Harsh reality

Rich or poor. The story is the same in every country. Those who respect water will always have a steady supply

Sabotage

The inside story of how the Union government, experts and automakers have conspired to compromise Delhi's public health and to sabotage the …

Click to test air quality

Computer scientists from Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, USA, launched software that uses the sky’s …

Pocket air sensors

Rapid urbanisation coupled with growing industrialisation has increased the levels of pollutants in the air manifold. But detecting these …

Air quality in Delhi-NCR improves slightly to ‘very poor’

Change in wind direction primarily responsible; situation worsen during weekend

Advice goes unheeded

Hyundai rapped for violating green laws after failing to clean up its act

"Intelligent" adulteration

‘Nitrogen dioxide pollution is a growing issue for South Asian cities’

Part 1: Health Effects Institute researcher Pallavi Pant speaks about air pollution challenges faced by south Asian cities

Diwali amid COVID-19: Not bursting fire crackers will keep Delhi from turning into a gas chamber again

Even under a zero-firecracker emission scenario, PM2.5 levels are predicted to bring air quality at the edge of ‘very poor’ and ‘…

Controls off for diesel generators

Key environmental clause deleted from rules governing diesel generator sets barely six months after implementation

Why film festivals on the environment are a good idea

There is something about watching our environmental issues through the visual medium. If structured and shown with research, the impact of a …

Mass movement

WHO issues guidelines to improve quality of air

Supreme Court bans registration of diesel vehicles beyond 2000cc for three months

The court asks the Centre and Delhi government to work together and fix norms to clean the city’s toxic air

Simply Put: Editing out the problem

Decongesting roads just as vital as introducing EVs to transform India’s transport sector. But who’s listening?

Traffic congestions lead to energy wastage & are a mental health hazard

Stubble burning crisis: Why thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR have been slow in adopting biomass co-firing

Only three plants have reported higher quantities of biomass co-firing since December 2022 till August 2023

Simply Put: G20 summit in pollution capital

MoEFCC finalises emission standards for small boilers; but silent on whether they’re applicable for Delhi-NCR

Techno-centric policies, cleaner fuels needed to shave off industrial emissions

Simply Put: Pollution unchecked

Using green transport can prevent over 38,000 deaths in Africa’s Accra: WHO

Accra is one of the fastest-growing cities in Africa

Massive coal use in Mumbai’s industrial clusters worsening city’s air quality: CSE study

Inaction may lead to Mumbai’s air turning as toxic as Delhi’s, warn experts

Simply put: Pollution during elections

How air pollution is adding to India’s diabetes burden

PM2.5 can enter the bloodstream and cause liver damage, thus enhancing diabetes risk

Pollution in news on May 10

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution