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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Indian Steelmakers Breach Green Rules: Report
Indian steel companies are getting away with causing grave damage to the environment. They are not even adhering to the country’s already lax environmental laws – despite using large amounts of minerals,
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Air quality in Delhi is fast worsening, warns CSE
“At this rate, the Capital will be gasping for breath by 2021” Delhi's air quality is worsening and if urgent action is not taken we will have a serious problem at hand, warns Centre for Science and Environment's latest report card. “The summer of 2012 is a grim reminder of the severe and worsening multi-pollutant crisis. CSE's analysis of the official air quality data shows that ozone, the new predator in town, has exceeded standards on all days in May and most days in April this year in areas including Civil Lines and the airport and on 80 per cent days in residential colonies including R. K. Puram,” notes the report.
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RINL gets CSE's Green Rating Award
RINL along with two other companies (Ispat Industries and Essar Steel) bagged the prestigious award with "3 Leaves rating" out of 5 leaves. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited has received the prestigious Green
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Auto exhaust blamed for air quality dip
New Delhi: Delhi’s air pollution levels are on an upward spiral with this summer having recorded higher of ozone and particulate matter. Simultaneously, levels of carbon dioxide emitted from vehicles have
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When ‘clean’ projects take a toll on environment
New Delhi: Who wouldn’t want to replace polluting energy with clean, renewable energy? Surprisingly, some wouldn’t. Because, sometimes they end up paying a heavier ecological price for it. Communities
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CSE finds major inefficiencies in iron and steel sector performance
Says sector severely wanting in pollution & regulatory compliance The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a non-government organisation based here and promoting sustainable development, today exposed major inefficiencies in the performance of India’s iron and steel sector. In a detailed rating, which took two years to compile, of the country’s 21 top steel makers, it found a general inefficiency in resource usage, widespread pollution and violation of environmental norms, among other deficiencies.
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Every day should be treated as Environment Day
TOI Guest Editor Sunita Narain presents a green paper on all the things India desperately needs to get right Would you like a cola and some chips,” we asked. To her credit, Sunita Narain, India’s best
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No tokenism, activists want concrete action
New Delhi: About five times a year, the world breaks into celebrations over planet earth. Irrespective of what is done in the remaining 360 days, each time world water day, earth day, environment day or
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On World Environment Day, CSE warns Delhi’s air pollution and congestion crisis will worsen this decade if urgent action is not taken
<p><span id="itro1">On World Environment Day, this report card from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) warns that Delhi's air pollution and congestion crisis will worsen this decade if urgent
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Waiting for the year of the flood
If the Sundarbans are to be saved, ecological concerns must find their way into the debate on development, writes Uddalak Mukherjee The Centre for Science and Environment recently released the findings