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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 23:22
Concern over poor air quality and traffic congestion in South Asian cities including Dhaka; action must gather momentum

  • New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, and Work for a Better Bangladesh Trust organise a workshop in Dhaka on Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Challenge in South Asian Cities

Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Challenge in South Asian Cities|Bangladesh Road Transport Authority|Workshop|Public Transport and Mobility|Press Release
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 23:04
Adani project in Mundra has violated environmental norms, rules MoEF committee

Report provides incontrovertible evidence of destruction of mangroves, blocking of creeks and non-compliance of other clearance conditions

Adani project in Mundra|Coastal Zone Regulations|Gujarat|MoEF committee|Power Plant project|SEZ|Media Resource Centre|Press Release
Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 00:04
CSE’s Green Schools Awards, 2013: Schools awarded for innovating on rainwater harvesting, waste management etc. 11 Delhi schools feature in the list of winners
  • Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Gobar Times national and state-level Green Schools Awards for 2013 presented. Ramakant Goswami, Delhi’s minister for transport, election, law and labour, and the popular band Indian Ocean present the awards
Annual Green Schools Programme (GSP) awards|Green Schools Awards for 2013|Green Schools Program|Press Release
Monday, March 25, 2013 - 23:10
CSE responds to pesticide industry advertisement published in the guise of public interest appeal in a major national daily.

Pesticide regulation is clearly about high stakes. The stakes concern our health and our bodies

Pesticide Industry|Pesticide manufacturers|Press Release|Food safety and toxins
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 02:56
Vice President Hamid Ansari expresses concern over scarce water resources as well as the stark inequity in access to water

He was speaking at Centre for Science and Environment’s Second Anil Agarwal Dialogue on water and wastewater management in cities, titled ‘Excreta Does Matter’

Anil Agarwal Dialogue|Excreta Does Matter|Excreta Matters|Press Release
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 19:45
Regional Workshop on "Energy and Resource Efficiency in Urban Water Management” in Guwahati, Assam on February 28, 2013

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organized a regional workshop on “Sustainable Water and Sanitation: Energy and Resource Efficiency in Urban Water Management” on February 28, 2013 at the NEDFi Conference Hall, Guwahati, Assam. The workshop was supported by Urban Development Department (UDD) and Guwahati Development Department (GDD), Government of Assam as the local partner state.

Comprehensive Capacity Building Programme|Energy and Resource Efficiency|Guwahati Development Department|JnNURM|Water Management|Press Release
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 01:49
Paradigm shift in India’s health policy needed, say top officials speaking at CSE conference on Food Safety and Environmental Toxins

Policy should move from disease control to prevention, and focus more on water and sanitation, safe food and clean environment

Health Diseases|Pesticide and Toxins|Press Release|Food safety and toxins
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 01:54
CSE’s national conference on food safety and environmental toxins kicks off

Puts the limelight on lax regulations, weak enforcement

Food and Toxins|Kerala|Mercury|Pesticide and Toxins|Press Release|Food safety and toxins
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 23:00
Air pollution is now the fifth largest killer in India, says newly released findings of Global Burden of Disease report

  • Findings released by the scientists behind the study at a Dialogue Workshop organised by Centre for Science and Environment, Indian Council of Medical Research and US-based Health Effects Institute

Air Pollution|Global Burden of Disease (GBD)|Health Effects Institute|Indian Council of Medical Research|Press Release|Air Pollution
Friday, February 8, 2013 - 22:01
CSE PRESS NOTE: Who is the one not playing by the rules – India or the US?

US charges that India’s National Solar Mission is discriminating against foreign solar companies

National Solar Mission|World Trade Organization (WTO)|Renewable Energy|Press Release
 
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