Dec. 13, 1997
The battle between developed and developing nations has not ended. It will
continue in the months ahead as the protocol has left many things open for future
negotiations leading up to the next conference of parties scheduled to be held in Buenos
Aires in 1998," says a team of the Centre for Science and Environment, a New
Delhi-based NGO, which attended the Kyoto conferenceNov. 06,
1997
A potential bargaining tool to challenge the inequitable sharing of global common
resources, such as the atmosphere, is slipping out of the hands of the South for good,
according to Anil Agarwal, Director, Centre for Science and Environment New
Delhi
Nov. 01,
1997
A study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), using air pollution data
for 1995 provided by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), estimates that a
stupendous 51,779 people are dying prematurely every year in 36 Indian
cities
Oct. 18,
1997
In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister I K Gujral, Centre for Science and
Environment (CSE) along with several eminent persons such as CSE director and
Environmentalist Anil Agarwal, former Chief Justice of India Justice P N Bhagwati and
several other Non Government Organisations have cautioned the Prime Minister Shri I K
Gujral against giving the State forest lands as Captive Plantations to the Paper and Pulp
Industry to grow their captive raw material
May 13,
1997
Stop misinformation and come out with truth: CSE sends legal notice to water supply body
May 06,
1997
CSE'S REPORT ON TRADITIONAL WATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS
"Let local communities manage the water resources using the traditional harvesting
systems -- for the government’s dams-and-canals approach has ruined
them", is the message in this comprehensive report
March 11,
1997
'DYING WISDOM' RELEASED BY SMT. SONIA GANDHI
Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, will today
release DYING WISDOM: Rise, Fall and Potential of India's Traditional
Water Harvesting Systems" the Fourth Citizens' Report published by
the Centre for Science and Environment on the State of India's
Environment, in Delhi at Jawahar Bhawan at 4 pm
Dec. 06
1996
Latest scientific research shows that pesticides suppress the immune system,
causing people to fall ill and often die. Countries of the developing world, like India,
face the gravest threat. The Centre for Science and Environment calls upon the government,
civil society, farmers organisations and agricultural scientists to join hands in
preventing an epidemic of cancers and fatal disorders of the immune system by drawing up a
scientific policy on pesticides use and their eventual phasing out.
Nov. 03,
1996
40,000 people die due to air pollution in just six cities of India every year. In many
cities, especially in Delhi, vehicular air pollution is the biggest killer, and the people
responsible for this are the petroleum minister, the environment minister and automobile
magnates like Rahul Bajaj. The latest investigation by Down to Earth nails them for slow
murder. "The automobile industry has its head buried in
profit... and ours in smoke", the report says.
Oct. 17, 1996
The decision by the United States of America to ban the import of trawled shrimps from
India has sparked off a debate between two leading environmental NGOs of India and USA --
the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), and the US-based Earth Island
Institute (EII).
Sept. 29, 1996
"Every year, Indians pay Rs 34,000 crore due to environmental
degradation. 40,000 people die in just six of our cities annually due to air
pollution"... says a report in Down To Earth magazine
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