New vehicular emissions norms in Sri Lanka

Much of the environmental issues related to the transport sector in Sri Lanka are associated with urban environment, and have been reported from the Colombo Metropolitan area and Kandy urban center which is the second largest city in Sri Lanka. Of these, air pollution due to vehicle emission, exacerbated by traffic congestion and condition of the fleet are two of the major issues that have emerged in recent years.

Conference on Green Norms for Small Hydro Power

In the last decade installation of Small Hydro Power (SHP) has increased manifolds in the country. As of March 2013, there are around 1000 SHP plants having an installed capacity of more than 3600 MW. MNRE plans to add 2100 MW installed capacity in the 12th five year plan period.

CSE's Regional Media Briefing Workshop on Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility, Guwahati

Guwahati, Assam Date:  May 9, 2013 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised a Regional Media Briefing Workshop in Guwahati on ‘Air Quality, Urban Mobility and Health’, which focused on the linkages between the three and also on recent researches and developments in this subject. The Workshop participants will be briefed by medical professionals, air pollution experts and regulators

Orientation Workshop on Agenda for Energy & Buildings

Panchkula, March 14 2013 The sustainable buildings team of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) co-organised a half day workshop on March 14, 2013 with the Department of Renewable Energy, Haryana (DRE) and HAREDA (Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency).The venue of the workshop was the new HAREDA office : Akshay Urja Bhawan, which has received a tentative five star GRIHA rating.