THE NATURAL GAS PATH TO CLEAN UP
THE DIRTY AIR
More and more countries across the world are taking the natural gas path to clean up the
dirty air. Read in the updated CNG factsheethttp://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/cngfact.pdf
IS DIESEL THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE?
The diesel lobby is crying hoarse to prove diesel as the fuel of the future. But if diesel
is so clean why are more and more governments moving away from it? Read more
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/factdies.pdf
DIESEL MONOGRAPH
An indepth analysis of why diesel is so bad for our health - and what needs to be done. An
analysis
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/dieselmo.pdf
INDECENT PROPOSAL
Jan Pronk offers a compromise plan that gives away too much on sinks. Read more about it
click the link below
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/climate/ew/art20010507_1.htm
GRAIN OF TRUTH
The fact that government policies aimed at promoting rice and wheat have completely
disregarded grains like millets, which are nutritious. Such an approach is also leading to
malnutrition and scarcity of food and water. Read more click the link below
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20010515/dte_analy1.htm
SAFE AS HOUSES
A glimpse of how houses can be made safer from an earthquake. It highlights the
construction techniques that can help houses survive when an earthquake strikes,
therefore, minimising loss of life and property. These techniques are based on the use of
traditional construction materials and common sense architecture. More details at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20010515/dte_analy.htm
DUSSEHRI'S ENTREPRENEURS
A story about how women empowerment became the key to solve the problems
of a village in Uttar Pradesh. With the help of need, a non-governmental organisation,
womenfolk of the village have stared working together to solve their financial problems.
Visit the link below for more details
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20010515/dte_grass.htm
ORGANIC COTTON
Cotton, grown on a mere five per cent agricultural land accounts for 50 per cent of the
total pesticide consumption in India. Such large-scaleusage of pesticides is causing
extensive damage to our ecosystem. Organic cotton, grown without using synthetic
fertilisers, pesticides or defoliants, is the ecofriendly solution to this problem. For
more details visit the link
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20010515/dte_stati.htm
JOIN US AS WE RELEASE 'MAKING WATER
EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS' IN KATHMANDU
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi and the Nepal Water Conservation
Foundation (NWCF), Kathmandu, take great pleasure in inviting you to a release of the book
Making Water Everybody's Business: Practice and Policy of Water Harvesting published by
CSE in Kathmandu. For more click
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/cmp43_invite20010511.htm
A message from the Chairperson,
Anil Agarwal:
Taking the lead
People pump
out water as if it rains underground. There is no shortage of water but a dearth of
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