First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Solar energy, not war
Instead of becoming the messenger of the new co-operative world, solar energy is getting embroiled in battles Last week Europe finally imposed stiff anti-dumping duties on solar panels imported from China. The Chinese have, in turn, threatened that they will take action against European exports of polysilicon, the raw material used to manufacture solar panels.
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‘Athirappilly project unviable in present form’
Kasturirangan panel member Sunita Narain says the proposed dam will affect downstream flow Athirappilly hydel power project proposed across Chalakudy River cannot be implemented in its present form, environmental activist Sunita Narain, who heads the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), has said. She is a member of the High Level Working Group on Western Ghats, chaired by K. Kasturirangan, which looked into the viability of the project.
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Climate change: Missing the wood for the trees
Delhi Created New Forests But Forgot Rest Of The 2009-12 Action Plan New Delhi: In 2009, Delhi became the first city in India to come out with a comprehensive plan for combating climate change. The
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Up in smoke: Carbon credit trade past its sell-by date?
Carbon prices in international markets are at their lowest in a decade. Projects, especially in India and China, two major suppliers of carbon credits, are writing off expected revenues. Carbon trade,
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The biodiversity of food
With monoculture taking over, the only biodiversity that will remain will be stored inside the cold and controlled environments of gene pool labs Sunita Narain Food is personal. We know that. What we
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CSE volunteer barred from filming public hearing for Ultratech cement plant
The public hearing for the first phase of Ultratech's proposed cement plant in Tamil Nadu on Thursday appeared to be a stage-managed event. Officials and police at the event did not allow a volunteer from
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Green think-tank slams SC panel for letting off 'guilty' in Karnataka mining scam
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) made a scathing attack against the Supreme Court's Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) for letting off the most corrupt without any or little punishment in
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Redesign dams, not rivers
Engineers require retraining, not the Ganga. This is where I left our conversation in my previous column. Why did I say this? The inter-ministerial committee in which I participated as a member was discussing
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Transport strategy proposed
The Centre for Science and Environment, a New Delhi-based public interest research and advocacy organisation, has called for a public transport strategy for the Northeast. “We should design roads for
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Green energy is not necessarily green
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at a conference on 'Green Norms for Green Energy', organised today, brought together different stakeholders to discuss environmental impacts of these sectors