North India air turns bad as winter approaches, CPCB data shows
Half of 54 cities, in six north Indian states, monitored by the CPCB, reported ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ air
Air pollution as serious a threat as communicable diseases in Africa: Report
Average life expectancy in central, west Africa would be 1.2 years lower, and a total of 677 million person-years would be lost, if high …
Air pollution can cut 8 yrs off lives of 250 mln north Indians: Report
Air pollution shortened the average life expectancy by 5.2 years in India, according to the report
India's clean air plan overlooks 231 polluted cities: Report
Air quality targets in National Clean Air Programme must be given proper legal status to make air in India breathable, it added
Can biomass pellets reduce emissions in coal plants?
NTPC’s move to use biomass pellets can prove to be a shot in the arm to thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 3, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
A milestone: India to regulate real driving emissions from new vehicles today onwards
Vehicles will get tested for real driving emissions in real traffic conditions from today onwards to ensure durable emissions performance and to …
Half of world’s cities had PM2.5 levels above least-stringent WHO standards last decade: Report
India and Indonesia recorded the most severe increase in PM2.5 pollution while China saw the greatest improvements
Air pollution will harm brain development, 9 of 10 people breathe polluted air
Annual loss in human capital arising from mental health conditions in children aged 0-19 is $387.2 billion
Growing evidence for COVID-19 being seasonal, thrives better in wintertime conditions: WMO
Link emerging between long-term exposure to air pollution and severe COVID-19 infection can be bad for India, WMO study
Air pollution in fast-growing African cities presents a risk of premature death
Biomass burning dominated Africa’s air-pollution cause-list for centuries; this is now changing, at least in cities
Winter pollution: 80% daily PM2.5 levels in Delhi-NCR from non-stubble sources
Delhi’s air this winter was slightly cleaner than previous years, but still extremely unhealthy
Why the clean air movement remembers Rahul Bajaj
The first generation transition from highly polluting two-stroke technology to cleaner technology pathways needed committed industry leadership
How Auroville can teach us all a thing or two about offsetting carbon
The Government of India can enact a legilslation emulating Auroville, which plants trees to offset carbon emissions from transport
In-depth: What is Delhi's Air pollution challenge? Sunita Narain and Anumita Roychowdhury explain
The number of days with good air quality in Delhi has increased while the number of days with poor to extremely severe air quality has decreased
Air Pollution: Delhi, Kolkata stand to lose 9 years of life expectancy if 2019 pollution levels persist
India will have gained 5.9 years in life expectancy if the WHO guidelines on air pollution control are followed
Clean vehicles: Study reinforces need to quickly move to EVs
Widespread adoption of electric vehicles with robust power plant emission controls,power sector decarbonisation policies will yield net air …
Our children are at risk of air pollution. Now is the time to act
Children’s health can be affected by air pollution even before they are born. As they grow up, pollution stunts their lung growth&…
Exposure to air pollution can cause anaemia in very young children, says new study
A 10 μg/m3 rise in ambient PM 2.5 exposure caused a 0.07 g/dL decrease in average haemoglobin count
Airports Authority sets new guidelines for aircraft to operate post-lockdown
Airports will have to provide a host of facilities once the lockdown lifts and passengers are allowed to fly
COVID-19: Why we need to redefine thermal comfort
Humidification, high levels of fresh air intake are some recommendations of a document on air-conditioning and ventilation in COVID-19 times
International Women's Day: Empower to protect the womb and newborn
Transmission of latent toxic risk from air pollution through womb forever is not acceptable
Delhi govt exempts two-wheelers from odd-even scheme
Experts criticise move, say it will negate any gains in terms of air quality from the scheme
Air pollution linked with cardiovascular diseases: Study
Tobacco had the strongest association with heart disease, followed by physical inactivity and low-quality diet
Annual UN report recognises the threats posed by nitrogen pollution
The Frontiers Report 2019, released on March 4, has included a chapter on nitrogen pollution