Anumita Roychowdhury talks about air quality management in Indian cities
Anumita Roychowdhury, executive director, policy and advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment, presents the assessment of air quality …
Clean vehicles: Study reinforces need to quickly move to EVs
Widespread adoption of electric vehicles with robust power plant emission controls,power sector decarbonisation policies will yield net air …
Why it's time Africa features in global plans to manage air pollution
Africa has largely been ignored when it comes to official global air quality programmes. Yet low-income countries like many of those in Africa …
You know clean air is good for your health. It’s good for the economy, too
Poor air quality is linked to decreased productivity, school attendance and even lifetime earnings
Winter shutdown of coal plants based on flawed logic, won’t improve Delhi’s air
Stations should comply with environmental norms at the earliest
Delhi-NCR coal ban: Industrial units complain of soaring gas prices, difficulty to meet emissions standards
Centre for Science and Environment spoke with industrial associations about their experience of moving away from coal
Commission for Air Quality Management orders phase-out of coal in Delhi-NCR by January 1, 2023
Centre for Science and Environment calls the decision ‘significant’
Similipal fire shines light on dark hole in India’s real-time air quality monitoring network
Most cities do have manual monitoring systems of air quality but related data becomes available only a year later
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 20, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
As told to Parliament (December 20, 2021): 3.4 million tonnes of plastic waste generated in 2019-20
All that was discussed in the House through the day
CSE welcomes Delhi government's emergency measures to tackle air pollution crisis
Recommends putting restraints on number of diesel cars and trucks plying on the roads
Reading into new air policy for Delhi-NCR: Focus on prevention, timely intervention
It is clear that positive impact needs participation of wider areas in neighbouring states
American Electric Power to reduce emissions
Beijing experiments with a cars' day off
India must redouble sustainability efforts: Environment performance index
Ranked 168 out of 180 countries; all South Asian countries, except Afghanistan, were ahead of India in the ranking
Surge in clean fuel prices may hurt Delhi’s air pollution fight
Commission for Air Quality Management had earlier directed industries to switch to clean fuel
A UK review on low-carbon cars
Cheap thrill
No mention of regional coordination to curb air pollution in 102 city plans, finds study
Sources from outside a city’s boundaries account for at least 30% of pollutants in that city, according to study
Every breath you take
Pollutants in the air damage more than the lungs, warn health experts
Delhi-NCR air quality commission: Order, order to new order
As the new ordinance seeks curtailment of judicial intervention, the executive faces the real challenge of pushing difficult and inconvenient …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 10, 2020)
In Court
Daunting journey
Carbon particles from biomass burning and vehicles could be discolouring the Taj Mahal. Down To Earth returns to the monument, a symbol of …
Pollution threatens Taj Mahal
Despite crores being spent on its upkeep, air and water pollution continue to threaten the Taj Mahal