Nov. 22, 2002
TRANSLATING HEALTH CONCERNS INTO AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS
A CSE roundtable provokes a debate on the urgent need for health assessments to drive government regulations on air pollution

Nov. 01, 2002
CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THE EYES OF CHILDREN
Children hog the limelight at CoP 8 with their very own edition of Gobar Times

Oct. 25, 2002
CHILDREN'S CAMARADERIE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
Children join hands with CSE to talk of climate change, carbon emissions and global environment governance

Oct. 24, 2002
CoP-8, THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUNGSTERS
CSE gives children an opportunity to voice their concerns on global environmental governance, in their own way

Oct. 22, 2002
BRING THE US BACK TO THE CLIMATE CONCLAVE
CSE media briefing insists on finding ways to re-engage the US in climate change negotiations and setting up a democratic framework with right incentives and disincentives for rich and poor alike

Oct. 04, 2002
HOW TO MAKE PUC MORE EFFCTIVE
The Delhi government has been testing vehicle emissions for over ten years now. But there are serious flaws in the current PUC programme, as has been noted by two international experts who were in the capital, on invitation from CSE, recently

Sept. 11, 2002
PAYING FOR ITS OWN FOLLY
IGL faces contempt of court following its attempts to mislead the Supreme Court on low demand, low earnings and high investments in order to justify a CNG price hike

Sept. 04, 2002
NGOs BOO POWELL's SPEECH
Quashing US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s claims that the US was serious about climate change and sustainable development, NGOs chanted ‘Shame on Bush!’ and "people and plants, not big business'

Sept. 02, 2002
CSE REVEALS RATINGS ON CAUSTIC-CHLORINE SECTOR
Chemfab Alkalis, Shriram Alkalis & Chemicals, and Indian Rayon & Industries declared India's greenest caustic-chlorine firms; dismal overall performance by sector

Sept. 02, 2002
MORE PAINS THAN GAINS
Even as Ministers quicken the pace of negotiations to prepare for the arrival of the heads of state, position of developing countries weakened considerably to reach consensus

Aug. 31, 2002
WSSD TURNED INTO PARTNERSHIP MARKET
Instead of discussing fair multilateral rules for global environmental governance, the US is undermining multilateralism by shifting the focus to voluntary partnerships

Aug. 31, 2002
DIFFERENCES REMAIN, COMPROMISES IMMINENT FOR DEVELOPING WORLD
Halfway through WSSD, it is clear the meeting will not resolve major North-South differences -- the developing countries may actually lose ground they gained in Rio

Aug. 21, 2002
JAYALALITHAA LAUNCHES NATION’S FIRST RAIN CENTRE IN CHENNAI
Permanent exhibition set up by CSE and Akash Ganga Trust highlights rainwater harvesting potential in urban areas

Aug. 11, 2002
‘PEOPLE SHOULD BENEFIT FROM NATURAL WEALTH'
Northeastern states have a simple message for policy-makers at WSSD: Put the interests of the people at the heart of development

Aug. 02, 2002
FIVE BATTLES IN JO'BURG, VAJPAYEE MUST LEAD
With rich countries unwilling to commit to any firm targets, the WSSD Summit in Johannesburg later this month is long on promises, but short on deadlines, WSSD chair and former Indonesian environment minister Emil Salim said at a public discussion organised by the Centre for Science and Environment in New Delhi on August 1, 2002 (photographs also available)

July 16, 2002
SUPREME COURT RULING WILL HALVE PARTICULATE EMISSIONS FROM TRUCKS AND GOODS VEHICLES
A CSE study shows that the Supreme Court ruling that prohibits the entry of polluting trucks into Delhi and mandates Euro II compliance for the city’s trucks and goods vehicles will dramatically reduce particulate pollution levels by 55 per cent in the capital

June 28, 2002
AN INDUSTRY OF DEATH WINS
A hard-hitting exposé by CSE on how the pesticide industry connived with government officials and scientists in Kerala to successfully lift the ban on a deadly pesticide. At stake here is the integrity of the state government's decision making for generations far into the future. It not only spells irreparable harm for the residents of Kerala, but also makes a mockery of public health concerns

