CSE takes great pleasure in informing you that our Chairperson Anil Agarwal has been selected for the prestigious Norman Borlaug Award for his 'crusading' work in creating environmental awareness in less developed countries. The award instituted by Coromandel Fertilisers Limited since 1971, will be presented by  the President K.R. Narayanan on January 5th here in New Delhi. The President  will also deliver his millenium address on 'Freedom from Hunger and Poverty' on the same occasion.

We are in the process of compiling a directory of experts who are working on different aspects of air pollution. We believe this will build a network of  experts who can lead and help the cause of People's Right to Clean Air. This will be an easy reference guide and a who's who in the area of air pollution. The form for this directory is available at

THE PIED-PIPER
Anti-US protests marked the climate talks 2000 at The Hague. The US was  literally forced to eat humble pie -- hurled in the face of the US head of delegation, Frank Loy, by a visibly annoyed British girl. The talks failed because the world refused to dance to the tune set by the US. To find out why the South thinks the US was trying to grab more than its fair share of the pie and all of that which was on Loy's face, read on.

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THE BLUE DANUBE WALTZ
While sand sometimes manages to retain its golden hue, the river can often become a dirty dark brown. How does the water come back to life again? An article in Down To Earth about how countries cleaned up two of the dirtiest rivers in Europe - the Danube and the Rhine. It also provides a good chance to see how nations can get together to manage rivers and settle disputes.

DIRTY DELHI
Politicians, industrialists, labour and the judiciary trade punches amid the encircling gloom of pollution and dirty politics that has enveloped the capital of India. In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling to relocate polluting units, Down To Earth documents the knee-jerk reactions of an incompetent bureaucracy and also the tales of common people who suffer due to the sorry state of governance.

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GLOBAL GREEN FARCE
Did someone say planting trees would save the planet? Chances are it won't. Global warming is poised to be worse than earlier predicted and planting trees will not help stem the tide, in this case rising sea levels, freaky weather phenomena and more greenhouse gases.

A HERB THAT KILLS
Known for its medicinal qualities, Gloriosa superba, an herb found in Tamil Nadu, led to thousands of farmers to cultivate it. But a shrinking market is driving them to commit suicide.

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