What's new at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, India. TROUBLED STATE
Frequent natural tragedies have made Orissa the disaster capital of India.But are the
calamities a natural phenomenon? Or is it a price for climate change and environmental
degradation?
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20011015/dte_analy.htm
OUTSTANDING GRAIN
Basmati's aromatic enigma makes it the kernel king. India's lack of knowledge of the rice
makes it a loser in international trade. More at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20011015/dte_life.htm
ENDOSULFAN CONSPIRACY
The powerful pesticide lobby is all out to give a clean chit to a deadly pesticide that
has been linked to many disorders of the central nervous system - cerebral palsy,
retardation - as well as cancer and many other diseases. More at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20011015/dte_cross.htm
DEREGULARISING SANDALWOOD TRADE
Karnataka's amendment to the forest act fails to lift the government's monopoly over
sandalwood trade. Details at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20011015/dte_srep.htm
DIADNOSIS OF A WEAK NATION
The lack of health infrastructure and malnutrition in India's rural regions has left the
people vulnerable to a number of health problems. More at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20011015/dte_stati.htm
UPPDATED LIBRARY DATABASES
We have updated our Library databases with added information about books, articles, videos
etc. Check out at
http://data.cseindia.org/
IMPLEMENTING THE CNG ORDER
Centre for Science and Environment is incensed at the recent announcement from the Delhi
transport minister Parvez Hashmi that the new CNG bus operators would not be allowed to
ply as state carriage buses but only on a li mited scale as contract carriage buses. The
banality of official argument is astounding. More at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/air/press_20011012.htm
CNG BUS BLOWS UP IN THE CAPITAL
Centre for Science and Environment is shocked at the recent incidents of bus fires -
consecutively four episodes within a short span of three months, and the silent
government. Obsessed only with the desire to discredit CNG technology the official
agencies forgot to do their own bit. Details at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/air/press_20011010.htm
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