All for clean air

Rigged in India

Pollution control is bypassed with typical ingenuity

Reviving NCR’s air: CAQM submits action plan to NGT, mostly in line with CSE recommendations

The action plan incorporates the updating of emission inventories and source apportionment studies across the entire NCR

2023 ended on a high pollution note, finds CSE analysis of winter air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR

Factors like reduced contribution from stubble burning, November rains and milder winters were undone by low wind speed

Clean air drive

Killing the high-end killer

Desert dust storms carry human-made toxic pollutants and the health risk extends indoors

Deserts now increasingly border built structures around the world, including urban dwellings

Diwali amid COVID-19: Will NGT order be enough to keep people from fireworks?

Air quality remains severe in Capital Delhi for 5th day straight

Study underlines air pollution link to increased risks of pre-term birth, birth weight and pregnancy complications

Singleton pregnancies in 2000-2015 in Kansas, US examined

Crop burning: Why are Punjab farmers defying government ban

Farmers struggle to decompose paddy straw in absence of adequate machines

Pollution in news on May 14

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

Pollution in news on May 11

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

Simply put: Harsh Vardhan says reports of air pollution deaths false

Compressed Air Vehicles can be a potential mode of urban transport in India

They are clean, easy to drive, comparatively low cost and do not take a lifetime payoff

Simply Put: Emitter’s admission

Simply Put: Noida Twin Towers’ fall and rise

Simply Put: Silencing pollution

Simply put: Odd-Even

Lichens are reliable monitors of air pollution

Indian scientists have classified levels of atmospheric pollution using lichens.

Acid attack

Concerns about tackling the menace of acid rain grows in Japan

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Noxious cuts

Curbing pollution