Finance minister T M Thomas Isaac and environmentalist Sunita Narain release a book on urban solid waste management
Not In My Backyard inspired by events in Alappuzha and similar other stories from across the country
Not In My Backyard inspired by events in Alappuzha and similar other stories from across the country
Releases Down To Earth Hindi magazine (Narmada cover) with environmentalist Sunita Narain; assures his government will implement the measures recommended by the magazine
Not Handled With Care, survey report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is an effort to understand the state of bio-medical waste management in two of the biggest cities of Jharkhand, the gaps that exist and the path towards harnessing the opportunities
Anumita Roycowdhury, executive director-research and advocacy, CSE
Early deaths due to ozone pollution are the highest in India
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and chef Manjit Gill will release CSE’s new book on food which explores the nature-nutrition-livelihood linkages
CSE analysis says ‘no – they have miles to go before they can’
While public attention is diverted towards Bharat Stage IV emissions norms becoming the nation-wide standard from April 1 this year, the new compliance rules for fuel consumption norms for cars is escaping public scrutiny.
The current PUC norms are not only too lenient to fail a vehicle, they cannot test tiny particles and NOx from in-use vehicles. Lax norms and poor enforcement make the PUC programme very ineffective. This needs an overhaul.
Narain releases State of India’s Environment 2017, an annual publication from Down To Earth magazine, at the Jaipur Literature Festival
With help from New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment, launches initiative for source segregation of waste in 14 wards
New CSE analysis finds solar rooftop power tariff is half the cost of power generated by DG sets
‘SWACHHTA SWASTHYA SAMRIDHI’ – a workshop on management of solid waste and sanitation in Muzaffarpur - sees participation by all key municipal functionaries and political leaders of the city
As temperature dips and wind speed slows down, air pollution touches the emergency levels once again
This move to side-step Euro V norms and leapfrog directly to Bharat Stage VI (BSVI) emissions standards, will help reduce pollution impacts of motorisation in India