Warming the skies

Environmentalists in Europe are campaigning for a tax on aviation fuels to reduce aircraft emissions

Fly for the right price

Strohalm, an environmental group, launches a campaign to tax corporate flyers in the Netherlands

'Majoritarian views should not supersede judicial orders'

A number of Supreme Court orders have been blatantly violated by various sections of society. Whether it was Raj Thackeray openly defying the …

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 10-14, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week

New air filter technology found to deactivate over 99% of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant

Innovative antimicrobial air filter uses ingredients found in green tea

Clear the air

Study confirms pollution is linked to low rainfall

‘Air pollution and climate change actions should be connected to reduce impact on people’s health’

Part 2: Health Effects Institute researcher Pallavi Pant speaks about air pollution and its health impact 

Air pollution in rural India: Ignored but not absent

Air pollution is a transboundary problem, it transcends rural and urban boundaries. But the issue is rarely discussed and action plans are rigid

Pollution control boards should set their own deadline

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

National Clean Air Programme missed 2024 target to push back pollution, study shows

Durgapur in West Bengal deteriorated most; Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh saw most improvement during 2019-2024

Good news: Delhi no longer 'world’s most polluted city'

Indian capital now ranked No. 11 in WHO’s air pollution database

20 Asian cities rated for air pollution

Air ware

Despite lack of conclusive scientific evidence on their effectiveness, air purifiers have become a fixation for affluent households in India

India’s compressed biogas sector present opportunities for startup entrepreneurs

The sector is gaining momentum towards its goal of establishing 5,000 CBG projects nationwide under SATAT scheme

Winter pollution 2023-24: North & east India most polluted; air quality in north worsened significantly

Smaller cities in Bihar and Rajasthan emerged as pollution hotspots, rivalling major metropolitan areas like Delhi

'Childhood cancers doubled in Delhi in 25 years, when city's air quality also became toxic'

Manas Ranjan Ray, former assistant director & head, department of experimental haematology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, …

2023 in a blink: DTE revealed the true extent of air pollution on India’s children this year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023  

Increasing wildfires, heatwaves to increase ‘climate penalty’, finds WMO study

Asia will suffer the consequences of increased air pollution the most 

Simply Put: Polluter pays? Really?

Public health emergency declared in Delhi due to air pollution

The overall air quality index on November 1 afternoon was around 530

Simply put: Fifteen of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India

Not just lungs, carbon particles can penetrate into placenta of pregnant women

A new research has found evidence that air pollutants pass from lungs to the placenta

Delhi to start monitoring pollen pollution

A digital pollen count monitor has been set up for public at Delhi University

Our experiments with air pollution

If it doesn't "kill" us, then why offer a solution? 

With just 272 buses per million people, how can odd-even rule in Delhi be successful?

The city is already short of about 5,000 public buses to cover all its 865 routes