This new CSE report assesses regulatory status of the sponge iron industry in India and suggests a way forward for the sustainable growth of sponge iron industry in the years to come.

Smog digest is a news service on vehicular pollution based on news clippings selected from leading Indian newspapers and newsmagazine. It also highlights the key developments from South Asian countries. The months witnessed lots of action and developments on the vehicular pollution front in India.

This citizen’s report looks upward from the city to harmonise, and align with the larger national goals while assessing the unique solutions the city needs.

As India has yet to build much of its projected urban transport infrastructure, this presents a challenge as well as an opportunity. The new investment if guided by the principles of sustainability can make a lot of difference. The question that India needs to ask is whether it will be able to see the turn around soon in its cities.

The EIA deals with the high impact buildings. It gives a cities a chance to decide if the proposed buildings are needed and if at all how must they be designed to mitigate their impacts.

Centre for Science and Environment has reviewed the magnitude of the winter air pollution in Delhi and has pressed the alarm button. Reveals that the city now faces threat of multiple pollutants going up together and this time the winter pollution is not only high but is also different.

The Centre for Science and Environment has reviewed the magnitude of the winter air pollution in Delhi and has pressed the alarm button. This time the winter pollution is not only high but is also different. While the serious concern over very high levels of tiny particles persists, more pollutants have also scaled the dizzy heights to add to the toxic cocktail.

CSE under its South Asia Programme organised a training on 'Decentralised wastewater treatment and reuse' between December 12-15, 2010 in partnership with Water Aid Bangladesh.

This document contains the speech by Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Environment & Forests, India and leader of Indian delegation, delivered at Cancun in the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP-16) on December 8, 2010.

The company claims to have carried out potential site analysis for the port (and the steel plant). Their short-listed sites were Jatadharmohan creek (JMC) near Paradip and Dhamra port. Dhamra had already been granted to Dhamra Port Company Limited (joint venture Tata Steel and L&T) in 1999.