A range of issues from traffic, mobility and carbon emissions at local and global levels
Diseases linked to a degraded environment continue to ravage India
Despite the increasing burden respiratory infections and water borne disease, the budgetary allowance for health has steadily dipped in the …
Will Delhi become a gas chamber again?
The national capital has been in the ‘severe’ AQI category since Diwali night
Air pollution killing more Americans under Trump than Obama: Study
It found that 9,700 more people died in 2018 due to air pollution in the US than in 2016 because the Trump administration has made it easier …
The day after: How the air fares post-Diwali
Air quality slips in Delhi, National Capital Region and several places across north India
No country on sustainable transport track: Global mobility report
Most of the developed and developing countries were ranked low on policy goals of universal urban access, gender and efficiency
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 22, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 17, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Air quality turns ‘severe’ in many parts of Delhi-NCR, north India
While Delhi overall had an unhealthy AQI (297), Meerut (359), Panipat (347) and Karnal (322) were marked in ‘severe’ category
Air pollution kills a child every 3 minutes in India
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar recorded the highest rate of child mortality due to toxic air: Global Burden of Disease 2017
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 15, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Air pollution may cause ‘silent’ miscarriages risk: Study
The risk of missed abortion in the first trimester increases with exposure to PM 2.5, sulfur dioxide, ozone and carbon monoxide in older women,…
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 pollutionBack 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