Climate change worsening air pollution: 131.2 million Americans breathing unhealthy air, warns report

Nearly 90.7 million people in the US live in counties with failing grades for year-round particle pollution, finds report

India was third-most polluted country globally in 2023, right behind top-ranking Bangladesh and Pakistan

Begusarai in Bihar most polluted city in world, New Delhi the most polluted capital; Africa continues to be most underrepresented continent

Crises plaguing state pollution control boards

Employees barely gain technical expertise in the working of SPCBs

THAILAND

Simply Put: The price of cars

New Year celebrations: Kolkata saw spike in most noise monitors at midnight among metros

Surge highest around a city hospital, air quality also worsened since January 1

The recent in radar

Snippets

Twist in the tale

SNIPPETS

Haryana’s draft norms on stone crushers is old wine in a new bottle

Most units in the state do not comply with existing guidelines, CSE report finds

What does Delhi Think about its Air Crisis?

Microwave pollution detector

A question of governance

Justice? What justice?

NET WORK

Gaps in GAP

The Ganga Action Plan has many flaws, but work on cleaning the river should continue

Cleansing solution

Can Extended Producer Responsibility improve circularity in India’s waste oil management

Monitoring mechanisms need to be strengthened before finalising draft rules

Generators of Trouble

MTBE is out!

USA is all set to promote ethanol

National Clean Air Programme missed 2024 target to push back pollution, study shows

Durgapur in West Bengal deteriorated most; Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh saw most improvement during 2019-2024

Delhi air remains 'severe plus'

Emergency persists despite drop in stubble burning 

Unsound ways

A red politician who saw opportunity in green

A chief minister who gave autonomy to environment regulators