Slams the ministry for trying to confuse and slow down policy action on vehicular pollution and block decisions on old diesel vehicles
India now needs action to reduce smog
CSE releases stunning data from its monitoring of pollution exposure of the aam admi, the common citizens of Delhi while travelling by mass modes -- buses, autos, metro and walk. They breathe unacceptable levels of toxic air
Says ministry is trying to protect vehicles and the automobile industry from strong action
Monitors real-time individual exposure of people. Finds exposure levels much higher than ambient exposure levels measured by the government’s regulatory agencies
Gurgaon, planned as a counter magnet to decongest Delhi, is in grip of deadly pollution and congestion. This has emerged from the collaborative workshop of the Artemis Hospital and Centre for Science and Environment Our City, We Care: Action for Cleaner Air, held in Gurgaon today.
New analysis from CSE shows even after diesel price deregulation wide tax differential remains. This can continue to fan dieselisation if additional steps are not taken to disincentivise dirty diesel
Centre for Science and Environment calls it a self-serving and a business-as-usual deal Says the deal will take the world towards a catastrophic 3°C and beyond temperature increase pathway
After a long wait, the Union ministry of environment and forests has released the first ever draft proposal on air quality index (AQI) and health alert for public comments
The NDA government must have a proactive and positive environment agenda. It must strengthen environmental oversight and not weaken regulations.
Organised by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi in association with Uttar Pradesh State Pollution Control Board
Findings released by the scientists behind the study at a Dialogue Workshop organised by Centre for Science and Environment, Indian Council of Medical Research and US-based Health Effects Institute
Latest Global Burden of Disease count ranks air pollution as a major killer. Deaths caused by outdoor air pollution has increased three-fold in 10 years
New Delhi November 10, 2012:
Visionary judgment from the Delhi High Court upholds the principle of sustainable mobility
Delhi is used to winter smogs. But this year’s haze has been particularly severe because pollution levels in the city have gone up manifold – PM10 has increased by 47 per cent between 2000 and 2011, while nitrogen dioxide has gone up by 57 per cent