New systems, old habits

Launched in 2014, the new-age regulatory mechanism for highly polluting industries remains a non-starter due to poor planning, hasty execution …

Sooty clues

Plants as toxin purifiers

Ironing out pollution

A recently-developed cheap and environmentally-benign iron compound helps dispose of polluting nitrogen oxides

Cleaner air

Imagining an ideal Green Hour

Green Hour can be used for a transition to a clean environment and a healthier lifestyle

Why Delhi continues to choke year after year

Sunita Narain and Anumita Roychowdhury explain the current air pollution situation in Delhi

Dirty air dooms Indians to early death

New analysis of global burden of diseases shows very high rate of increase in early deaths from particulate and ozone pollution. Over a quarter …

China's fight against air pollution

As winter approaches, China, which is known for its high air pollution levels, is investing in technology to reduce smog

A superstar against environmental evil

Air pollution lowering life expectancy of Indians

Vivek Chattopadhay, CSE’s clean air campaigner, talks about daily struggles that people have to go through due to pollution

Air Pollution Monitoring Technologies: Interview with Phil Dickerson

Phil Dickerson is director of AIRNow program at US Environmental Protection Agency

Defenders of the earth

Zap! And another pollutant bites the dust

Reclaiming clean air

An emissions trading programme, introduced in the US to provide incentives to companies for emission control, could be an effective instrument in …

#HelpDelhiBreathe: Citizens' Collective Effort

The odd-even drive initiative may have ended, but Delhi's determination has not. On January 17, citizens came together to raise their voices …

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Trapping pollutants

US scientists have developed a device that can capture air pollutants

Sensor-based air quality monitoring instruments left out of new certification scheme

The notification gives CSIR-NPL the authority to certify instruments but fails to address the certification of low-cost instruments

Simply put: Every third traffic cop suffers from lung ailments

Gujarat launches India’s first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution

Launched on World Environment Day, the programme is a market-based system where the government sets a cap on emissions and allows industries to …

Air pollution may lead to ban on private vehicles in Delhi

The CPCB has already recommended a ban on the movement of trucks and construction activity during the night given the public health emergency due …

Delhi's emergency action plan to tackle air pollution

The Supreme Court recently passed a graded action plan to tackle Delhi's air pollution woes. Down To Earth explains how it works

Air pollution: will the green cess concept work?

The country's apex court has paved the way for registration of diesel vehicles on payment of one-time environmental cess

Kirk Smith on new paradigm of exposure management

Kirk Smith, professor, Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, talks about new paradigm of air pollution exposure …