Dec. 09,
1998
Centre for Science and Environment flays the automobile industry for
misguiding the public about the proposed ban on new diesel cars in the National Capital
Territory (NCT) of Delhi.
Nov. 12,
1998
Industrialised countries want to have the cake and eat it too. President Carlos
Menem delivered it to them on a silver platter by agreeing to take on voluntary
commitments for Argentina.
Nov. 11,
1998
At the climate change conference currently underway in Buenos Aires, developing
countries are being confused, coerced and bribed into signing the Clean Development
Mechanism
Nov. 01,
1998
The GDP in India has gone up two and a half times in the past twenty years -- and
pollution from vehicles has gone up 8 times. Policies such as those which allow the
proliferation of two-stroke and diesel vehicles are responsible, says CSE
Oct. 06,
1998
Remarks of social activist Anna Hazare, fresh out the jail after
a reduced sentence for failing to prove charges of corruption against Maharashtra social
welfare minister Babanrao Gholap. He was speaking at public lecture entitled Environment
and Corruption at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, to mark the conclusion of the
National Conference on Potential of Water Harvesting: Traditions, Policies and Social
Mobilisation organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Oct. 06,
1998
"Not only water, but every issue in India should be everybody’s
business," said Digvijay Singh, chief minister, Madhya Pradesh in his valedictory
lecture in the National Conference on the Potential of Water Harvesting, organised by the
Centre for Science and Environment in New Delhi on October 5
Oct. 05,
1998
Water professionals demand national water policy to focus on promotion of water
harvesting and protection of water bodies in different ecological regions to meet the
country’s growing demand for water in a sustainable way. The experts stressed on the
need for involving the civil society in framing country’s water policy.
Oct. 04,
1998
Water led the way to the formation of cities, the misuse of it can undo the best
of them as well. Cities will exhaust their own future if they do not capture water where
it falls. So warn the experts in the water sector who have come to the capital to
participate in the CSE Conference on Potential of Water Harvesting systems
Oct. 03,
1998
Five outstanding rural rainwater harvesters were felicitated by the Honourable
President of India Shri K R Narayanan today for their significant contribution in
preserving and developing water harvesting systems to secure water where there is
none
Sept. 29,
1998
CONFERENCE ON POTENTIAL OF WATER HARVESTING
The three-day conference on the potential of water harvesting will be organised
by the Centre for Science and Environment from October 3 to 5, 1998 at the India Habitat
Centre, New Delhi. The conference will be inaugurated by the Honourable President of
India, Shri K R Narayanan, at a special inaugural session in Vigyan Bhavan (Hall No 5) at
9:45 am on October 3
Sept. 11,
1998
CIVIL SOCIETY EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH ANNA HAZARE
A spectrum of the NGO (Non-governmental Organisation) community and members of civil
society in Delhi join Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in expressing strong
indignation over the unfortunate turn of events that led to the jail sentence of Anna
Hazare
July 17,
1998
CSE WEBSITE WINS 'BEST OF ASIA-PACIFIC' WEB AWARD
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Website was awarded the Best of Asia
Pacific Web Award for 1998 in the Nature and Environment category.
July 09,
1998
MINISTER ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
Addressing the CSE National Conference on Health and Environment, Environment Minister
Suresh Prabhu announced the formation of a Committee on Health and Environment, and
another inter-ministerial coordination committee of Secretaries.
July 08,
1998
DID YOU REMEMBER TO TAKE YOUR DOES OF PESTICIDES TODAY?
The Green Revolution gave us food security - and convulsions, visual defects,
Parkinson's Syndrome, headaches, sleep disturbances, poor attention spans.... The second
day of the National Conference on Health and Environment discussed the effect of
environmental toxins and air pollution on the human body.
July 07,
1998
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE, EVERY DROP YOU DRINK .... COULD BE KILLING YOU
"We have wrongly assumed that business, trade and technology are our
slaves," the Vice President of India, Krishan Kant, said while inaugurating a
three day National Conference on Health and Environment organised by the Centre for
Science and Environment in New Delhi.
July 06,
1998
FIRST EVER NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT IN INDIA
The National Conference on Health and Environment being held by the CSE
(July 7-9, 1998)
has the specific purpose of making citizens aware of the truly dangerous condition of our
environment today, whether we live in big cities or small towns, or indeed in rural areas,
and the impact of this on our health
June 29,
1998
ENRAGED CITIZENS' MISSIVE TO THE DELHI LT. GOVERNOR
The recent statement made by the Lt Governor of Delhi, Shri Vijay Kapoor, that
"pollution in Delhi is a very overstated problem" has created a furore amongst
the citizens of Delhi. In an open letter to the Lt Governor a group of environmentalists,
doctors, artists, academics, theatre and media personalities have demanded that Shri
Kapoor must retract his irresponsible statement
June 17,
1998
JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE SAYING, HEALTH MINISTER?
The recent statement made by Dr Harsh Vardhan, that there is no evidence to link
pollution to heart and lung diseases, is either made from ignorance, or from a desire to
hide his government’s incapacity to deal with the air pollution problem, the Centre
for Science and Environment said in a letter to Delhi’s health Minister
June 06,
1998
CSE STATEMENT ON PETROL PRICE HIKE: PRICING TO KILL
The ever widening gap between prices of petrol and diesel will encourage the use of
diesel, and result in killing thousands more due to air pollution, says the Centre for
Science and Environment
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