70 per cent of the building stock that will be there in 2030 is yet to be built in India. Without resource efficiency measures this will severely affect liveability of cities The environment impact of this construction boom will be severe as less than 3 per cent of the built-up area today is certified green.
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New Delhi, India March 29-30, 2012 Modern society and its lifestyles have become a favoured hunting ground for all kinds of deadly toxins. Our food is contaminated with an astounding variety of pesticides and additives; our environment is contaminated with pollutants and toxins.
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 Anil Agarwal Dialogue on Green Clearances kicks off in Delhi with 150 participants from NGOs across India
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
New Delhi, February 2, 2012 Blasts LANCO’s duplicity and NVVN’s non-transparent attitude
Finds one company walking away with 40 per cent of projects – in contravention of one project-one proponent norm
As the negotiators battle it out at Cancun to pave way for a deal in climate change, India circulated a proposal called International Consultation and Analysis (ICA), as a middle path on the controversial issue of transparency on mitigation actions. This mechanism would essentially mean third-party monitoring of domestic targets and mitigation actions, something that violates the basic premise of the global climate debate.
Cancun, December 10, 2010: At about 5.00 pm Mexico time today, a text of an agreement for the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) made its appearance at the Moon Palace Hotel, the venue of the 16th Conference of Parties. For India and its millions of poor, this text can only be termed as a betrayal.
New Delhi, March 6, 2010: A two-day national conference of climate researchers, which concluded here today, has culminated in the birth of the Indian Climate Research Network, a unique community of individuals and institutions which will work to enhance capacity for climate research and action in the country.
Venue: CSE Office, Core 6A, Fourth Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road Day and date: Thursday, September 22, 2011 Time: 2.30 PM In the last five years, the Union ministry of environment and forests has given forest clearances to coal companies to extract at least 583 million tonne of coal per year.
CSE does noise level survey, finds many areas in Delhi crossing the norms Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Pollution Monitoring Lab tracks noise levels in Delhi and finds them to be very high in some places Constant exposure to noise can have serious health implications, ranging from deafness to heart conditions to sleep disorders
CSE slams hike in petrol prices. Says it should not be done without narrowing the price gap with diesel. Calls it “mindless” It is leading to gross misuse of the poor persons’ fuel by rich car owners, massive revenue losses for the government, and serious damage to public health Government should ban use of diesel in cars, increase price of diesel and tax on diesel cars