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 …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the release of the much-awaited National Air Quality Index (AQI), which will be used to inform people about daily air quality and provide advisories on health consequences. The AQI was released here on Monday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “It will …
India does not have a mechanism to reduce peak pollution The new National Air Quality Index launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, gives current as well as 24-hour average data on particulate matter – PM2.5 or very fine particles smaller than 2.5 micrometres in diameter, and PM 10 …
City Fails On Debut; 3 Of 5 Monitoring Stations Record Very High Pollution The air quality index launched by Ministry of Environment and Forests on Monday confirmed that piecemeal measures will not curb air pollution. Of the five stations monitored in Delhi, three recorded `poor' air quality while data from …
Prime minister also announces measures to provide green clearances within 30 days Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India’s first-ever Air Quality Index at the inaugural of a two-day meeting with state forest ministers and officials here on Monday. The composite index, measuring several air pollutants, will initially be available for …
The BJP-led Central government’s decision on Monday to launch the Air Quality Index to monitor pollution in Delhi and other cities has been cautiously welcomed by environment experts. Greenpeace India welcomed the new index, but said it had expected the Centre “to address the issue with more rigour and responsibility.” …
Red-flagging the rising incidence of food and water contamination in India ahead of the World Health Day on Monday, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said there is need for strict enforcement of the Food Safety and Standards Act and strengthening of the food testing laboratory infrastructure and skills. …
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching a national Air Quality Index (AQI), India on Monday joined a global league of nations which includes US, France, China and Mexico that have implemented such an alert system. The system will give details of air quality and information on its likely health implications …
USA and Russia have joined the league of countries who have declared their commitments to a climate action plan to cut post-2020 greenhouse gas emissions. Though the duo's promises do not hold any surprises, the move will now turn world's attention towards big emerging economies like China and India. USA, …
A day after the US submitted its climate action plan to UNFCCC, a green body in India today said the targets were "completely inadequate" and "woefully" short of ambition. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) claimed the US target to curb greenhouse gas emissions is just a "reiteration" of …
The national capital's poor air quality may be killing silently and slowly, but successive governments, irrespective of which political party headed them, have seemed in no hurry to act. This is obvious from the number of draft "action plans" prepared since 2009, just after Delhi started losing the gains made …
North India switched to Euro IV fuels from Wednesday. The move is expected to lead to a steep reduction in particulate emissions from diesel vehicles but will not improve Delhi's air quality in the near future because several vehicle makers have expressed their inability to manufacture Euro IV compliant buses …
It doesn’t get bigger than this, in size, scale and rigour — scientists from one of India’s top cancer institutes tracked 11,000 schoolchildren in Delhi for three years. They were drawn from 36 schools, each within 3 km of a pollution-tracking station. This unprecedented study, by the Kolkata-based Chittaranjan National …
The Delhi Dialogue Commission, an advisory body of the AAP government, today stressed the need for an integrated public transport system to address transport -related problems being faced by the residents of the national capital. In the meeting, led by Transport Minister Gopal Rai and DDC vice-chairman Ashish Khetan, it …
The Delhi Dialogue Commission on Monday held a meeting with the Centre for Science and Environment and transport officials to come up with a roadmap for checking vehicular emission. Advocacy organisation CSE asked the Delhi government to write to the Centre to advance the roadmap for emissions standards. The Delhi …
A meeting on transport-related issues facing the Capital’s citizens was organised by the Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC) chaired by Transport Minister Gopal Rai, and co-chaired by DDC vice-chairman Ashish Khetan, the Government said in a statement. There was focus on the need for integrated public transport systems in addition to …
Health experts have expressed shock and dismay over the Delhi high court's refusal to ban sale of junk food in schools. They claim that putting `restrictions', the suggested option, cannot help curb the menace which is associated with three of the four major non communicable diseases--cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and …
The term `junk food' finds no mention in the FSSAI guidelines that were approved by the Delhi high court on Tuesday to regulate sale of food items in school canteens across the country. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw refused the plea of petitioner …
High Court Orders Strict Implementation Of New Guidelines By Govt Body. Availability of food items high in fat, sugar and salt such as noodles, pizzas, burgers and carbonated drinks is set to be restricted within 50 metres of schools across the country. Refusing to ban such foods in schools, Delhi …
The Delhi High Court today asked an environmentalist it appointed as amicus curiae to look into felling of 800 trees to widen a road in South Delhi's Vasant Kunj area to submit her report by April 9. Justice Rajiv Shakdher also asked the city government and the petitioner in the …
The Bombay High Court has admitted a defamation suit against "Down to Earth" magazine, edited by noted environmentalist Sunita Narain, asking it to remove an allegedly defamatory sentence in its report against Mumbai-based agrochemical company UPL, the company said on Monday. "My client has been requesting Sunita Narain to delete …
