http://www.cseindia.org/html/eyou/eyou42_20.htm

PRESS RELEASE MAY 10, 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. Without paying any heed to the urgent need for drastic cut in particulate matter pollution in the city and the Supreme Court directive to give an undertaking on the implementation schedule of the CNG order, DTC carries on with a disinformation campaign on CNG. A press release from CSE at

http://www.cseindia.org/html/au/au4_20000810.htm

TIME TO CLEAN UP
If you want to win the battle against cancer take care of the environment says a Swedish study. The chances of people with identical genetic make up of getting cancer is very low so obviously environmental factors are more to blame. A Down To Earth cover story at

http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000815/dte_cover.htm

STAY HUNGRY OR POLLUTE?
Ludhiana was once the pride of the nation during the height of the Green Revolution. Today it is a national embarrassment and an environmentalists'  nightmare come true. India has to increase its agricultural output to feed  its growing population. But how will this be done? Is it therefore impossible to replicate the model of the Green Revolution in other states or will it be possible to do so without reproducing the same harmful after effects. Kumkum Das Gupta examines certain key issues , which led to the collapse of the Green Revolution at

http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000815/dte_analy.htm

BETWEEN HAMMER AND ANVIL
Captive wildlife in India is caught in a double whammy. An indifferent bureaucracy to take care of it and a total absence of science in the management of zoos in India. A special report at

http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000815/dte_srep.htm

LUCKNOW'S MONUMENT TO DROUGHT
India's first green nabob. As part of drought relief a Nawab of Awadh ordered the building of a magnificent palace in the late 18th Century. He would go down in history as the "friend of the people".

http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000731/dte_cross.htm