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By Sunita Narain
sunita narain11 January 2010
Move over boys and girls, the men are here: the future of climate negotiations and why India wants the Accord

sunita narain30 December 2009
My Copenhagen diary: How polluters won and we all lost

sunita narain15 December 2009
Copenhagen: excluding people and voices for an unfair deal

sunita narain 17 November 2009
The US-Chinese joint statement: No change given

sunita narain 25 October 2009
Possible elements of the Copenhagen Agreement?

lab report
CSE's lab report made public
(.pdf)

Press Release
December 01, 2009
Continuing nightmare in Bhopal: CSE's Pollution Monitoring Laboratory tests soil, water samples from Union Carbide factory
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bhopal's dirty secret Down To Earth cover story
Bhopal's dirty secret
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Factsheet: Legal, medical tangles

photo slide show
Slideshow: 15 years of photos

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Burning hazardous waste at the BEIL Exclusive: Burning hazardous waste at the Bharuch Enviro Infrastructure Limited (BEIL).
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Environment for children
Environmemntal myths
What’s your nature?

[January 15, 2010]

equity watch
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Q1. What did the rich countries do to meet Kyoto commitments?
Q2. How do we all share growth
and atmosphere equitably?
Q3. What is the leapfrog option for the South so that it can avoid emission?
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Down To Earth (Cover story)
Climate package
Presentation
Press release
December 04, 2008
CSE charts an agenda for action in Poznan, calls for tough action to reduce emissions and an agreement based on equity
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Equitywatch in climate
CSE/Down To Earth occasional alert
Slideshow
arrowTongue-in-cheek: Cartoons
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Sunita Narain on climate change
At the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana (slideshare)
 
 
 

CSE Press Releases
January 08, 2010
India should not support the Copenhagen Accord, says CSE
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Presentation:
Copenhagen Accord: Freezes carbon inequity in the world
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December 19, 2009
Worst possible outcome at Copenhagen, says CSE. Climate meet is a failure.


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Press Note
December 05, 2009
Stage set for a bad deal at Copenhagen

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Press release
December 04, 2009

Domestic target ok, but will it be used by rich nations to change the terms of the global climate agreement, asks CSE

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Briefing note on energy intensity measure announced by the Indian government

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Media Fellowship
 
Second CSE Media Fellowship for the South Asian Region: For journalists from Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
January 2010 – March 2010

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CSE fellow gets Bangladesh government’s award for best stories on climate-induced disasters

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Regulator's Report
regulators reportTURNAROUND
Reform Agenda for India's Environmental Regulators
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Press release
June 05, 2009
Indian sugar mills generate as much ‘green’ energy as
windmills, and at half the cost
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River Pollution updates
CSE review: Delhi's interceptor
plan for the Yamuna

The river will remain dead despite massive investments planned during 2009-2012

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arrowLatest pollution trends in the    Yamuna
arrowDPR of the interceptor plan

See also
arrowPresentation on the Yamuna
arrowBook: Sewage Canal: How to    clean the Yamuna
arrowFilm: Faecal Attraction:
Political    economy of
defecation

Will Ganga get its life back?
Factsheets on pollution, action plans on India's 'national' river

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Response: Draft EIA notification
EIA forestThe Union Ministry of Environment and Forest's draft notification on EIA,
now open for public comment,
is a major disappointment as it proposes to further dilute the environmental clearance process.

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Secret report

A High Power Committee (HPC)
was set up under Dr Subhash Chandra Pani, Secretary, Planning Commission, to look into the recommendations of the ‘Report
of Expert Group constituted in Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) on the system of statutory clearances for Industrial Infrastructural Projects

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mean see level
Residents of Sunderbans bear
the brunt of rising sea levels,
unmet Kyoto targets

Global Premiere
arrowPress release [February 25, 2009]
A tale of disappearing islands
and lost addresses
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arrowNews clippings (pdf)
arrowPics from release event
arrowFilm stills
arrowFactsheet
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CSE in Kolkata
Feb. 26: Public dialogue on Kolkata's air pollution, motorisation

arrowPress release

[ February 26, 2009 ]

Leapfrog roadmap needed for combating air pollution in
Kolkata

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arrowPresentation
Leapfrog to clean air: Kolkata’s agenda for action (.pdf)
Campaign: Right to Clean Air
clean air
arrowPress release [February 7, 2009]
International transport expert reviews Delhi BRT
arrowObservations on Delhi's bus corridor (.pdf)
Action Alert
Fuel economy: No action roadmap
tiger task force
cooking oil
Press Release
January 15, 2010
The trouble with toys…
Latest CSE study finds high levels of toxic phthalates in children’s toys in India

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Lab Report
arrowPhthalates in Toys
arrowDetails of the samples of toys tested    by CSE

Fact Sheet
arrowRegulations
arrowHealth Implications

Presantation
arrowToxic Toys

DTE Cover story

Hand to mouth

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climate change
We give you an opportunity to read online, the latest release from Centre for Science and Environment.

