New Delhi, September 25, 2014: In its final verdict on the coal block allocation case delivered on September 24, 2014, the Supreme Court has cancelled 214 coal blocks that were allotted since 1993.
Climate models predict that India will be hit more and more by extreme rainfall events
Reveals that poultry industry is misleading the public by saying that residues found in Indian chicken are lower than the EU standards.
The food authority also begins to act
Date: July 18, 2014
• New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) discussed the role mini-grid has to play to eradicate energy poverty in the country, at a workshop on ‘“Sustainable Mini-Grid for Energy Access” in Patna
New Delhi-based think-tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) discussed the role mini-grids have to play to eradicate energy poverty in the country and proposed a model to ensure at least 12 hours of electricity to every household per day at a workshop on “Sustainable Mini-Grid for Energy Access” in Delhi
New Delhi based think-tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) discussed the role mini-grids have to play to eradicate energy poverty in the country and proposed a model to ensure at least 12 hours of electricity to every household per day at a workshop on “Sustainable Mini-Grid for Energy Access” in Pune
Union minister for new and renewable energy, Farooq Abdullah, releases CSE’s Citizen’s Report on State of Renewable Energy
• The Jasodharpur Industrial Area, near Kotdwar in Uttarakhand, has many foundries operating without the consent of the Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB).
• US complains again to World Trade Organization about India ‘restricting US companies from doing business in India’
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Bill 2011 was tabled in Parliament in December, 2011 – it will lapse if not passed
Representatives from South Asian countries came together to discuss issues related to regulating and managing coastal development, protecting coastal habitats and climate change
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Presence of heavy metals in cosmetics – a CSE study release