Bickering hinders resolution

A recent meeting on biological diversity failed to establish ground rules for implementation, as the participating nations were totally unwilling …

Realising the virtues of organic farming

Several organisations, at home and abroad, are promoting organic farming as a method of food production that is both ecologically and socially …

Revitalised role forecast for people's movements

It is becoming possible to utilise the capacities that exist outside the state -- such as non-governmental organisations -- to influence state …

Paper chase

PAPER is important, but so are forests. The proposal of the ministry for environment and forests to allow the paper industry to establish …

Experts propose various technologies for efficient coal usage at CSE Coal Conference

Technologies discussed include HELE, IGCC and CFBC

The Sunita Narain Show: World Environment Day 2024 Special on agenda for new government

Now that the results of the Lok Sabha elections of 2024 are known, it is time to recommit to an agenda of development, which is inclusive, …

Facing a Silent Spring...

Pesticides. Ecological devastation. And cancer. The story of an environmental victim

Is show cause notice sufficient to drive compliance in industrial units?

The current regulatory regime is delaying compliance by a decade

Relearning rain

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Breathing easy

Gujarat Pollution Control Board's latest invention helps 'reduce' air pollution

Felicitation for pioneers of clean environment

Awards announced for global environment leadership 2000

DMF best practices: CSE studies how district mineral funds help

CSE reviewed key mining districts that are focussing on sectors such as livelihood, healthcare, education, nutrition and drinking water

Bhopal: 38 years ago, while the world slept, its worst industrial disaster unfolded in the heart of India

Anil Agarwal, founder of Centre for Science and Environment and founder editor of Down To Earth, was in Bhopal immediately after the tragedy. …

Paper capers

A debate crackles over a government decision to allow paper plantations to remain in degraded forests

Raising superbugs

Poultry farms are reservoirs of multi-drug resistant bacteria and play a major role in their spread, shows the latest CSE study

Not just air, level of noise pollution in Delhi is also deadly: study

A new study confirms the findings of a 2011 CSE survey which had shown that the capital has the noisiest roads in the country

Change in safety standards a must for successful transition from HFCs to hydrocarbons

The only major barrier to the large scale use of hydrocarbons has been the safety concerns over the high flammability of these refrigerants

Who will help her learn?

Merely providing schools is not enough to educate the more than 197.34 million illiterate women in India. Far too often, girls have to drop out …

Left Hanging

The DTC's plan to buy new eco-friendly buses is left hanging as Delhi government stalls the deal. Manish Tiwari and Anumita Roychowdhary report

Be kind to the vulture

There is obviously something wrong with the health of the nation if institutions cannot diagnose the health of the vulture

Common platform

An environmental rating project provides a meeting ground for the Indian pulp and paper sector

A little "war" between the North and South

The public debate between Dutch environment minister Hans Alders and Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment, covering a whole …