ individual performances ranked as well

CSE calls for a ‘green’ recovery action plan on first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies

The COVID-19 pandemic had deeply impacted public transport in India that was already in distress

Every drop counts in these times of COVID-19

The most important lesson learnt during the current pandemic is that we need to ensure everybody has access to clean water

That sinking feeling

Just like at Kyoto, the US and EU are ready to make back-room deals that leave out the concerns of the South. Its time for the G77 to speak up

G-77 and China to sell atmosphere rights cheap

At the climate change conference currently underway in Buenos Aires, developing countries are being confused, coerced and bribed into signing the …

Pollution 'time bomb' ticking for Ganga despite ODF

India is on the verge of being declared open-defecation free but the next big challenge is to safely dispose millions of tonnes of shit in our …

Strengthen district mineral foundations' administration, planning: suggests Mines Ministry

With around Rs 2.5 lakh crore accruals estimated in DMFs over next 25 years, it holds enormous potential for removing socio-economic deprivation …

Are we ready for Diwali?

The levels of pollution in Delhi had started to rise in the first week of October, made worse by a dip in temperatures and fall in wind speed

CSE releases first-of-a-kind study on waste management in India

Municipalities across the country have been urged to place segregation at the heart of waste management system

India must tackle high rate of obesity, diabetes: Global Nutrition Report of 2016

Report highlights the grim progress made by India in fighting obesity and non-communicable diseases 

Experts and journalists urge climate action at the launch of ‘Why I should be tolerant’

Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain’s new book chronicles the global development discourse from the 20th and 21st centuries

Heat wave another manifestation of climate change, says CSE

Around 2,000 people have died due to the present heat wave, with maximum deaths recorded in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Whose science should we focus on?

The current debate over ancient India's scientific feats is less about science and more about a cultural `feel good' factor

Emergency call

Nearly 140,000 people in India died in road accidents in 2013, more than the death toll from many communicable diseases. But the country does not …

MP raises antibiotics in chicken issue in Lok Sabha, urges government to act

Recent study by Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment had found that 40 per cent of tested chicken samples were contaminated …

Why are lives so cheap in Indian steel plants?

Centre for Science and Environment report had highlighted poor safety conditions in steel plants. Two mishaps in a row at the Bhilai and …

We, the people

Industrialised countries uneasy at the prospect of a shift from traditional political rights for the individual to rights that link communities …

Stressed woods

Management ofprotected areas has been one of the principal bones of contention between the various shades of interested opinions in the country. …

Small towns Big mess

India's urban environment is a ghastly cocktail of prosperity, poverty and pollution. A study of eight towns moving towards the precipice of disaster

Delhi hosts Water Asia 2000

Amid private companies' high-tech solutions to the water crisis, CSE presents a decentralised view of water management

Making polluters pay

Despite bureaucratic hurdles, a non-governmental organisation hope to bring to book an erring paper mill in Punjab