How do we know air quality is changing?
Expanding monitoring for more data alone won’t help. Need science, statistical methods for legal reporting on air quality trends, …
Bangalore’s ‘Bus Day’
A day-long event organised by Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation to promote public transport in Bangalore, is now traditionally …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 10, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
CWG legacy project on air quality spreading to more cities
The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) will be launched in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar on May 12
Dysfunctional monitoring stations thwart efforts for clean air
A CPCB official confirms that not all values from all the stations in a city are used for computing the AQI value of a city
Not just Delhi, severe air pollution has taken several other cities hostage
Not a single city in northern India meets international air quality standards
The undisclosed air pollutants
How furnace oil and pet coke are choking us as policy fails to stay ahead of underground developments
Science behind smog and its ominous implications
Actions to tackle the smog problem can be both preventive and punitive
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
MoEFCC releases details of National Clean Air Programme; no clarity yet on emission reduction targets
The concept note acknowledges the need for time-bound initiatives at both city and rural level to combat air pollution
Severely polluted air bars people from breathing
NO2 exposure can lead to premature death, respiratory & circulatory illness: Report
Review suggested improving air quality indices to include information on health risks and vulnerable groups & alerts on NO2 peak pollution levels
Join the dots for clean air
Delhi’s air pollution crisis has an urgent message: India must have a regional plan to fight the menace
Crop burning: Dreadful pollution back in Delhi, air quality plunges
Air quality in Delhi and some cities in Uttar Pradesh plunged in the last fortnight as farmers started burning stubble
Delhi's Karol Bagh: On-street democracy for cleaner air
Pedestrian only street in Karol Bagh proves why urban renewal is needed for clean air and sustainability
Deadly Nursery: North India’s children born and bred in toxic air
DTE reports from various parts of North India as children across the region grow up among contaminants
Delhi air to remain ‘very poor’ this week. Here’s why the problem isn't going away
A mix of meteorological conditions & policy flaws behind the recurring problem
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
Delhi chokes again: winter is becoming synonymous with air pollution
Sudden deterioration in air quality is due to fall in wind speed and rise in moisture content, which is making the pollutants build up fast
5 reasons why #OddEven scheme works
Love it or hate it, Delhi's odd-even scheme had some key lessons for the aam and not-so-aam aadmi
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
Every country exceeds new PM2.5 annual limit set by WHO: Report
The concentration in 93 per cent of the cities was 10 times the new guidelines
Are we ready for Diwali?
The levels of pollution in Delhi had started to rise in the first week of October, made worse by a dip in temperatures and fall in wind speed
Simply Put: Looking for an uptick
Why was post-Diwali air quality better this year?
Wind speed, warmer temperatures helped disperse pollutants