Oct. 11, 2001
YET ANOTHER CNG BUS BLOWS UP IN THE CAPITAL AND BOTH THE DELHI AND THE CONCERNED CENTRAL MINISTRIES REMAIN QUIET
Centre for Science and Environment is shocked at the recent incidents of bus fires - consecutively four episodes within a short span of three months, and the silent government. Obsessed only with the desire to discredit CNG technology the official agencies forgot to do their own bit

Aug. 28, 2001
CSE DENOUNCES BJP NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT MADAN LAL KHURANA
For trying to cover up for the dismal track record and incompetence of his party, ruling at the Centre, in implementing the Supreme Court’s order on CNG. He is misleading both transporters and public alike by demanding status quo

Aug. 22, 2001
CSE HAS CRITICISED THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS FOR ITS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
Yet another incident of fire in a CNG station. Are you surprised that CNG vehicles catch fire or experience gas leaks? You should not be because no safety rules or inspection mechanisms are in place even though there are thousands of CNG vehicles on Delhi roads

Aug. 20, 2001
DEAR MR. STATE FINANCE MINISTER, IT IS TIME FOR YOUR LESSONS IN POLLUTION TAX
Centre for Science and Environment expresses shock and anger at the recent statements from the Delhi state finance minister Mahender Singh Saathi threatening to slap higher taxes on CNG and making it more expensive

Aug. 11, 2001
UNION MINISTER FOR PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS, TAKES AN OBSTRUCTIONIST STANCE
Due to the obstructionist stance taken by the Union ministry for petroleum and natural gas, Indraprastha Gas Ltd has failed miserably to meet the target of setting up all the 80 CNG stations mandated by the Supreme Court, and has also slipped up in meeting its commitment to convert all the daughter stations to `daughter-booster' stations by August, 2001, to maintain uniform pressure to lower the filling time. The long queues in the Capital are a testimony to this. And unless the Ministry pulls up its socks they could last a long time

Aug. 09, 2001
RAM NAIK, UNION PETROLEUM MINISTER, IS OUT TO SABOTAGE THE SUPREME COURT'S ORDERS ON CNG
Just as the deadline for converting all public passenger transport to CNG by September 30, 2001, is coming closer, for once everyone else is turning around to implement the Supreme Court order, but the Union minister for petroleum and natural gas, Ram Naik, in charge of gas supply in the country, is not interested in dealing with long queues for CNG by augmenting its supply

July 19, 2001
LAVA KA BAAS STRUCTURE DECLARED SAFE BY TEAM OF EXPERTS
On July 19, a group of eminent persons visited a johad constructed by the villagers of Lava ka Baas in Alwar district. The johad has been constructed over a small nala that feeds into the river Ruparel along with several other nalas. Later the group met Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot to present their views about the issue of demolition of the Lava ka Baas water harvesting recharge structure

April 03, 2001
THE BIGGEST ROGUE OF THEM ALL
The world should declare the US a rogue nation for this act of extreme selfishness. And the Indian government should stop being a pushover

March 31, 2001
THE DOWN TO EARTH GREEN SCIENTIST AWARD 2001, PRESENTED BY DR. MANMOHAN SINGH
Former Finance Minister and Member of Parliament, Dr Manmohan Singh presented the Down To Earth Green Scientist Award 2001 to Mr VINOD PRAKASH SHARMA, consultant with the World Health Organisation and former head of the Malaria Research Centre, here today.

March 01, 2001
Even though traffic congestion and bad air today marks almost every Indian city and town, today, Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has presented a budget which will make Indian people regret the day it was presented to the Parliament said the Centre for Science and Environment, one of the country’s leading environmental NGOS

Feb. 23, 2001
ARE YOU THERE, MR. BAALU? IT'S YOUR TURN NOW
For the first time in the history of the emission standards setting process a major step forward has been catalysed by a public campaign with no thanks to the environment ministry. While the automobile industry has come forward to take responsibility for the emission performance of the vehicles on road in the face of a strong NGO demand, the ministry of environment and forests is still sleeping. May be people can do without the ministry of environment and forests or for that matter the ministry of surface transport, supposedly in charge of regulating vehicular emissions in the country

Feb. 21, 2001
CSE LAB ANALYSIS STRENGTHENS SUSPICION THAT THE KERALA PESTICIDE TRAGEDY IS A GOVERNMENT CORPORATION'S CREATION
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today released the shocking results of its laboratory analysis on samples brought from Padre village of Enmakaje Gram Panchayat in Kasaragod district, Kerala, where a lot of unusual diseases related to the central nervous system have been reported, especially among children. The first tests conducted on the level of pesticide contamination in the village showed that extremely high levels of the organochlorine pesticide endosulfan were present in all the samples, from human blood and milk, to soil, water, fruits vegetables, cow’s milk and skin tissue, fish and frog

Jan. 12, 2001
Centre for Science and Environment is deeply disturbed by what now seems to be an organised whisper campaign raging in the capital to scare people about CNG. "CNG causes cancer" is the buzz-word whenever you decide to probe while riding a CNG auto. This will have to be culled outright as this is the most significant step taken so far to control killer particles in the city. The Delhi government must immediately issue public notices denying these rumours and inform people about the environmental and health benefits of CNG. In the meantime, if the Delhi transport minister Parvez Hashmi is asking for more time from the Supreme Court to implement the court order then he must give a personal undertaking to implement the order