A range of issues from traffic, mobility and carbon emissions at local and global levels
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 …
Supreme Court relaxes deadline to transition to BS-VI amid lockdown
Deadline to switch to cleaner fuel extended by 10 days across the country
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 …
UPPCB chairman appointed in violation of NGT orders, claims activist
JPS Rathore — a former state BJP vice president — was also not qualified to hold the position of chairperson, the activist …
Crises plaguing state pollution control boards
Employees barely gain technical expertise in the working of SPCBs
Just how harmful is air pollution and how bad is India placed
In India, life expectancy dropped by 3.86 years in 2015 due to air pollution
Air pollution reduces life expectancy more than war, diseases: Study
Global air pollution shortened life expectancy by an average of three years
पटना में सूखने लगे ट्रांसलोकेट किए गए पेड़
पटना में जहां वायु प्रदूषण बढ़ रहा है, वहां पुराने पेड़…
How do we know air quality is changing?
Expanding monitoring for more data alone won’t help. Need science, statistical methods for legal reporting on air quality trends, …
Delhi elections: How important an issue is environment
Citizen groups issued a ‘Clean Air Manifesto’ to ensure parties’ address specific demands
Union Budget 2020-21 promises Rs 4,400 cr for clean air; how, where and how soon?
Fiscal promise for clean air action without a blueprint for spending; even after a year of NCAP, output & outcome indicators not available …
Union Budget 2020-21: Finance Minister promises Rs 4,400 cr to fight air pollution
But the budget document does not reflect the bold increase
When Pollution Meant Punishment
As early as the 13th century, restrictions were put on the burning of coal as a precaution against the health hazards of air pollution
Back to the pollution board
Industrialists in Agra and Firozabad are in a tizzy about the Supreme Court's order to close down more than 200 polluting industrial units near …Air Pollution Costs Europe US$ 1.6 Trillion
Dirty air costs Europe about a tenth of its GDP, with Germany, the UK and Italy among the hardest hit economically
How California dealt with its air pollution
California has rigorous enforment mechanisms to check vehicular emissions