CSE welcomes NGT action agenda; appeals for more stringent measures to combat air pollution

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) welcomes the 14-point action agenda directed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to clean up the air of Delhi. Appeals for more stringent measures to bring down the severe peak pollution levels in Delhi 

CSE says Javadekar statement in Lima on INDCs is "regressive"

The environment minister has said that India will not support ex-ante review of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)

CSE marks 30 years of Bhopal, organises Public Meeting, releases new book

Bhopal 2.0 requires government to clean the toxic waste lying in the factory and fix liability. The lesson is that post-Bhopal, India has laws for hazardous waste management and industrial disasters, but no compliance. Which is why we have scores of mini-Bhopals every year

Tax the bad and fund the good to cut toxic risk from diesel vehicles

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 

Diwali pollution management needs rethink.

Official release on Diwali pollution states “No significant change observed” from the previous years. The average levels reported for most pollutants barring nitrogen dioxide show a marginal decline compared to last year. But the levels have remained much higher than the standards, and therefore a threat to public health.

J&K floods a grim reminder of increasing climate change impact in India: CSE

Climate models predict that India will be hit more and more by extreme rainfall events

CSE welcomes National Green Tribunal order shutting down all steel foundries in Jasodharpur Industrial Area (Uttarakhand) that are working without a consent from the State Pollution Control Board

• 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).

Who is the one not playing by the rules - India or the US?

• US complains again to World Trade Organization about India ‘restricting US companies from doing business in India’

Stop weakening the environmental clearance process: says CSE to government

New assessment by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) finds large number of clearances still being given by the ministry of environment to industrial projects

CSE director general Sunita Narain discharged from hospital today

Hit-and-run vehicle not yet identified

Media Briefing Workshop: Environmental remediation in and around the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal

CSE presents action plan, prepared in consultation with experts from across the country, to clean the site

Press Note: Bellary case file

Will it help sound mining or mining companies?

Adani project in Mundra has violated environmental norms, rules MoEF committee

Report provides incontrovertible evidence of destruction of mangroves, blocking of creeks and non-compliance of other clearance conditions

New national investment body should not weaken India's environmental governance systems, says CSE

CSE cautions against Cabinet Committee on Investment bulldozing these systems

Study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) reveals mercury poisoning in Sonbhadra district, CSE says a Minamata-style disaster waiting to happen

Laboratory study tests soil, water, fish and human blood, nails and hair.

CSE disagrees with finance ministry: says no need for National Investment Board (NIB)

Puts out new data to prove that green clearances are not delaying infrastructure projects