Who is monitoring Lavasa?

Lavasa Corporation is rushing to complete its township in Western Ghats. No one knows if the promoter is complying with conditions on which it …

Gentle on critical pollution

After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …

Deafening Noise

Constant exposure to noise can make one deaf. The major culprit is road traffic. Can one avoid noise? It’s difficult. Checking it, however, …

India’s Minamata

Singrauli, the powerhouse of India with massive coal reserves and many thermal power plants, should have been prosperous. But it is poor and …

The great wetland robbery in Kakarapalli

Police open fire, but people resolute to weed out power plant from wetland in Andhra Pradesh

Let solar shine

Census 2011 throws light on the darkness across India. Of the 246 million households, 67 per cent get electricity from the grid, while 31 per …

Indian CNG buses better than diesel buses; almost conform to Euro VI norms

Attempts are being made to misrepresent CNG bus emissions as more dangerous than diesel bus emissions, says Centre for Science and Environment

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 …

India and the new climate deal: walking the talk on equity

Known for its adamant advocacy in the climate negotiations, India now has a chance to put its best foot forward and lead talks towards …

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Bonn climate conference 2015

The conference ended without making any headway. Ten days of negotiations were spent in streamlining the text for the Paris agreement, …

Solar energy is everybody's business

Solar mission is too important to let doubtful dealings hijack it

Solid wealth

India is churning out construction and demolition debris at an incredible pace. With landfills overflowing and building material becoming scarce, …

CSE slams green building rating body for misleading public

CSE analysis showed several LEED-rated IT buildings and office buildings are failing to meet the official benchmark for energy performance; full …

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-…

Tighter norms proposed for polluting coal-fired power plants

Centre for Science and Environment, which had published study pointing to high emissions from such power plants, calls for strict implementation …

The extent of India’s energy poverty

More than 80 million households in India lack access to electricity; about 75 million of these are in rural areas

Trauma,caused by extreme shock

Is the Governor of Delhi in a state of shock?

Heat wave leads to deadly ozone pollution in Delhi: CSE analysis

Rising NOx levels and volatile gases in the air, primarily from vehicles, form the recipe for ozone

Exercise in non-performance

One stop shop

Beware the technology bait

Organic farming is the answer

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Soot, loath and eyewash

SLOW MURDER·National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi·Organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi&…

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