Cleaner air: Can we go back to ‘normal’?

CPCB’s evidence on nation-wide clean up during the lockdown implies that clean air action has to upscale to new normal

In an unprecedented move, four major capital cities to ban diesel vehicles by 2025

Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens will incentivise use of alternative vehicle and promote walking and cycling

Yamaha, Suzuki and Mazda also cheated in emission tests

Japan reveals that its major car makers conducted improper fuel economy and emissions tests on their vehicles

Ahead of Diwali, air quality in Delhi slips to season's worst

Less wind on Diwali day as well a fog incident the day after will make the situation worse

Delhi's air pollution is down by 25%, need is to reduce another 65%

Enforcement of graded response action plan on pollution hotspots in the national capital can help achieve clean air

Just a year left, India has met less than 2% of its e-vehicles target

The aim was 15-16 million e-vehicles by 2020; As of May 2019, country had only 0.28 million

Air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths every year: UN expert

David Boyd, special rapporteur on human rights and environment, urges countries to beat pollution and hence not violate people’s rights to …

Dirty air killing Indians early and in large numbers

1.2 mln early deaths by breathing dirty air; dying 2.6 years earlier; COPD, lung cancer high on chart; diabetes the new rogue. Electoral mandate …

Dust storm continues to choke Delhi

Air pollution levels alarmingly high a day after dust storms from Rajasthan hit the city

How indoor pollution affects women & children

One statistic says that children have carbon monoxide levels similar to those that would result from smoking about seven cigarettes per day

Pollution control certificate now mandatory for vehicle insurance renewal

With mandatory linking of annual vehicle insurance with valid PUC certificate the compliance level can improve

SC allows diesel SUVs back into the capital

Following a plea by car manufacturer to pay one per cent environment protection charge, the court allows big diesel cars in the NCR  

Growing maritime traffic major source of air pollution in East Asia

Contributed 16 per cent of carbon dioxide in the region in 2013 compared to 4-7 per cent during 2002-05

Change in safety standards a must for successful transition from HFCs to hydrocarbons

The only major barrier to the large scale use of hydrocarbons has been the safety concerns over the high flammability of these refrigerants

About 60 per cent OECD population exposed to dangerous PM2.5 pollution levels: report

Nearly half of all the countries from the group were found to have an annual PM10 concentration above WHO-recommended levels

The road less travelled is better for your health, says study

While there was no significant difference in mean exposure to black carbon between the main road and the less-travelled one, differences between …

Click to test air quality

Computer scientists from Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, USA, launched software that uses the sky’s …

Pocket air sensors

Rapid urbanisation coupled with growing industrialisation has increased the levels of pollutants in the air manifold. But detecting these …

Simply Put: Cleaning the air

Simply Put: Luxembourg free public transport

Clean fun

Simply put: Post-Diwali

Attention Delhi: Diwali ahead

Air quality just a notch below danger mark already

Runaway competition

International Day of Clean Air and Blue Skies 2023: India needs airshed policies to tackle air pollution

It is not possible for local administrative units to meet the clean air benchmark without minimising regional influence; airshed level control …