To meet air quality standards, Delhi needs a 65 per cent cut in pollution levels - says new CSE analysis
This, despite ongoing pollution control efforts having stabilised and lowered the very high levels of PM2.5 in the capital
National Clean Air Programme is a half hearted policy
India may have announced the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), but neither does it have any legal backing nor financial support, making it a toothless tiger
CSE Seminar on Who Guzzles and Pollutes More: A Report Card on Emissions from Urban Commuting in 14 Cities of India
August 24, 2018
Pollution in Residential Societies from DG set
Use of Diesel Generator (DG) sets increases pollution by over 30 per cent in residential societies in Gurugram, finds CSE’s new study
सीएसई और डाउन टू अर्थ का खुलासा : पंजाब, हरियाणा, उत्तर प्रदेश गंभीर नाइट्रोजन प्रदूषण से जूझ रहे हैं
Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh facing severe nitrogen pollution, says an expose by CSE and Down To Earth
Based Public Transport in Bangalore: Achievements, Initiatives and Vision. By: C.G.Anand
Work Overview
Mobility Crisis The biggest challenge that confronts cities today is the intractable problem of automobile dependence. As the automobile dependence continues to grow, it is adversely affecting the quality of urban life. Congestion, unsafe roads and pollution remain their bane. Unless accompanied by policies to restrict the growth in car and motorised two-wheeler travel, cities will run hard only to stand still. Despite a very small minority using cars in cities, the available road space and transport-related investments are getting locked up only to cater to them. Public transport, bicycles and pedestrian facilities used by the vast urban majority, especially the urban poor, remain neglected.
Urgent action is needed so that the city does not negate gains of first generation reforms for combating air pollution
Urgent action is needed so that the city does not negate gains of first generation reforms for combating air pollution
Assistance for Abatement of Pollution
The Scheme of Assistance for Abatement of Pollution was conceptualized during the 7thFive-Year Plan with the main objective to strengthen the Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / State Pollution Control Committees(SPCCs) for enforcing statutory provisions of pollution abatement.
Anumita Roy Chowdhury reacts to Global burden of Health Study
The Centre for Science and Environment demands urgent intervention and action in view of the results from the new analysis of global burden of disease (GBD) estimates released by the US based Health Effect Institute (HEI) today.
Your walls could influence your child's IQ
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a non-governmental organization based in New Delhi, has set up the Pollution Monitoring Laboratory (PML) to monitor environmental pollution.
Why we cannot ignore the poor
One thing is clear—the solutions must work for the poor, for them to work for the rich Some fortnights ago, I had discussed the issue of poverty and environment. I had then said that the question today is not whether the poor are responsible for environmental degradation but whether environmental management works if it does not address inequality and poverty. Why?