Coal toll

More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not have modern technologies and use low-…

Synchronised rise of ‘bad air’ in cities of Indo-Gangetic Plain in 2020: CSE analysis

Landlocked region cannot rely on mitigation efforts by the National Capital Region alone, say experts

पंजाब-हरियाणा की पराली में आग, दिल्ली-एनसीआर में हवा होने लगी खराब

मानसून की देरी से विदाई और हवा की मौजूदा स्थितियां अगले सप्ताह तक वायु प्रदूषण की स्थिति और अधिक बिगाड़ सकते हैं।

Sunita Narain talks about good food

Food is becoming sterile and processed, says Sunita Narain at the launch of the First Food: Culture of Taste, a Down To Earth publication

Diwali celebrations foul Delhi’s air

Delhi government has advised people with heart or lung disease, older adults and children to remain indoors

CSE welcomes FSSAI steps to ban use of potassium bromate

A CSE study has shown that 84 per cent of bread samples in Delhi contain residues of potassium bromate and/or potassium iodate, two food …

Odd-and-even 2.0 worked but farm fires and forest fires played spoilsport, says CSE

Takes on motivated and half-baked science

MoEFCC revises fly ash notification

Fly ash to be given free of cost for agricultural and construction purposes says MoEFCC official at CSE conference

Bonn conference ends without making headway: CSE

The non-profit says it is concerned about tardy progress of negotiations

NGT slams Delhi government for worsening air pollution; sets agenda to curb vehicular emissions

City needs aggressive and time bound action to meet clean air standards and reduce public health risk, says non-profit Centre for Science and …

Mining Bill gives people their due

It ensures that mine owners share profit with people

Delhi smog lifts partially

Pollution build up in recent days corresponded with peak traffic hours and freight movement

Now it is floods

दिल्ली में क्यों हो रही है स्मॉग टावर्स लगाने में देरी, सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने जताई हैरानी

दिल्ली में स्मॉग टावर्स लगाने में देरी क्यों हो रही है| इस पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने हैरानी जताते हुए 21 जुलाई को एक आदेश ...

Through the thick air

This Diwali, PM 10 and PM 2.5 reached eight times the safe limit. Its not the first time and it won't be the last. Burning of crop stubble, road …

Subterranean Leak

The CSE tests had found high levels of groundwater and soil contamination in and around the Union Carbide factory

Urban shit: where does it all go?

India is staring at a big sanitation crisis and needs to reinvent its excreta disposal mechanism

Lost and damaged

Negotiations on loss and damage signal a weak deal

Report highlights use of non-approved pesticides in food items in India

Even as studies point out the use of these pesticides in food commodities, coordination gaps between concerned deparments have not been addressed

Washout in Lima: CoP 20 ends without pledges for emissions cuts till 2020

Climate summit decisions will not result in a climate deal in 2015, says Centre for Science and Environment. World headed for a 3-4°C …

Order on production ban of coke in Kerala quashed

Something for parents to chew on

The steel shock

Confluence of thoughts

Water warriors from across India shared their experiences in harvesting water at a conference, which aimed to 'Make Water Everybody's Business'

Bengal buys dirtiest coal-based power generated in India: CSE study

TPPs in the state have not taken adequate measures to control pollution