Budget 2012 is a mixed bag, says CSE
Supports the tax hike on big cars and SUVs But says budget is incomplete, as it has failed to take steps to stop misuse of diesel fuel subsidy by cars
Supports the tax hike on big cars and SUVs But says budget is incomplete, as it has failed to take steps to stop misuse of diesel fuel subsidy by cars
Two-day Anil Agarwal Dialogue on Green Clearances kicks off in Delhi with 150 participants from NGOs across India
Says this is a ploy to avoid higher taxation on diesel cars
Wants public hearings to be made a part of the decision-making process Reforms needed in the green clearance process, agrees government. Calls for decentralising clearance and monitoring
New Delhi, February 2, 2012 Blasts LANCO’s duplicity and NVVN’s non-transparent attitude
Finds one company walking away with 40 per cent of projects – in contravention of one project-one proponent norm
Round Table organised by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) brings together top doctors, educationists and civil society representatives
Is Bangladesh facing the same problem? Experts and panelists from the two countries try to find out in a workshop
City needs high parking charges to control traffic chaos and dampen parking demand and car usage. Higher revenue from increased parking charges should be reinvested to improve public transport
Makes her first public address in Durban at a side event organised by CSE in association with the ministry
As the negotiators battle it out at Cancun to pave way for a deal in climate change, India circulated a proposal called International Consultation and Analysis (ICA), as a middle path on the controversial issue of transparency on mitigation actions. This mechanism would essentially mean third-party monitoring of domestic targets and mitigation actions, something that violates the basic premise of the global climate debate.
Cancun, December 10, 2010: At about 5.00 pm Mexico time today, a text of an agreement for the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) made its appearance at the Moon Palace Hotel, the venue of the 16th Conference of Parties. For India and its millions of poor, this text can only be termed as a betrayal.
Cleverly crafted standards conceal more than they reveal The government has avoided stating the real targets for improvement
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) releases proposed fuel economy standards for cars -- CSE lambasts them as too little too late. The standards require car manufactures to do nothing until 2015 and only a marginal improvement thereafter.
New Delhi, March 6, 2010: A two-day national conference of climate researchers, which concluded here today, has culminated in the birth of the Indian Climate Research Network, a unique community of individuals and institutions which will work to enhance capacity for climate research and action in the country.