CLEAN-AIR LINKS: Worldwide experts, researchers, policy makers, and activists on air pollution at

http://www.cseindia.org/html/extra/airlinks_form.htm

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS: Scientists working in environment related fields in India at

http://www.cseindia.org/html/extra/scientists_form.htm

ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS: Organisations working on sustainable development in India at

http://www.cseindia.org/html/extra/ngo_form.htm

Exhausting practices Prescribed as the antidote for all problems related to vehicular pollution, Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates have been an obsession with the Indian government for a decade now. This is happening at a time when other countries are criticising the effectiveness of only checking tailpipes of vehicles for controlling pollution. Instead, auto manufacturers are being made increasingly accountable for the lifelong emissions of vehicles they produce. Hand-in-glove with the auto industry, the Indian government is completely oblivious to what is happening elsewhere in the world. The buck stops at the vehicle users, who they blame for not understanding the need to maintain vehicles. It is time to bring to book the real culprits, a Down To Earth analysis at

http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000915/dte_analy.htm

Seeking Reliance The Andhra Pradesh government is giving forests that sustain tribal communities to the Reliance group of industries, an Indian megacorporation, for plantations. That, too, with the help of joint forest  management institutions. The reason may be more than "fund crunch". Read more at

http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000915/dte_srep2.htm

Sponsored blight? Another monsoon. The season of suffering in India's flood plains. And of  blaming upstream people for floods. Is there an end to this? Find out at

http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000915/dte_srep1.htm

Danger zone If no action is taken a major ecological disaster is waiting to strike   Panipat, a small industrial town in Haryana. The town with a population of   half a million is at grave risk of tuberculosis and gastrointestinal problems due to the polluting wastewater discharged from dyeing and processing units.

http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20000915/dte_srep.htm