The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Raising concerns over the rising number of diesel cars on Delhi roads, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) chief Sunita Narain on Thursday criticised the automobile industry for "misleading" the people and the court by underplaying vehicular pollution emitted by them. "One diesel car emits pollutants equivalent to five petrol …
'Auto industry underplaying the toxic and cancer effects of diesel emissions’ Calling the campaign claiming that vehicles are an insignificant source of pollution as “misleading and motivated”, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today lashed out the auto industry. It said that vehicles require stringent action as they emit …
Registration of diesel taxis holding all India permits should not be renewed, the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority has said in a recent a slew of proposals. The proposal forms part of a draft formula, circulated by the anti-pollution body among offices of the Union and Delhi …
On Wednesday Arvind Kejriwal had admitted that the scheme cannot be a long-term “remedy” The odd-even car-rationing scheme, despite preventing air pollution from getting worse, can be only an “emergency” measure, a green body on Thursday said, underlining the need for taking permanent steps to check air pollution in the …
New Delhi: Traffic experts think it will go against the current grain of discouraging cars in order to reduce congestion on the roads, but the Delhi Development Authority plans to change the land-use category of Gandhi Maidan in Chandni Chowk to turn the existing single-storey parking into a multi-level facility. …
New Delhi: If these (steps) didn't reduce pollution, what would, asked an exasperated Supreme Court on May 1, a day after the odd-even scheme ended with no apparent fall in air pollution. The judges listed a series of measures that have been taken over the years apart from the two-phase …
Cities and towns in India should establish 'clean air zones' to target high-polluting vehicles to help ensure they do not enter city centers, says Blueair a global leader in mobile indoor air purifying technologies. The call by Blueair comes in response to the growing scientific evidence that car, truck and …
The second phase of the odd-even car rationing scheme helped "reduce" the air pollution during the initial few days but farm and forest fires played spoilsport and it registered a "sudden spike" from April 22 onwards, a green body claimed today. An analysis of the scheme by Centre for Science …
CSE says that a sudden increase in air pollution after April 22 was because of the burning of farm refuse, which started in the rural parts of Punjab and Haryana from April 19 Farm fires in Punjab and Haryana might have resulted in a sudden increase in environmental pollutants in …
The Supreme Court has approved the reconstitution of Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority and though it will continue to headed by former bureaucrat Bhure Lal who has held the post since 1998, the body's mandate has been modified to make it more accountable. The recast EPCA's juridiction has also …
New Delhi: With the second phase of odd-even having run its course, the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee have set about assessing its impact on the capital's air quality. The deadline for the two agencies to submit their reports to the National Green Tribunal ends …
The root cause behind one of the biggest ongoing environmental disasters in the country is still blurry, but what is evident is the unceremonious isolation of local communities from forests in Uttarakhand. The government has employed over 6,000 personnel to fight the fire, and besides the fire department, also deployed …
According to the new rules, buffer zones should be strictly maintained around landfill sites. The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has modified the waste management rules 2000, in the wake of the increasing pollution levels and waste mismanagement. The MoEFCC, on April 8, 2016, through a gazette …
As testimonies of farmers’ distress from drought-hit regions of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telengana and Rajasthan were unfolded in the national Capital on Sunday, experts and activists during a national consultation expressed concern over the way the recent prevailing crisis has been handled while calling for a concrete …
Rural populations across 13 States hit by multiple crisis, with food and fodder getting scarce Over 54 crore farmers and rural populations across 13 States are in the grip of drought, and it is a multi-dimensional crisis. This fact was highlighted at a national consultation on drought here on Sunday. …
Farmers from 12 states struggling with severe drought conditions came together in the national capital today to participate in a day-long consultation on the crisis which is devastating rural India. The consultation was jointly organised by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Swaraj Abhiyan, under the banner of Jai …
In the aftermath of the Volkswagen scandal, new tests on diesel vehicles across models by government agencies in the UK, France and Germany have revealed that emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in these automobiles were far higher than prescribed standards. The tests were conducted on Euro V and Euro …
Effective management of land erosion and water and promoting organic farming are some of the key features in sustainable development and ecological protection agenda showcased in manifestos by political parties, perhaps for the first time, in the fray for assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and the …
Levels of tiny pollution particles (PM 2.5) are relatively lower now than in winter. But there is no relief from dirty, toxic air in the city. With the summer heat rising, ozone (O3) levels are breaching the safe standard at several locations in the city. O3 levels were the highest …
New Delhi: The Delhi government's pollution control measures should be geared towards reducing people's exposure to toxic air, said a US expert. Speaking at a clean air conclave organised by CSE recently, Kirk R Smith of University of California at Berkeley cited latest research to indicate that health impacts from …
