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CSE condemns Delhi government decision of scrapping BRT without strategy for integrated public transport systems

CSE condemns Delhi government decision of scrapping BRT without strategy for integrated public transport systems

CSE believes it is regrettable that the Delhi government has prioritised taking back the space from the transport of the masses to give it to the polluting cars and SUVs in a city where every third child has impaired lungs.

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Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Delhi, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Public Transport, Buses, Cars, Congestion
Environment

High Level Committee report to review various acts administered by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change

This report tabled by Parliamentary standing committee on Science and Technology in the Rajya Sabha has asked the Ministry of Enviroment and Forests to appoint a new high-level committee to review environmental laws

Publication Date: 
21/07/2015
Rajya Sabha
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Environment, Forests, Wildlife, Regulations, India, Environment Act 1986, Forest Act 1980, Wildlife Act 1972, Water Act 1974, Air Act 1981, Forest Act 1927, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, CRZ Clearance (Coastal Clearance), Wildlife Clearance, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Mining

The making of mining policy

There is a science and an art to policymaking. In India, this is confounding and abstract.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2015
Sunita Narain
Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Mining, Minerals, Mines Act 1957, Federation Of Indian Mineral Industries, Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Planning Commission
Air Pollution

Civic bodies propose hike in parking fee to clean up Delhi’s air

Municipal corporations have proposed a hike in parking charges, particularly during peak hours, as a means to keep vehicles off the roads and reduce the city's air pollution.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Delhi, Air Pollution, Parking Pricing, Municipal Corporations, Vehicular Pollution, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Parking Policy
Transport

For new policy to work, public transport must be seamless and go beyond metro'

NEW DELHI: A day after the Union urban development ministry approved the policy for transit-oriented development (TOD), urban planners said the real challenge lies in its implementation, given the

Publication Date: 
16/07/2015
Risha Chitlangia
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Urban Development, Public Transport, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Metro, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Parking Policy
Air Pollution

Dense development can cut car use, clean up air in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Transit-oriented development (TOD) can improve Delhi's air quality considerably by reducing the number of vehicle-miles travelled, the way it has done in several cities worldwide.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2015
Jayashree Nandi
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Delhi, Air Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Vehicular Pollution, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Public Transport, International Council on Clean Transportation
Health

Govt should strive to strengthen food safety and people's trust in branded foods, expert says

Awareness on toxicology is important among the public as food safety and public trust are under threat and debate, former director of CSIR labs G Thyagarajan has said.

Publication Date: 
15/07/2015
U Tejonmayam
Times Of India (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Food Safety, Food Process Industry, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Food Adulteration, Health
Air Pollution

The quality of air you breathe in Chennai is worse than in Delhi

Chennai had the highest proportion of ‘severe’ days based on AQI

Publication Date: 
15/07/2015
Rukmini S
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Tamil Nadu, Air Pollution, Chennai (T), Air Quality Standards, Air Quality Index (AQI), Delhi, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Climate Change

India says the rich nations' climate action targets are not ambitious

India, which is expected to submit its post-2020 'climate action plan' to a UN body in September, on Tuesday said that the carbon emission cut targets offered by rich nations as part of their respe

Publication Date: 
15/07/2015
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, India, Carbon Dioxide, UNFCCC, Carbon Intensity, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Global Warming, Renewable Energy, Climate Impacts
Air Pollution

If not car, what's the polluter?'

NGT Asks Govt To Explain On Tuesday Main Reason For Air Pollution In City

Publication Date: 
14/07/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Cars, Vehicular Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)

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