Who will help her learn?
Merely providing schools is not enough to educate the more than 197.34 million illiterate women in India. Far too often, girls have to drop out …
Paper capers
A debate crackles over a government decision to allow paper plantations to remain in degraded forests
Left Hanging
The DTC's plan to buy new eco-friendly buses is left hanging as Delhi government stalls the deal. Manish Tiwari and Anumita Roychowdhary report
Be kind to the vulture
There is obviously something wrong with the health of the nation if institutions cannot diagnose the health of the vulture
Common platform
An environmental rating project provides a meeting ground for the Indian pulp and paper sector
Coal needs modern technology for sustainability, say experts
Different countries share their experience with coal-generated energy at CSE's coal conference
THERMAL POWER
Power plants consumed 530 million tonnes of coal in 2014-15, which is around three-fourths of the total coal use in the country
CSE's Chandra Bhushan on GM in India's packaged food
Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General of Delhi-based Centre For Science and Environment talks about their new study on GM ingredients in …
Three-wheel powered solution to dirty air
Quintessential three-wheeler autorickshaws slated for unrestricted free run in Delhi-NCR can be a disruptive clean mobility solution across India
Honey Fraud: A wrap of CSE study on adulteration
The biggest names in the Indian honey business are selling adulterated honey. Our health — as well as our beekeepers — are …
Union agriculture ministry prohibits use of TB antibiotics on crops
The draft order prohibits import, manufacture or formulation of Streptomycin and Tetracycline for use in agriculture from February 1, 2022; …
CSE organises unique 'Climate Talkies' poster exhibition in Warsaw alongside CoP19
Only exhibition of its kind during the present CoP. Looks at 20 years of climate change negotiations through a cinematic prism
CSE slams Indian poultry industry for using its name to misrepresent facts
Industry is misguiding the nation on antibiotic misuse in the sector and its contribution to the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance in India,…
Focus on environmental effects of antimicrobial resistance: experts
Working groups formulated input guidelines for addressing animal and environmental aspects of antimicrobial resistance
How many people die of silicosis in Indian mines?
One of the worst health hazards that miners engaged in stone quarrying, crushing, quartz mining, glass and ceramic manufacturing face is dust …
Modi's speech was about concerns of developing countries: Chandra Bhushan
Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General of Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi analyses Narendra Modi's speech at the COP 21 Paris
Germany tries to pass the buck
The meeting of the climate convention negotiating committee, which was meant to evolve criterion for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, …
For the people
Conservation policies practised in the developing world need to tread cautiously on territories which had for generations, belonged to the people,…
Give priority to those directly affected by mining: Parliamentary Standing Committee
Committee recommends amending PMKKKY guidelines to prioritise directly affected people and strengthening audits of District Mineral Foundation
Swachh Survekshan 2018 should be more than visibly clean
Let’s find out how reliable the government’s assessment of the country’s state of cleanliness is
Number of ‘bad air’ days rising in Rajasthan: CSE analysis
Five cities including Jaipur, Alwar, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Kota need to implement clean air action plans with speed, scale and urgency
Human empathy is our politics
This year, Down To Earth turns 31 years old. We have promises to keep. And keep them we will
Organic reinforcement: Here’s how chemical-free perishables can be promoted
BigBasket is the first online supermarket to have established a proper value chain for organic fruits and vegetables with direct procurement, …
SC observations on air emergency underscore the travesty happening in Delhi: CSE
A bench led by Justice Chandrachud, the Chief Justice of India, told the Centre to consider a two-day lockdown in Delhi given the seriousness of …
Better to have no rulebook than a weak rulebook, says CSE
As negotiations enter the second week at the 24thmeeting of the Conference of Parties (CoP24)