Ten schools from India get CSE's Green Schools Award
Green schools awards received more than 500 submissions from all across India
Green schools awards received more than 500 submissions from all across India
New Delhi, February 18: Centre for Science an Environment (CSE) has been given the Business Standard award for 2015 for being the “public institution” of the year. The Business Standard award, given annually to companies and individuals, had introduced a new category for “public institution” for its 2015 awards. CSE’s deputy director general, Chandra Bhushan, who received the award at a ceremony in Mumbai, said, “We are pleased to find environmental issues at the centrestage.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organises a conference on ‘The forgotten solar: Solar thermal and its development’
Despite the misgivings regarding use of low-taxed diesel in the luxury segment, as many as 27 per cent of all displayed car/SUV models in Auto Expo were in the bracket of 2000 cc engines diesel that is banned in the NCR
CSE says car companies cannot be allowed to hide behind such misleading claims when the technology in India is lagging and there are raging concerns around toxic diesel emissions even in advanced markets today. No car company can get away by making such remarks in any other country
Workshop attended by experts from India and South Africa
Kolkata is in the grip of rising air pollution and multi-pollutant crisis. Official ambient air quality monitoring has shown 61 per cent increase in particulate matter in just four years (2010 to 2013). The levels exceed standards by 2.7 times. NO2 levels exceed by close to two times
Live cooking and other demonstrations made at Organic Farmers’ Market organised by Centre for Science and Environment
Network will help educators in staying connected
Bengaluru is in the grip of rising air pollution. Official ambient air quality monitoring has shown 57 per cent increase in particulate matter in just four years. In more than 85 per cent of monitoring locations, the levels have exceeded standards
Organic Farmers’ Market to be held on January 30 at India Habitat Centre lawns
Delayed winter will make pollution worse if quicker steps are not taken to sustain the gains, says CSE
CSE welcomes the new crop insurance scheme but recommends further reforms to make it universal, inclusive and more effective
Diesel car emissions will be reduced to the level of petrol emissions; diesel particulate levels from diesel cars, buses and trucks will come down drastically
Growing antibiotic-resistance in humans also because of large-scale indiscriminate use of antibiotics in poultry industry, claims CSE study
Cutting cars by half can reduce direct exposure to highly toxic emissions by several times