What's new at the Centre for Science
and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, IndiaCSE has
prepared a briefing note on why it is imperative for the Delhi goivernment to implement
the Supreme Court order on conversion of diesel buses to CNG. This dossier and factsheet
is also an answer to the disinformation campaign on CNG doing the rounds. You can download
the dossier (PDF format) from this link
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/cmp53_cngfacts.htm
CSE accuses the Delhi government of trying to sabotage Supreme
Court orders to move diesel buses to CNG. The Delhi government, influenced by the diesel
lobby, is citing selective literature from the US to argue that moving to CNG is
difficult.!The press release as available at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/au/au4_20000718.htm
THE FUTURE OF CLEAN ENERGY
They have generated a lot of hype, and little else. Fuel Cells batteries that chemically
combine hydrogen with water to make electricity without any emissions -- have promised a
lot in the past three decades, and failed to deliver. But things are changing. Now, it is
not just the greens who are harping on clean energy. The corporates are joining the fuel
cell bandwagon in droves. How solid is the possibility of a clean, 'hydrogen economy' as a
solution to the polluting fossil fuel economy? To read an in-depth Down To Earth analysis,
click at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000731/dte_cover.htm
THE ODDBALL'S DISAPPEARING ACT
The lion-tailed macaque is known for its idiosyncracies. But only urgent measures will
save this highly endangered species of the Western Ghats. Read some measures suggested at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000731/dte_life.htm
META OUTSTRIPPED
Meta Strips Ltd, a copper recycling plant in Goa, is being strongly opposed by the people,
the church and the civil society. Read how industrial might can get the better of
environmental sense at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000731/dte_srep.htm
GREEN BY CHOICE
Shiela Dixit, chief minister of one of the most polluted areas in the world, the National
Capital Region of Delhi, answers questions on the successes and failures of her government
in cleaning up the city at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000731/dte_inter.htm
THE GENE BANK STATEMENT
Just when you thought that you have read everything you could read about the mapping of
the human genome, experts refresh your understanding of the several issues at stake. Test
your wits against theirs at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000731/dte_cross.htm
Editorial piece from the desk of Anil Agarwal:
Dinosaur
age ministers
Naik's statement otherwise implies that a poor
country like India, which otherwise wants to be declared a nuclear power, is such an
incompetent and third-rate country, according to the petroleum minister, that it must live
with pollution
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