These farmers use paddy straw for income

Instead of burning paddy straw, farmers in Haryana's Panipat district are using it to farm mushrooms. This has eased pollution, too

Asia laid waste

With growing pollution and staggering waste levels, the world's largest continent is fast emerging as the most lucrative hunting ground for firms …

More carbon dioxide spurring plant growth

New measurement techniques show the level of atmospheric oxygen is decreasing in direct proportion to the burning of fossil fuels. These …

Let a thousand wheels rone

The latest environment-friendly moves by China indicate investments in the environment-unfriendly car industry

Green blah

Is the desire for a cleaner environment a mere faddish concern? Some Dutch wisdom goes sour during a recent greenhouse debate

No airing secrets

Scared of losing tourists due to the haze, the Malaysian government makes air quality levels an "official secret"

Gassing around

The bogey of price hike and non-availability of gas might delay action to implement the court order on CNG conversion

Crises plaguing state pollution control boards

Employees barely gain technical expertise in the working of SPCBs

The 200 million tonne challenge

With the sector set to boom, India needs an action plan

Air pollution linked to 15% global COVID-19 deaths: Study

Contributed to 27% COVID-19 deaths in East Asia; 19% in Europe, 17% in North America 

Ujjwala scheme: Experts, govt officials mum on LPG cylinder refills

While researchers and officials applaud government’s efforts in reducing household air pollution, none talk about how hardly anybody is …

Exposure to pollutants higher than ambient pollution in Delhi’s Anand Vihar: CSE

Delhi-based based Centre for Science and Environment has found that exposure level is three times more than background ambient air pollution …

Science and politics of car pollution

Why are our policy makers and scientists ignoring public health risks from combustion sources and raising dust over dust pollution to blind …

European scientists press alarm bell on ill effects of diesel cars

A group of 24 scientists from 12 research and scientific organisations across Europe and the US have issued an open letter to sensitise the …

Air pollution: CSE releases agenda for Aam Aadmi Party government

Delhi cannot face another winter as severely polluted as this, says the non-profit

Seamless transport

... a result of a well-coordinated city planning system and strong political will

Price to pay

It costs a fortune to own a car in Singapore

Cars, more cars

Air pollution mission: NASA, Italian space agency to study 11 most populated cities globally, including Delhi

MAIA mission to use data from Earth observation satellite to help scientists find correlations between air pollution and health problems

North India air turns bad as winter approaches, CPCB data shows

Half of 54 cities, in six north Indian states, monitored by the CPCB, reported  ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ air

American air pollution laws: A history of constant amendments

Despite many issues that American air pollution norms have, there is a certain level of merit in the system

Air pollution as serious a threat as communicable diseases in Africa: Report

Average life expectancy in central, west Africa would be 1.2 years lower, and a total of 677 million person-years would be lost, if high …

Air pollution can cut 8 yrs off lives of 250 mln north Indians: Report

Air pollution shortened the average life expectancy by 5.2 years in India, according to the report

Volkswagen to pay $14.7 billion to settle emissions-cheating cases

After violating environmental and consumer laws for years, Volkswagen makes the largest-ever automotive buyback offer in the US

Alternative fuels can reduce air and noise pollution levels

Vialle, a company based in the Netherlands, manufactures customised cars using alternative fuels like compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied …