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June 23, 2005 |
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Neurotoxic petrol additive MMT:
Finally banished more... |
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April. 01, 2005 |
| Do not make Indians guinea pigs
to test MMT: the deadly fuel more... |
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October
01, 2004 |
| Lax state govts derail
implementation of upgraded vehicle pollution control norms more... |
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July
28, 2004 |
| Environment
cess on diesel cars, hike in diesel sales tax a giant step towards clean air in Delhi
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July
22, 2004 |
| Environment cess
on diesel cars, hike in diesel sales tax a giant step towards clean air in Delhi: CSE
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June.
25, 2004 |
| Citizens’
missive to Delhi’s chief minister on the govt. backtracking from decision to increase
sales tax on diesel more... |
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March
30, 2004 |
| Need for a
technological leapfrog in Asia for clean air more... |
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March 29,
2004 |
| LEAPFROG FACTOR:
International conference on vehicular pollution management in Asian cities more... |
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Jan. 23, 2004 |
| Following CSE's
statement of concern, Supreme Court demands strategy from Delhi Govt. to tackle vehicular
congestion more... |
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Date 22nd
Jan. 2004 |
| PEDDLING DEVIL'S CAR more... |
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Date 24th Nov. 2003 |
| SUPREME COURT TAKES NOTE OF CSE
REPORT ON FUEL ADULTERATION more... |
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Date 13th Nov. 2003 |
| THE DEADLY CRIME &
SCIENCE OF FUEL ADULTERATION IN INDIA more... |
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Date 06th Oct.
2003 |
CSE REJECTS NATIONAL AUTO FUEL
POLICY more...
Says it is too little, too late |
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Date 24th Nov. 2003 |
| SUPREME COURT TAKES NOTE
OF CSE REPORT ON FUEL ADULTERATION more... |
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Date 13th Nov. 2003 |
| THE DEADLY CRIME &
SCIENCE OF FUEL ADULTERATION IN INDIA more... |
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Date: 05th Sept
2003: NEW DELHI |
PUC CHARADE: DIESEL POLLUTERS EXCUSED
FROM REVISED NORMS
But CSE welcomes the decision that will allow state governments to set even tighter
emissions control standards more... |
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Date: 08th April
2003: NEW DELHI |
| Open letter to B C Khanduri, Union Minister
of State for Road Transport and Highways more... |
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Date: 17th JAN
2003: NEW DELHI |
| California Air Resources Board: A rare
example of good governance more... |
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Date:
4th OCT 2002: |
| 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. more>> |
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Date:
16th July, 2002 |
| A CSE study shows that the Supreme Court
ruling on trucks and goods vehicles will make a dramatic impact on particulate pollution
levels in the Capital. more>> |
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Date:
6th June, 2002 |
| CSE invites international experts to assess
CNG safety issues and concern and chart out a road map for effective enforcement of safety
standards and inspection system more>> |
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Date:
29th April, 2002 |
| 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. more>> |
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Date:
19th April, 2002 |
| Centre for Science and Environment 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. At a time when the
Congress led state government in Delhi has shown interest in implementing the CNG order
and has even rolled back the proposed sales tax hike, it is grossly unfair on part of the
NDA led Central government to continue to push IGL to jack up CNG prices. more>> |
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Date:
17th April, 2002 |
| : 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. more>> |
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Date:
10th April, 2002 |
Pollution levels plummet as diesel buses go
off roads
- There is a dramatic decline in pollution levels on the
fifth day of the bus strike.
- According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB),
the respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) level nosedived from 189 microgramme
per cum yesterday to 148 microgramme per cum today. more>>
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Date:
8th April, 2002 |
| Do not let a handful of bus operators hold
the city to ransom and compromise the health of millions in this city. It is time to
implement the Court order and not divert attention by whipping up public ire for misguided
political gains more>> |
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Date:
6th April, 2002 |
| Centre for Science and Environment welcomes
the recent Supreme Court ruling from the three-judge bench headed by Justice BN Kirpal as
momentous and innovative. more>> |
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Date:
12th March, 2002 |
| The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
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. This report was released by CSE in a press conference held in the
Capital today. more>> |
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Date:
1st March, 2002 |
Who are you fooling?
Sinha's fraudulent concern for public health and the environment stand exposed as
he goes on to deliberately undermine the Supreme Court's attempts to clean up Delhi's air.
Just as his concern for lack of rural employment fails to go beyond the usual dose of
words and meaningless sops more>> |
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Date:
28th Feb 2002 |
CSE's comments on the Union budget.
