Join the dots for clean air

Delhi’s air pollution crisis has an urgent message: India must have a regional plan to fight the menace

तीन मिनट, एक मौत: टाइम बम है जहरीली हवा

दिल्ली के पटेल चेस्ट इंस्टीट्यूट ने अपने अध्ययन में बता…

On Diwali, Delhi-NCR gets season’s first severe pollution episode

CSE’s analysis shows a ten-fold jump in PM2.5 on Diwali evening due to bursting of firecrackers

Racing towards zero emissions

Anumita Roychowdhury, CSE’s executive director-research and advocacy, talks cars, mobility, emissions and much more with Lucas di Grassi, …

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 …

Delhi notifies first-ever parking rules to restrain vehicle use, cut air pollution

The rule probibits parking in green areas, parks, footpaths, bus stops and intersections

Need parking policy to entitle every citizen to dignified life, says Supreme Court

The apex court upholds parking rules as a clean air strategy and asks for its implementation  

BSIV muddle in stimulus package for auto-industry

Why Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's stimulus package for auto sector states the obvious that BSIV vehicles registered before BSVI roll out …

Not ‘go slow’, need more certainty in electric vehicle pathways

The auto industry slow down must not provoke reactive posturing but spur a firm policy roadmap and a legal mandate in consultation with the …

Union Budget 2019-20: Blue sky thinking hits grey sky limit

New budget gives miss to blue-sky mission. Offers only a few sectoral hooks in transport and energy to nudge clean air action

हवा पर हवाई राजनीति के दिन लदे, अब ठोस कदम उठाए नई सरकार

वायु प्रदूषण इस वक्त का सबसे बड़ा हत्यारा है। नया राजनी�…

Delhi's Karol Bagh: On-street democracy for cleaner air

Pedestrian only street in Karol Bagh proves why urban renewal is needed for clean air and sustainability

Union government needs to focus on clean air

According to the State Of Global Air Report 2019, 12 lakh people are dying prematurely due to toxic air and dying 2.6 years earlier in India

Rebuild to tame cyclones

Commendable emergency response to cyclone Fani saved lives in Odisha, but now the state must build climate-resilient structures to minimise long-…

Can India be diesel car free?

With major carmaker Maruti saying ‘No to diesel cars’ at the wake of BSVI standards, is India heading towards a diesel car-free future?

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 …

एनसीआर में बीएस-VI: मूर्ख दिवस पर एक समझदार कदम

एनसीआर के 23 में से 17 जिलों और आसपास के तीन जिलों में 1 अप्र�…

BS-VI in NCR: Wise move on All Fools’ Day

Starting today, as a run-up to the BS-VI emissions standards for vehicles next April, the National Capital Region will start selling cleanest …

Idea of regulating comfort for energy efficiency

First-ever push for thermal comfort standard for buildings shifts focus from only energy efficiency of mechanical cooling systems to thermal …

Three-wheel powered solution to dirty air

Quintessential three-wheeler autorickshaws slated for unrestricted free run in Delhi-NCR can be a disruptive clean mobility solution across India

Vehicular fumes escalate deaths and illness: New global study

Diesel vehicles responsible for nearly half the world's premature deaths. Delhi ranks sixth

Volkswagen scandal: India must fix responsibility on manufacturers

For emission fraud, only penal action will not be enough; need regulations to fix accountability

Take a decision on draft parking rules, Supreme Court tells Delhi govt

The apex court has given the government 10 days to decide and also give an undertaking on the schedule of bus purchase

National Clean Air Programme: Good idea but weak mandate

The much-awaited plan should not be top-down, it should create room for tighter action

Three-wheeled devil on diesel

Diesel three-wheelers designed to emit more than diesel cars must go off the road to cut toxic exposure