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
A car free day keeps the chocking away
Delhi is reeling under a worse polluted winter than 2014. The odd-even formula empowers people to take the first step out of the gas chamber
Green crackers answer to Diwali pollution but manufacturing limited
Most green crackers do not contain barium nitrate, which is the most dangerous ingredient in conventional crackers
Science and politics of car pollution
Why are our policy makers and scientists ignoring public health risks from combustion sources and raising dust over dust pollution to blind …
European scientists press alarm bell on ill effects of diesel cars
A group of 24 scientists from 12 research and scientific organisations across Europe and the US have issued an open letter to sensitise the …
CSE recommends measures for cleaner air
Costlier diesel, stringent PUC compliance and higher taxes on older vehicles are some methods to reduce air pollution in Delhi
All about effective air quality monitoring
Monitoring air pollutants is important to understand the impact of policy changes. Vivek Chattopadhyaya explains the existing technologies for it …
Deployment of sensor-based air quality monitors in Meghalaya is a welcome step
Sensor-based technology — being developed for the past few decades — has leapfrogged in recent years
Phil Dickerson on using alternative techniques for exposure assessment
Phil Dickerson of the US Environmental Protection Agency talks about Next Generation Air Measuring Research Programme at the International …
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 …
Odd-even scheme: Success lies in the eyes of the beholder
Even as commuters in Delhi participate in the odd-even scheme, questions have begun to arise over its success
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 …
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 …
Patna’s severe air quality due to Ganga’s shifting course: Govt study
Ganga has shifted four kilometres away from the city, leaving an exposed bed of sand, which Himalayan winds are blowing into Patna, it says
New projects launched for real-time monitoring of air and water quality
Launched by the Department of Science and Technology and the Corporate Research Council of Intel, the 4 new projects include real-time river …
Don’t venture out of homes, use masks if important: Nepal cautions against air pollution
No respite froom air pollution so far; govt had shut educational institutions for five days on March 30
Nepal schools shut: Forest fires, westerly winds from India may have contributed to air pollution
All schools and colleges in Nepal were shut on March 30 due to an alarming spike in air pollution levels
Ahead of Diwali, air quality in Delhi slips to season's worst
Less wind on Diwali day as well a fog incident the day after will make the situation worse
City of joy is choking
In the 31 months between January 2014 and July 2016, the average monthly count of suspended particulate matter was never below permissible limit …
Air pollution causes premature deaths in India, says study
The Global Burden of Disease estimates rank pollution as the fifth largest killer in India, according to the World Health Organization
Click to test air quality
Computer scientists from Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, USA, launched software that uses the sky’s …
Why odd-even system can bring back the glory of bus transport
One can call it environmental injustice or incentive for pollution, public bus transport is more taxed than private vehicles
Supreme Court bans registration of diesel vehicles beyond 2000cc for three months
The court asks the Centre and Delhi government to work together and fix norms to clean the city’s toxic air
Paddy fields burning: Smog shrouds national capital
The smoke resulting from burning crop residues combined with vehicular emissions make the air we breathe deadly
Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai recorded more pollution this Diwali than 2020: SAFAR
Pune was the only city among four metros which had lower pollution levels this Diwali than last year due to rainfall, according to SAFAR