Chandra Bhushan
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Garbage management is about fighting corruption
There is too much money in waste (mis)management. Proper waste management will mean less money for the corrupt and the criminals
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What’s next for flood-devastated Kerala?
An estimated 25–30 trillion litres of water fell over the state, enough to cause floods even if Kerala’s ecosystem was in pristine condition
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Why the credibility of FSSAI is key to promoting biotech in India
The food standard regulator has so far not assessed the safety of even one GM food and neither does it have a set procedure to assess safety.
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Failing the mining-affected – How poor planning and implementation are leading to misplaced investments
DMF funds are being diverted for urban projects that have nothing to do with the priorities of mining-affected areas and communities.
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The unacceptable logic of the markets
India is the fourth worst-affected country despite it contributing only 5% in causing climate change, while it is over 20% for the US and the EU.
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What model does the Swachh Survekshan bat for?
The Survekshan ranks cities that do their waste management in a highly decentralised fashion poorly, despite their sustainable waste-management systems.
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It is time India too recognises its own Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl, considered one of the greatest man-made ecological disasters, was a period of severe dust storms that lasted nearly a decade, starting 1931, and engulfed large parts of the US.
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Environment regulators to blame for Tuticorin killings – Explained here
In the last 20 years of its existence, the plant was found on numerous occasions to flout pollution norms with impunity and forego permit requirements.
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Green responsibility order achieves little
The idea that MOEFCC’S corporate environmental responsibility order will cover firms that do not fall under csr or larr norms, is a fallacy.
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Draft forest policy misses the wood for the trees
A truly effective forest policy for India must be based on facilitating community-managed forests. The Draft 2018 POLICY undermines this instead.
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The politics of samosa-versus-burger
By equating samosa with burger, industry wants to dilute the regulation on sale of junk food to children
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How India can end energy poverty by 2040
Renewable energy, efficient appliances & buildings, and low battery cost will fundamentally change the way we produce and consume energy.
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The Real Mainstream: Draft pesticide Bill not worth the paper it’s written on
The pesticide industry has frequently used SLAPP—Strategic Lawsuit against Public Participation—to browbeat scientists and activists into silence.
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The Real Mainstream: Can the thermal power sector be trusted again?
In the heydays of ‘India Shining’ in 2003, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) had experimented with an alternate model to control pollution from industries.
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The post-antibiotics apocalypse: How the recent Union Budget actually downgraded the focus on AMR
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) arises when microbes survive exposure to a drug that would normally kill them or stop their growth.
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There is little evidence that permit system helps our forests
There is little evidence that permit system helps our forests. It is time that we free our farmers, forest dwellers and wood market from archaic laws.
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Why draft Food Safety and Standards (Advertisements and Claims) Regulations, 2017 and Consumer Protection Bill, 2018, are steps in right direction
The Union government is giving final shape to the laws to regulate the labelling and advertisement of food products.
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The Paris Agreement is an example of what is wrong with the current framework
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) completed 25 years of its adoption in 2017.
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Cleaning up coal plants and promoting renewable energy go hand in hand
CSE firmly believes that India’s growing needs can be met only by “considering all options.” CSE does not believe that the debate at this point is either renewables or coal.
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Climate change: India pulled off a coup at Kigali; here’s how
It achieved most of its goals with the legally-binding HFC phase-down agreement
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Column: The ‘historic’ Paris agreement
The agreement is robbing the carbon space of the poor so that the rich can continue with their lifestyle.
