Lutyens’ Delhi and hospitals are high risk zones, says latest CSE analysis

This is bad news for those suffering from asthma and respiratory problems. It is dangerous if ozone increases even for short duration

Rising NOx levels and volatile gases in the air, primarily from vehicles, form the recipe for ozone when exposed to intense sunlight and high temperature

Delhi government must fast-track pollution emergency action and effective priority measures to reduce the cocktail of gases that form ozone in the air

CSE welcomes food authorities’ initiative in testing processed food like Maggi

CSE’s earlier lab test on Maggi had revealed high salt content and empty calories

Says celebrity endorsement of such products, especially those targeted at children, should be curtailed

New Delhi, February 21, 2015: Indian coal-based thermal power plants are some of the most inefficient in the world -- says a two-year long research study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The study, done under CSE’s Green Rating Project (GRP), is the first of its kind rating of this industrial sector for its environmental performance and compliance.

CSE analysed and rated 47 coal-based thermal power plants from across the country on a variety of environmental and energy parameters. About half of all the plants operating in 2011-12 were selected for the rating.

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been ranked 17th among a global listing of top environmental think tanks. CSE also features on the top of the chart among environmental think tanks in the developing world, after the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

The rankings have been published in the Global Go To Think Tank Index, which is compiled each year by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program of the University of Pennsylvania in the US.

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) recent draft order which proposes to put curbs on the rampant use of antibiotics as a growth promoter in food-producing animals in India, such as chicken.