This book attempts to demystify Climate Change through a set of comprehensive and concise factsheets.


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 Training programmes
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arrow2009-2010 Training Calendar

eiaUnderstanding EIA: From screening to decision making
Feb. 22 - 26, 2010
CSE's five-day hands-on training programme on various aspects of environmental impact assessment (EIA) will help participants understand the process better.

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 New Publication
Rich lands, poor people
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Mining hotspots, state profiles, slideshows, background papers, policies...
CSE: Books store
Anil Agarwal Reader book cover Anil Agarwal Reader
A decade of incisive commentary on environment-development issues.

Available in three volumes, puts together the weekly essays/opinion pieces written by eminent environmentalist and journalist Anil Agarwal between 1991 and 2001.
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Sewage Canal book coverSewage Canal
Analyses the strategies adopted to clean up the Yamuna, one of India's holiest and dirtiest rivers.
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 Policy paper on NREGA
NREGA
arrowNREGA policy paper
NREGA not just about drought relief, but relief against drought [.pdf]

arrowRecommendations: Make NREGA a development tool
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arrowPhoto infopack
arrowNREGA: Background paper [.pdf]
Green Rating Network
green ratingCSE invites people to participate in its Green Rating programme. Under this programme, we rate industries based on their environmental performance.
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2008 - 2009 Jawaharlal Nehru Prize
jawaharlal nehura prize
Indian Science Congress Association awards Centre for Science and Environment the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Prize for 'popularisation of science'
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Green Schools Programme
Green Schools Programme (GSP)
Environment education in schools across the country.
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green schools award 2008 Awards for India's greenest schools announced
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Media Fellowship
arrowThe Eighth CSE Media Fellowship The Anatomy of Discord: Humans vs Wildlife in India’s Forests
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arrowFirst CSE Media Fellowship for the South Asian Region Climate Change in South Asia: Indications, Impacts and Innovations for Survival
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Press releases
December 17, 2009
Air pollution on the rise in Kanpur, says latest CSE study

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November 27, 2009
US and China reduction targets: smokescreen of numbers

US target allows absolute emissions to grow even after 2020. Is a violation of the agreement under Kyoto Protocol.
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November 18, 2009
CSE welcomes new National Ambient Air Quality Standards, as the first uniform health-based standards in India
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November 07, 2009
arrowDelhi smog points to worsening air quality
arrowCity has lost the gains of its CNG     programme, says CSE
arrowUrgently needed: notification of proposed     new air quality standards
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October 12, 2009
Bangkok climate meet ends in despair. Is it the end of Kyoto process?

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August 17, 2009
Lab study finds paints in India have unacceptable levels of toxic lead

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arrowLab Report:
Lead in Paints (.pdf)
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August 12, 2009
Official delay in setting fuel economy standards smacks of state-sponsored fuel guzzling: CSE

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August 7, 2009
CSE condemns industry inclusion in apex food regulatory body
Will lead to a severe conflict of interest
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arrowScientific Panel of Food Safety and Standard Authority of India
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June 22, 2009
We need a Union Budget that works for bus users, not private car owners: CSE
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June 12, 2009
CSE releases its new findings on how walkable are our cities?
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May 29, 2009
Delhi is reeling under high levels of deadly ozone, says latest CSE analysis

Delhi has been witnessing an unprecedented ozone build-up this summer, says a latest analysis done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Nearly every day in the month of April, ozone levels have exceeded...
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Press Note
March 13, 2009
Why CSE says ‘NO’ to cars
When the Tata 'Nano' was
unveiled with much fanfare in January 2008, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) had come out clearly - as always - against the growing trend of private motor vehicles taking over our cities.
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March 7, 2009
CSE’s report on mining – Rich Lands Poor People – released in Rajasthan
Unregulated legal mining and rampant illegal mining in Rajasthan has systematically destroyed forestsvdevastated the Aravallis...
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Press Briefing

February 6, 2009
Three-member monitoring committee set up by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in Sept. 2008 meets for the first time
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February 5, 2009
EPCA decides on action plan for eight critically polluted cities in India
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New Delhi, February 4, 2009
CFL is a leapfrog option for India as it increases efficiency, but the lack of regulations is jeopardising the programme
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February 03, 2009
The fat of our cooking oil
How government regulations are deliberately compromising our health and our bodies.
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