ATTENTION: Mr Finance Minister, you have
once again shown how committed you are to carry on with the slow murder of millions. more>> |
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Date:
8th Jan 2002 |
| The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
rejects the interim report of the Mashelkar committee on auto fuel policy saying it is
weak and visionless. more>> |
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Date:
22nd Nov 2001 |
| Dear Chief Minister, daring to go behind
bars by defying CNG orders won't help. The issue is not that of CNG but air pollution and
people dying from it in Delhi. If you do not want to take responsibility then resign. more>> |
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Date:
15th Nov 2001 |
| Ram Naik, Union minister for petroleum and
natural gas, is stooping to hit where it hurts most. Deny gas to owners of private CNG
cars by raising the bogey of `no gas’ and threat them with price hike to shaken
consumer confidence in the CNG market. He is of course silent on whether he is also
depriving and penalising the industry claimants. more>> |
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Date:
12th Oct 2001 |
| Centre for Science and Environment is
incensed at the recent announcement from the Delhi transport minister Parvez Hashmi that
the new CNG bus operators would not be allowed to ply as state carriage buses but only on
a limited scale as contract carriage buses. The banality of official argument is
astounding. Hashmi has not been able to figure out how to dole out route permits to the
new breed of bus operators who have purchased new CNG buses. more>> |
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Date:
11th Oct 2001 |
| 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.Except for the
standard promise of setting up yet another committee to investigate the matter, they have
no plans to enforce safety compliance standards and establish accountability. more>> |
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Date:
28th Aug 2001 |
| Centre for Science and Environment 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. more>> |
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Date:
22nd Aug 2001 |
| Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has
criticised the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for its proposed amendments to the
existing emissions norms for CNG and LPG vehicles. These are inadequate to address the
flaws in the current regulations and still do not recognise that cleaner fuels like CNG
can meet much tighter standards which can also ensure better quality control in conversion
and manufacturing of buses to make the vehicles safer. Worse, a safety inspection system
for CNG vehicles is still not in place. more>> |
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Date:
20th Aug 2001 |
Dear Mr State Finance
Minister, it is time for your lessons in pollution tax. Nowhere in the world
environmentally cleaner products are taxed high to put them at a disadvantage vis a vis
the polluting ones. more>> |
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Date:
11th Aug 2001 |
| 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. more>> |
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Date: 9th
Aug 2001 |
| 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. more>> |
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Date: 31st
March, 2001 |
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. more>> |
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Date: 30th
March, 2001 |
Centre for
Science and Environment (CSE) said today that talk about low sulphur diesel is an effort
to sabotage Supreme Court orders on compressed natural gas (CNG).This is a clear effort to
create confusion and to delay implementation of the order, says CSE director Sunita
Narain. What is appalling is the half- baked research and misinformation being thrown
around by the so-called reputed research organisation, Tata Energy Research Institute
(TERI) to support their claim, she added. more>> |
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Date: 26th March,
2001 |
Centre for
Science and Environment welcomes the Supreme Court verdict that extension of the deadline
for conversion of buses to CNG should come with personal accountability of the Delhi
government. The Principle Secretary Transport Department of Delhi, Ashok Pradhan will be
personally responsible for the implementation of the Court order by September 30,
2001. more>> |
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Date: 12th Jan
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. more>> |
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Date: 14th Dec
2000 |
Mr.
Transport Minister if you think that just by telling the Court that CNG technology is
`unproven’ you can save diesel business and public money and still enjoy public
support then think again. If you want to squander public money to promote diesel buses
then you will be responsible for at least an extra one death per day in Delhi due to
particulate pollution over the next 10 years. more>> |
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Date: 5th Dec 2000 |
Centre for
Science and Environment condemns the automobile industry for not taking the responsibility
for the emission performance of the vehicles on road for the duration of their useful
life. Knowing very well that even the new vehicles are failing the on-road emission tests,
the industry conveniently turns a nelson eye towards the problem of manufacturing defects
in vehicles causing high emissions on road. more>> |
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Date: 6th Nov 2000 |
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paise extra is mere pittance to pay against Rs 2-3 lakhs that is spent on an average on
cancer treatment per person in Delhi. Benzene is one of the most lethal carcinogens in
Delhi’s air and according to the WHO there is no safe level for benzene. more>> |
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Date: 22nd Sept
2000 |
After
debating over two years on a suitable action plan to curb Delhi’s air pollution all
that the Delhi government plans to do is train its gun on old two- wheelers to help
automobile industry make more money. If the government cannot take composite and proactive
steps, let it abdicate its authority to the judiciary once and for all in the matters of
pollution control. more>> |
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Date: 10th Aug
2000 |
| CSE accuses DTC of fooling
people about having chanced upon a technique of reducing particulate emissions from diesel
buses substantially that may render moving to CNG unnecessary. DTC is bent upon diverting
public attention from CNG by initiating a pilot project on diesel buses instead of
focussing on the implementation of the Supreme Court order on CNG just 8 months before the
deadline expires. more>> |
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Date: 9th August,
2000 |
CSE demands
that the use of MTBE be banned in India as an additive to petrol. The Centre for Science
and Environment (CSE) has strongly protested to the Ministry of Environment and Forests
(MoEF) about the proposal to add Methyl Tertiery Butyl Ether as an oxygenate to petrol to
reduce carbon monoxide emissions. more>> |
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Date: 18th July,
2000 |
| The Centre for Science and
Environment accuses the Delhi government of trying to sabotage Supreme Court orders to
move diesel buses to CNG to reduce the high levels of particulate pollution in Delhi which
kills more than 10,000 people every year in Delhi. The Delhi government, influenced by the
diesel lobby, is citing selective literature from USA to argue that moving to CNG is
difficult. more>> |
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