A joke we've played on ourselves

Driving on highways can harm heart

UK releases climate change bill

Runaway carbon dioxide bad news for humans

High court closes polluting factory

The dawn of pollution

Clean citys air, breathe easy

Keeping the car windows rolled up while driving is a good idea

Experts welcome Delhi government’s electric vehicle policy

The policy aims to make a quarter of all new vehicle registrations battery-operated by 2024

COVID-19 lockdown: What are the lessons for Graded Response Action Plan

It is time for the government to order more robust source apportionment studies for cities hit by plummeting air quality  

CPCB confirms COVID-19 lockdowns helped clean up Delhi air

PM2.5 levels dropped by 50% during the lockdown in the national capital, a new CPCB study said

Why is there no serious discussion on NOx control in the power sector?

Industry has peddled straw man arguments about primary control technology being not competent enough to control power plant emissions

Stubble burning bill: Rs 2 lakh crore/year in air pollution

Over five years, economic loss due to burning of crop residue and firecrackers is estimated to be $190 billion, or nearly 1.7 per cent of India&…

Accidents cause maximum deaths among young population, says WHO

Road accidents and non-communicable diseases emerge as major killers according to the World Health Statistics 2017 report

Negotiations pick pace as US proposes amendment text on exempted countries

The amendment text proposed by the US allows HFC exemption for 34 countries, mostly from the Middle East and Africa

Lethal breath

After respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, air pollution now shows a definitive link with strokes

Trees saving 850 human lives a year in US

In monetary terms, the health benefits caused due to removal of air pollution by trees in the US is $ 6.8 billion a year, says a study

Indonesia initiates low-sulphur fuel movement

Nine cities identified where efforts will be concentrated to reduce air pollution; Batam and Denpasar included

Too cool for comfort

How rising incomes are lowering room temperatures at the cost of energy, health and comfort

Relevance to India

While countries with comparatively low particulate pollution are concerned, the Indian administration is complacent

A close look at particles

Simply put, particles are tiny killers thatadversely affect humans at very lowconcentrations and even with minimal increase

Precipitate

Air pollution and poor power supply can be two sides of the same coin. This is the message of the first environmental audit of electrostatic …

Severe fog: Met department in dark

The rising trend of murky days in recent years has failed to spur the Indian Meterological Department into action. Quite clearly, the need of the …

Car Control

Cities all over the world are trying to ease congestion on roads. Not the choked Indian cities, though. Time to make cars in India pay the real …

The pollution story In Black And Pink

Life in Delhi is a capital punishment. The city's air is so polluted it claims a victim every hour. The level of small particles less than 10 …

Nobel winner Paul J Crutzen on the neglect of nitrogen cycle

Paul J Crutzen received the 1995 Chemistry Nobel prize for showing that nitrogen oxides react catalytically with ozone, thus accelerating …