Press Release

India’s best iron and steel company gets average score; sector is rated poor

This core sector has a long way to go in meeting environmental norms, finds CSE green rating survey released on eve of World Environment Day

Patna drinks its own sewage, says urban water-wastewater study done by CSE

Patna, May 25, 2012: Patna suffers from a problem of plenty – of water and sewage. It depends on the Ganga and groundwater for drinking.

CSE Press Release: Petrol price hike is 'mindless'

CSE slams petrol price hike as “mindless” as it does not narrow the price gap with diesel

• This is leading to gross misuse of diesel by rich car owners and massive revenue losses to the government

• The government should either ban use of diesel in cars or increase price of diesel and tax on diesel cars

Rs 80-crore parking facility in Sarojini Nagar draws very few cars, forces a rethink of Delhi’s parking policy: says CSE

• CSE releases findings on parking in Sarojini Nagar and the lessons from it

• Says without a clear strategy, expensive parking structures can neither reduce parking chaos nor parking demand

Gurgaon is growing, but for how long?

CSE report on water-sewage management of Gurgaon says the city may soon be hit by the twin trauma of no water and overflowing sewage

Watch out for what you eat. It could be killing you slowly and sweetly: says new CSE junk food and nutrition study

• Most junk foods contain very high levels of trans fats, salts and sugar – which inevitably lead to severe ill health and diseases like obesity and diabetes
• CSE lab tests 16 major brands of foods relished by people, particularly the young: Maggi and Top Ramen noodles, MacDonald’s foods, KFC’s fried chicken and Haldiram’s Aloo Bhujia, among others

One third of Delhi walks to work, but are our roads designed for safe walking and cycling? Latest CSE survey findings say no

• Delhi has yet to wake up the mobility crisis. Increased use of cars is reducing people carrying capacity of roads.

• Total walk and cycle trips are more than double the share of car trips.

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

Two-day NGOs’ conclave ends with a charter of demands

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

People's consent a 'must' before granting green clearance to any project, say NGOs attending CSE's mega meet on environmental and forest clearances

• Two-day Anil Agarwal Dialogue on Green Clearances kicks off in Delhi with 150 participants from NGOs across India