Fight barriers to solutions to clean air
Need solution-driven agenda to build public and political will to overpower resistance from inconvenience of change
Europe air quality: Which capital cities should be worried
A study of 24 European capital cities show Athens fared the best in curbing air pollution while Reykjavik slipped the worst
What is COVID-19 signaling about building design for healthy living?
The possibility that our air-conditioned and cooled living spaces may make coronavirus comfortable and spread needs to be well understood to spur …
Action must on hotspots to curb air pollution in Delhi
It well help reduce overall ambient concentration, cut toxic exposure for the most vulnerable communities in worst affected areas and make cities …
Air pollution killed 1.7 million Indians in 2019: Lancet report
Death rate from outdoor ambient air pollution up 115% in 2 decades, flags Lancet Planetary Health report
Delhi battles for clear skies and lungs
The Capital needs to completely transition to clean fuel and address local sources of pollution
India will shift to BS VI norms next year: What does it mean?
Since their introduction in 2000, BS norms for vehicular emission have got increasingly stringent
Air pollution kills a child every 3 minutes in India
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar recorded the highest rate of child mortality due to toxic air: Global Burden of Disease 2017
American air pollution laws: A history of constant amendments
Despite many issues that American air pollution norms have, there is a certain level of merit in the system
No mention of regional coordination to curb air pollution in 102 city plans, finds study
Sources from outside a city’s boundaries account for at least 30% of pollutants in that city, according to study
Air pollution killed 116,000 Indian kids within a month of birth in 2019
Household air pollution accounted for 64% of all neo-natal deaths attributable to air pollution
Union Budget 2021-22: Clean air in focus — build ambition
The new clean-air funding, a good step forward, will hopefully enable deeper systemic changes for verifiable improvement in air quality
Delhi air quality dips further: Thursday mostly ‘very poor’
Mundka records ‘severe’ air, season’s worst amid calm winds, stubble fume
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
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 …
WHO raises the bar on clean air
The WHO seeks significant tightening of clean air benchmarks for near zero tolerance for particulate pollution and to protect public health
Did unprecedented Covid deaths, funerals cause spike in Delhi’s pollution levels during second wave
New study recorded an unusual increase in particulate matter during the second wave lockdown
Delhi may see another peak pollution episode around the New Year: Experts
Episode to occur due to enhanced local emissions and secondary aerosol formation under favourable meteorological conditions
Fighting air pollution in Delhi for 2 decades: A short but lethal history
From days of smoke-fileld ‘90s with no plan in place to the GRAP is quite some thing though there's still more to be done
The day after: How the air fares post-Diwali
Air quality slips in Delhi, National Capital Region and several places across north India
‘We need to take a relook at our air pollution standards’
Down To Earth speaks to NEERI director, Rakesh Kumar on India’s air pollution standards
Delhi air emergency: Little respite on Day 2
The national capital's air oscillated between 'very poor' and 'severe' on Nov 2
'The Niti Aayog mandate has the potential to make India an e-vehicle hub'
Down to Earth speaks to Manu Sharma, general manager of Hero Electric about the recent Niti Aayog announcement to run all-electric vehicles on …