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STEERING THE WAY
The computer-generated Anil Agarwal Clean Air Model, developed by CSE, assesses what it
takes to clean up Delhi's air. Some astounding results have come out of its first
application. Had the Supreme Courtnot intervened, Delhi would have been choking on
38 per cent more particulates. Pollution is indeed about taking hard decisions... and
fast.
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MINE GAMES
Haryana's politics-mining nexus plays havoc with the environment.
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OCTOBER 25, 2002: ANIL AGARWAL AWARDED
PRESTIGIOUS 2001 SAT PAUL MITTAL AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENT
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Oct. 15, 2002 CSE / DOWN TO EARTH FEATURES FOREST FUDGE
A startling expose on how loosely defined forest laws allow junior government officials
cook the books in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. With a stroke of the pen they create a fictitious
village right in the thick of the prized Corbett Tiger Reserve and make plans to sell
timber. This is just one instance of how the forest is becoming a paradise for
encroachers.
By NITIN SETHI
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PRESS BRIEFINGS NOVEMBER 01, 2002: CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH
THE EYES OF CHILDREN
Children hog the limelight at CoP-8 with their very own edition of Gobar Times.
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