Despite appeals and fines, paddy crop residue burning on the rise in Punjab

Data from state pollution control board reveals increase in incidents

Rigged in India

Pollution control is bypassed with typical ingenuity

Pollution control boards should set their own deadline

An effective regulatory framework for pollution control boards can enable authorities to monitor air pollution better

Breathing easy

Gujarat Pollution Control Board's latest invention helps 'reduce' air pollution

Repeat offenders

EPA investigators find serious lapses in the US air pollution control programme

Don’t get obsessed with technical fixes; cut pollution

More than the technology prowess, it is important to follow the basic principles of public health protection which demands control of pollution …

Maharashtra’s largest thermal power plant spewing poison over Chandrapur

Pollution control board does nothing except take bank guarantees from plant management

Not just Delhi, 70 Indian cities reel under air pollution

None of these cities, which are monitored by the Central Pollution Control Board, had good air quality between October 22 and 29

Air pollution: a shift in crisis

While air pollution from the coal sector is coming under control, vehicular emissions are becoming the bane of Chinese cities

KSPCB has existed for 4 decades, but kept no record of pollution sources: CAG

This record, if kept, would have helped the pollution control board plan a better, cleaner tomorrow

False start

Pollution control agencies are as toothless as the automobile and fuel industry is apathetic to deteriorating urban air quality

Emissions trading in particulate matter takes off

Will the market-based approach to controlling air pollution prove more effective than enforcement methods used by pollution control boards?

The tiny killers

A recent study highlights the need for better pollution control technology and stricter laws to curb the emission of minute particles of air …

Odisha launches pilot project for online emissions monitoring of industries

Real time monitoring of industrial emissions will make it possible to introduce accountability and transparency, says pollution control board

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 …

People in Delhi exposed to much higher levels of air toxins than estimated: CSE

Ambient air quality data not the real indicator; CSE demands immediate implementation of priority pollution control action

Precipitate

Air pollution and poor power supply can be two sides of the same coin. This is the message of the first environmental audit of electrostatic …

In the future

...only stringent and serious measures can control further rise in pollution

Guidelines for new pollution monitoring system out

After a three-year-delay, the pollution control board has published guidelines for continuous emission monitoring system, giving some hope to get …

Brick kilns shifting to cleaner technology, but progress is slow

An order by the Central Pollution Control Board in June asked brick kilns across India to shift to a cleaner and more efficient “induced …

To save the future

A change is needed in government policy to discourage the use of fossil fuels. Strict pollution control measures have to be implemented

NGT forbids factories in Jasodharpur from dumping waste in river

Team from central and state pollution control boards asked to conduct site inspection and submit report by August 20

Can masks save you from pollutants in the air?

While the effectiveness of anti-pollution masks cannot be denied, they are not the permanent solution against air pollution

Fertiliser industry gets new pollution norms after almost 3 decades

Although delayed, the new pollution norms will push the sector towards a stringent pollution control regime

How air pollution affects children?

World Health Organization has issued a strong warning about the effects of air pollution on children. It's time that air pollution is taken more …