April 29, 2002
RAM NAIK'S EXPERTISE: FOOLISH ECONOMICS AND MALICIOUS INTENT
The minister of petroleum and natural gas, Mr Ram Naik, first attempts to scuttle peoples' right to clean air by denying supply of compressed natural gas (CNG) to private vehicles. His next move is to overturn the Supreme Court's ruling by passing an Ordinance. Both efforts fall on their faces. Now his final salvo is to demolish CNG's price advantage over diesel - nothing less than a short fuse to catastrophe as it translates into dirty air and increasing health costs for people. Delhi's destiny stands destroyed

April 19, 2002
CSE CONDEMNS REPEATED THREAT FROM IGL TO INCREASE PRICES OF CNG, WHICH IS INCITING DELHI GOVERNMENT TO HIKE BUS FARES AND DESTROY CONSUMER INTEREST IN THE CNG STRATEGY
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) expresses shock and anger at the repeated move by the Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), the monopoly supplier of natural gas in Delhi, to increase CNG prices by raising the bogey of spiralling costs and mounting losses

April 17, 2002
CSE FILES FIR ON CYBER CRIME. IS THIS YET ANOTHER DIRTY TRICK FROM THE DIESEL LOBBY?
It has just come to the notice of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that an email message is in wide circulation from a portal called dhamakapataka@morningindia.com maligning CSE and misrepresenting the facts of its campaign on CNG. It is a dangerous misinformation campaign. Since this message seems to have a wide outreach, we are keen to set the picture right

April 10, 2002
POLLUTION LEVELS PLUMMET AS DIESEL BUSES GO OFF ROADS
The landmark Court ruling came on April 5, 2002. The fall out: around 6000 diesel buses were off the road the next day. The RSPM, however, remained high between April 5 and 7 because of dust storms

April 08, 2002
DO NOT LET A HANDFUL OF BUS OPERATORS HOLD THE CITY TO RANSOM AND COMPROMISE THE HEALTH OF MILLIONS IN THIS CITY
The Centre for Science and Environment feels encouraged to see the responsible way the city government has responded so far to focus on the implementation strategy of the court order

April 06, 2002
CSE WELCOMES THE RECENT SUPREME COURT RULING FROM THE THREE-JUDGE BENCH HEADED BY JUSTICE B N KIRPAL AS MOMENTOUS AND INNOVATIVE
Centre for Science and Environment is jubilant over the recent Supreme Court order that now rests all controversy over moving public bus transport to CNG in Delhi and focuses on implementation.

March 12, 2002
ADULTERATION IS LIKE CORRUPTION. IT EXISTS BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO CATCH IT
Centre for Science and Environment recently undertook an independent inspection of fuel adulteration in the National Capital Territory of Delhi and National Capital Region following a mandate from the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) under the Supreme Court order of November 22, 2002

March 01, 2002
WHOM ARE YOU FOOLING?
Sinha's fraudulent concern for public health and the environment stands exposed as he goes on to deliberately undermine teh Supreme Court's attempts to clean up Delhi's air

Feb. 28, 2002
MR. FINANCE MINISTER, YOU HAVE ONCE AGAIN SHOWN HOW COMMITTED YOU ARE TO CARRY ON WITH THE SLOW MURDER OF MILLIONS
Centre for Science and Environment strongly condemns the finance minister, Yashwant Sinha, for playing a rude joke on the environment in the Union Budget, 2002 - by increasing the price of CNG and making diesel cheaper

Jan. 08, 2002
(CSE) REJECTS THE INTERIM REPORT OF THE MASHELKAR COMMITTEE ON AUTO FUEL POLICY SAYING IT IS WEAK AND VISIONLESS
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is deeply disappointed that the interim report of the committee on auto fuel policy headed by the CSIR chief R A Mashelkar has played into the hands of polluters