Supreme Court extends big diesel vehicle ban
The court has asked Delhi Government’s EPCA to prepare a detailed plan for all the vehicle owners to pay compensation to minimise health risks
Thermal power sector needs to save water, feel experts
Experts suggested various good practices and possible solutions to reduce thermal sectors dependence on water
Urban flooding may increase if wetlands not protected, says CSE
Centre for Science and Environment has recommended strong laws to protect urban lakes, their catchment and feeder channels
High road to Dubai COP28: This year is about money, says CSE on Bonn climate meet expectations
For countries of the Global South, the focus should be on the lack of concessional finance to drive the energy transition
India identifying, defining forests wrongly, say experts at Anil Agarwal Dialogue
The urgent agenda today is to reinvent forest management for the future; so that India can build a wood-based future, but still protect the …
The Katowice collapse
Katowice fails. Its decision and the Paris Rulebook agreed here are un-ambitious, anti-science and dilute the Paris Agreement, says CSE
Small step, wrong direction
CDM ensures that the first step taken in Kyoto towards a climate change convention was actually in the wrong direction. The Kyoto Protocol, the '…
Bring the US back to the climate conclave: CSE
CSE media briefing insists on finding ways to re-engage the US in climate change negotiations and setting up a democratic framework with right …
Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2019: The order of change
To resolve environmental problems, we need a change in mindset, empirical studies, implementation, monitoring and follow-ups, says Justice Madan …
Why Trump is a bad businessman
By pulling out of Paris Agreement, US loses an opportunity to expand clean energy markets and create jobs
National action plan on antimicrobial resistance urges multi-sectoral initiative
Antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, is a global public health threat, as antibiotics and antimicrobials are becoming …
Chennai floods: Panel report highlights encroachments, faulty drainage system
The committee asked Tamil Nadu government to check real estate mafia involved in illegal construction and usurping of water bodies
Supreme abuse
Bulk drug makers at Patancheru continue to pollute in the absence of effective vigilance, shows an analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment
E-toxic trail
Moradabad's e-waste dismantling and recycling industry has severely polluted the Ramganga river, finds a new CSE study
Free the air of mercury
Newly launched Minamata Convention weak on mercury released by thermal power plants
2023 ended on a high pollution note, finds CSE analysis of winter air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR
Factors like reduced contribution from stubble burning, November rains and milder winters were undone by low wind speed
Antibiotic resistance: How to tackle AMR in Africa
Pan-Africa experts meet to find solutions to the antimicrobial resistance mess
Stars' tantrums on cola controversy
Licence to kill
One person dies every hour in Delhi due to ambient air choked with particles. Diesel exhaust is a major source of fine particles that are …
CSE welcomes FSSAI’s ban on potassium bromate
The FSSAI has convened a meeting of its scientific committee on June 28 to discuss the use of potassium iodate in food
BIS to revisit safety standards on use of hydrocarbons in fridges and ACs
CSE had recommended amendments to a standard which would allow wider use of the refrigerant
Delhi budget’s emphasis on reducing air pollution welcome: CSE
But the budget not including personal vehicle taxation as a measure to address explosive increase in cars and two-wheeler numbers is disappointing,…
Climate finance is not going to Global South where it is needed the most: CSE
Report launched right before the international summit on New Global Financial Pact in Paris
Environment ministry amendment gives coal thermal power stations full licence to pollute: CSE
The modified notification favours operation of old inefficient coal power stations, which can continue to run indefinitely on paying a nominal …
Govt's fast tracking of draft rules on antibiotic residues commendable
It will position India as a responsible nation tackling antimicrobial resistance, besides improving conditions in preventing the menace