Power of concentration

India has every reason to push for concentrated solar power projects. But the technology has failed to pick up because of poor planning

On two legs and a prayer

Walkers outnumber people using vehicles in every Indian city. But city plans have no space for pedestrians, nor do urban roads. Will town …

Will PM 2.5 levels in Delhi-NCR go back to pre-pandemic levels this winter?

The answer lies in air pollution control measures, finds assessment by CSE

Making sense of green building rating

Delhi had only one good air quality day this winter by Beijing standards: CSE

Fresh number crunching by Centre for Science and Environment shows that if air quality parameters of Beijing or that of the US were to be applied …

Ganga saga part II: redesign dams, not rivers

MNRE recommends measures to minimise environmental impacts of green energy projects

Report focuses on wind, solar projects in India; overlooks small hydropower projects

Shifting ground

After cracking the whip on mining offenders, CEC is now going easy on them

Get your own vaccine

Inaction discourages positive change in industry

Auto yes to coal

High powered panel recommends freeing coal blocks in forests

Science for ecology

Down To Earth and the Centre for Science and Environment announce the winner of the 2001 Green Scientist Award. In the exercise to rate the …

Capacity building key to mainstreaming onsite sanitation management 

CSE’s School of Water and Waste aims to establish policy principles, innovative technologies and implementation strategies for citywide …

Wheels are turning

Let’s share cars; take a bus or metro; cycle or walk

New safety norms for toys

Meant to check use of toxic phthalates

Bhopal’s toxic waste raises stink

Bombay High Court stays transfer of Union Carbide waste to Maharashtra

US reaction to cola controversy exaggerrated India Inc

States take the fizz out of cola

Let’s talk

On February 24, Centre for Science and Environment raised the curtains for the Anil Agarwal Dialogues on green clearances. The two-day conclave …

Suffering from myopia

George Bush may not understand the 'science' of climate change. But the corporate houses behind him will soon understand the global benefits of …

How we are losing the battle

The results

The study

CSE’s Pollution Monitoring Laboratory tested 12 branded honey samples for 6 antibiotics. These antibiotics are reportedly used for disease …

Forest to farms

India's paper industry now sources more wood from farmers. Why does it still demand forestland?

Powerless and lost