Air quality turns ‘severe’ in many parts of Delhi-NCR, north India

While Delhi overall had an unhealthy AQI (297), Meerut (359), Panipat (347) and Karnal (322) were marked in ‘severe’ category

We don’t know much about air pollutants that cause every eighth death in India

Researchers at Yale University find that molecular makeup of a pollutant varies despite it being from the same environment

Clean air is a human right: WHO

World needs to reduce number of deaths from air pollution by two-thirds by 2030, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, WHO in his …

SC asks Centre to notify air pollution control plan within two weeks; CSE welcomes ruling

Delhi and NCR will have to reduce particulate pollution by at least 74 per cent from the current level of annual average PM2.5 to be able to meet …

Negotiating for better climate, but little change at home

Delhi is engulfed in a thick smog with dangerous air pollution levels as the environment minister attends the annual Conference of Parties

Cities free their roads of cars to fight air pollution

Bikers and pedestrians are slowly reclaiming their space in metropolises as well as other urban centres to reduce vehicle emission and toxicity …

Simply Put: Accustomed to toxic air

Air pollution from brake dust may be as harmful as diesel exhaust on immune cells: New study

Simply Put: Pollution does not shorten lifespan in India

Only 4 MPs turn up for parliamentary panel meet to discuss Delhi-NCR air pollution

Letter for meeting was issued a week ago

Simply put: Air Pollution

Jakarta residents to sue government for poor air quality

20 environmentalists and 37 commoners will file a suit on June 18

World Environment Day in numbers: Air pollution

Farmers and drivers: unequal punishments

Why is no action being taken to curtail air pollution from diesel-fired vehicles?

How about a 'no-car day' everyday?

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto's take on Gurgaon being car-free every Tuesday

World Environment Day 2021: Pollution will rebound, warns CSE

Analysing air quality shows how tough it is to curb pollution only with forced restrictions: State of India’s Environmenmt 2021: In figures

COVID-19 flattens peak-hour pollution

The flat rates of peak-hour pollution due to the lockdown proves why strong action is needed to reduce traffic volumes and cut tailpipe emissions …

COVID-19: Dirty air and vice of the virus  

The novel coronavirus pandemic may have lowered air pollution. But this crisis-led change shows how health risk perception makes difficult …

These toxic metals make Diwali firecrackers 'beautiful'

From tremors, weakness, anxiety, shortness of breath to paralysis and cancer, the colours in Diwali firecrackers all have a toxic source

What is the national clean air program (NCAP)?

The Indian government recently announced the draft guidelines of the National Clean Air Program? Polash Mukherjee from the Centre for Science and …

'Mercury emissions in Asia maybe highest in the world and little data is available'

Data on mercury emissions in Asia is not being recorded, but a new sampling network may change that

'I want to be like Uncle Sam'

Nearly three quarters of India's Environment Supplement Plan (ESP) has been directly lifted from the United State's Supplemental Environmental …

Stopmotion: Why diesel vehicles should be regulated in Delhi

Diesel vehicles are allowed to pollute more and their exhaust is directly linked with cancer. This is a good enough reason to regulate the sale …

Simply Put: Growing up in North India

India’s air quality management needs transboundary accountability to be effective

Existing policy levers and lessons from global experiences can help form an airshed-level air quality management framework