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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Green nod for buildings often bogged down by red tape, lobby says
The process of getting green clearances is turning into an “official extortion cell”, Mr Navin Raheja, President, National Real Estate Development Council, said here. Calling for doing away with green
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Indian cities not prepared to handle environmental fallouts
PUNE: Indian cities are extremely ill prepared to address the environmental fallouts of the aggressive building construction that is underway, according to Centre for Science and Environment. A statement
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Air pollution in Delhi
As India's capital, Delhi has grown across sectors - industry, transport, and housing - which contribute to an increase in air pollution. This, in turn, has increased health risks, which are refl ected
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Diesel, the alternative source of power: Cheap and handy, yet hazardous
The operators of commercial spaces such as malls, shops and other such establishments in Uttar Pradesh have won their supposed fight for customers’ right to shop and spend leisure time in a comfortable
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Bangalore sinking in own excreta
The Centre for Science and Environment, in a report, has tore apart the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)’s projection of facade of development with an unrealistic budge. The report brings out the City’s failure to manage its sewage and precious water. CSE director Sunita Narain aptly puts it, “Bangalore is drowning in its own excreta.” Sunita was quick to emphasise that Bangaloreans were by no means “unique”. At the launch of the seventh edition of the CSE State of India’s Environment Report titled ‘Excreta Matters’, she said cities across the country were doing equally bad.
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City’s water bodies lost: CSE report
The City’s rapid growth has come at a heavy price – in the form of the loss of its lakes and ponds, according to a Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) report. “These water bodies are now either repositories for sewage or have been turned into prime real estate,” a study conducted by the CSE revealed. “As a result, even with huge investments and projects for bringing water to the City – including the much debated Greater Bangalore Water and Sanitation Project (GBWASP) – the water crisis has become real and regular,” the report said.
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Facing the Sun: Policy for sustainable grid-connected solar energy
This Presentation on "Facing the Sun: Policy for sustainable grid-connected solar energy" was delivered by Jonas Hamberg, Centre for Science and Environment, during the round table on solar energy policy,
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Only 3% Indian buildings ‘green’
Although India is facing a construction boom, only three per cent of its buildings can be certified as green. Experts expressed concern as to why the building sector remains unregulated especially since
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Green NGO calls for minimisation of resource guzzling
A green NGO today warned against environmental debacle in Indian cities if resource guzzling and waste generation in the building construction sector is not minimised. Noting that Indian cities are
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India's building sector must stop resource guzzling if it wants to be called green
CSE warns against environmental debacle in Indian cities if resource guzzling and wastes in the building construction sector is not minimised.