Delhi Air Emergency: Capital bending the curve but more action needed
Delhi’s pollution levels should be reduced so that even when air speeds go down, cold air settles and episodes of high pollution strike, it …
How crop burning affects Delhi's air quality
Polash Mukerjee from Centre for Science and Environment explains how crop burning in Punjab and Haryana affects Delhi's air quality
One in every 10 asthma patients in the world is in India
90 per cent of childhood asthma and 50 per cent of adult asthma is caused due to environmental allergens
Some vertical gardens
Ludhiana's Income-Tax department officials have turned plastic into greenery on a wall under the Green-Plastic Initiative
Living with asthma in Delhi
Kaushik Das Gupta, one of the participants in the CSE study, wonders if the government will ever announce a ‘clean air package’ for …
Invisible particles do matter for the air we breathe, finds studies
Ultrafine particles having almost negligible weight, surface area do have an effect on haze formation, visibility and air pollution, the studies found
Do not travel to China: Indian govt to citizens
Issuance of Indian e-visas to Chinese passport holders or foreign nationals living or travelling from China has been temporarily suspended
Diesel-run auto-rickshaws to go off Patna roads from January 31, 2021
Bihar government move comes after Patna recorded worst air quality of the season on November 5
Wanted: A unified, comprehensive vehicle scrappage policy
Such a policy will not only provide vehicle owners a seamless hassle-free experience, but also generate employment and give the metal recycling …
In Parliament on March 14, 2017
Ozone pollution, carbon footprint of airlines and preservation of wetlands were among some of the topics discussed in the Parliament today
Negotiations on Montreal protocol one step closer to phasing out HFCs
Slight progress made, much anticipated in the next meeting in July
Volkswagen “stealing” limelight from Daimler transgressions
Daimler skirting EU laws with support from the German government, perhaps with good reason
When 'anti-Hindu' sentiments take precedence over noise pollution
Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto's take on the plea moved by infants in the Supreme Court to ban firecrackers
Dying of progress
As the reckless plundering of the world's limited resources continues, nature is striking back where it hurts humans most: disease. People in …
Rotten eggs in our face
By depleting the soil's calcium stocks, acid rain is indirectly leading to defects in the eggs of a European bird
Climate convention generates heat and dust
India passes back the buck to industrialised nations as wranglings over the Climate Change protocol continue
Flight of fury
Dutch greens decry the expansion of Schiphol airport and jam the main runway, ready to face trial for high crime
False start
Pollution control agencies are as toothless as the automobile and fuel industry is apathetic to deteriorating urban air quality
For a clean future
Washington dc Court approves usepa's air quality standards
California dreaming
California is famous for environmental awareness campaigns. Last month, the government banned the purchase of sports utility vehicles by the state.…
World Environment Day 2023: CSE finds ground-level ozone pollution in Delhi-NCR all-year problem, persists at nights too
New Delhi and South Delhi areas were worst affected by ground-level ozone between March 1, 2023 and May 30, 2023
Maharashtra, Gujarat top sulphur dioxide polluters in India
India is the world's largest emitter of SO2. Of the 45 hotspots in India, emissions at 43 are due to coal-based electricity generation, while …
Air pollution deaths: What troubles Delhi today may haunt Mumbai tomorrow
South Asian cities extremely vulnerable to PM 2.5 pollution exposure, related mortality, say experts
Visible improvement in Delhi’s air quality, long way to go to achieve clean air: EPCA
EPCA’s report card says that the Delhi-NCR region must not lose the momentum in this fight to breathe clean air
Gas-based two wheelers launched to curb air pollution
As per the idle emission test, the hydrocarbon emissions from CNG retrofitted two-wheelers are 75 per cent lesser as compared to their petrol-…