The poor and the environment: lessons from energy crisis

A green future ahead as world adopts historic climate deal

Suspense in Paris comes to an end after countries officially adopt new agreement to fight climate change

Grounded

Endosulfan aerial spraying banned in Kasaragod

CPCB issues draft guideline for cement sector to reduce fugitive emissions

A policy that kills!

The government's fuel pricing policy is the very essence of irrationality

Community enterprise unlimited

Search for the lesser evil

A Down To Earth survey of the civil society shows that when it comes to the environment, no political party in India has anything substantive …

A watery affair

The real issues of global water management took a backseat as crisis-mongering and anti-dam protests hijacked the Second World Water Forum at …

Bonn climate talks: New funding mechanism proposed at side event to tackle energy poverty

CSE and What Next Forum say Globally Funded Feed-in Tariff Mechanism (G-FiT) for enabling renewable energy has the potential to provide energy …

Adulteration of honey with sugar syrup most pressing threat: Beekeepers

Beekeepers from a number of states spoke said they were losing jobs due to honey aduleterated with sugar syrups being sold in the market

Experts welcome Delhi government’s electric vehicle policy

The policy aims to make a quarter of all new vehicle registrations battery-operated by 2024

Lockdown 2.0 vs lockdown 3.0: NO2 levels spike in Delhi

A change in 24-hour average between the two weeks showed that the overall weekly average level increased by 19%

George Bush: "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol"

The leader of the most polluting country in the world claims global warming treaty is "unfair" because it excludes India and China

Why welcome trouble?

What induced the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement endorsing a plan that could result in loss of human life, and have …

Wind industry must brace the headwinds to stay relevant

Despite its many challenges, wind energy in India has a lot to gain from its experience and its large manufacturing base

Hatching Superbugs

At a time when chicken consumption is at an all time high in India, a study by Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment shows poultry …

Meerut's air quality more threatening than Delhi; old vehicles, industries add to woes

Inner Meerut's PM 2.5 concentration peaked at 1470μg/m3 as against the safe limit of 60μg/m3

CSE welcomes Centre’s recommendation to ban sale of junk food

Child development ministry has proposed a ban on sale of junk foods in school canteens across India

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

Government releases National Air Quality Index, CSE welcomes it

India now needs action to reduce smog, says Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment

FSSAI notifies draft regulations to limit trans fats to 5 per cent by 2016

Though delayed by couple of years, the food regulatory body in India, has taken a step in the right direction, say experts

Manna from heaven

Delhi is at the mercy of its riparian neighbours for water. Experts now say, water harvesting might be a step in the right direction towards …

This winter most polluted for Maharashtra, Gujarat in last 4 years: CSE report

This demands urgent and aggressive scaling up of the multi-sector action plan to control pollution

Response: Equity is not the only way

Here at the Centre for Science and Environment we have received some responses to Equity Watch and its articles. 

Conditions to aid and trade

World Resources Institute, a Washington-based non-government organisation, objects to criticism that Northern groups are arm-twisting developing …