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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 11:50
CSE welcomes Delhi government’s move to make diesel cars dearer

Decision will cut toxic risk from diesel cars and protect public health

Air Pollution|Air Pollution Control|diesel cars|Fiscal Measures|Press Release|Air Pollution
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 17:05
CSE welcomes environment ministry ‘no’ to Nirma factory in Gujarat

Calls the decision “timely” and “significant” for protecting water bodies

  • Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) issues notification stopping work on cement factory being built in Bhavnagar.

  • Factory was being built over a water body used by farmers for irrigating their fields.

CSE Press Release|Media Resource Centre|Press Release
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 10:50
Kolkata City Dialogue on Air Quality and Transportation Challenge: An Agenda For Action

A Briefing Note

Serious concern over worsening air quality and traffic congestion in Kolkata Ongoing action must gather momentum, says CSE

City Action Plans|City Dialogue|Kolkata|Press Release|Air Pollution
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 19:30
Budget skirts the real issues, does not do enough for environmental concerns: CSE

  • Finance minister loses courage to put fiscal breaks on SUVs and diesel cars

  • Budget fails to put forward any new proposal to strengthen bus transport

Budget|CSE|diesel cars|Public Transport|Vehicle Technology and Fuel|Press Release
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 12:59
Finance Minister, it is time to take a decision to stop misuse of diesel subsidy by the rich diesel car owners. Any further delay will cost hugely to the nation and our health

Keep the taxes on big cars effectively high and not give in to industry pressure. Link up taxes with the actual fuel use of the car to prevent fuel guzzling

Diesel|diesel cars|Finance|Vehicle Technology and Fuel|Press Release
Friday, February 11, 2011 - 14:32
CSE releases in Kolkata its latest study on the sponge iron sector

Finds the industry growing unsustainably in West Bengal and other parts of India

Says over 40 per cent of sponge iron factories in West Bengal violate environmental norms 

Industrial Pollution|sponge iron|Media Resource Centre|Press Release
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 14:06
Press Note: CSE analyses recently released six-city study on air pollution sources from environment ministry, finds flaws in it

Says auto industry misusing the study to derail tighter emissions standards and encourage polluting diesel cars

Air quality|Air Quality and Public Health|CSE Press Note|Press Release
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 14:47
CSE releases the study on sponge iron sector in Odisha

Sponge iron industry growing unsustainably, says latest CSE study

Odisha|sponge iron|Community Support|Press Release
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 12:18
Alarm over worsening air quality and traffic congestion in South Asian cities, ongoing action must gather momentum

  • New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Forum of Environmental Journalists of Bangladesh (FEJB), Dhaka organise a media briefing on the ‘Challenge of Urban Air Quality and Mobility Management’

  • Dhaka has inherent advantages in its dominant commuting practice of using bus, non-motorised vehicles and walking, to manage its air pollution and urban mobility issues. Dhaka can learn from Delhi’s mistakes and avoid pro-car policies

Air quality|Natural Gas|South Asia|Vehicle Technology and Fuel|Press Release
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 15:07
Winter pollution is back with a difference. City now faces the threat of multiple pollutants going up together

  • Not only are the tiny particles choking us, nitrogen dioxide levels have worsened; daily peaks of carbon monoxide are unacceptable, ozone pollution has persisted through the winter months. This has emerged from the official public information system on daily air pollution and monitoring. Some of these pollutants come predominantly from vehicles.

Air Pollution|Air quality|Air Quality and Public Health|Press Release|Urban Air Quality|Press Release
 
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