Dysfunctional monitoring stations thwart efforts for clean air

A CPCB official confirms that not all values from all the stations in a city are used for computing the AQI value of a city

US to revise air quality standards for ozone

जानें, क्यों कीटों ने अपने पसंदीदा फूलों पर मंडराना बंद किया?

शोधकर्ताओं की एक टीम ने फूलों और परागणकर्ताओं के बीच रासायनिक संचार पर ओजोन वायु प्रदूषण के प्रभाव का अध्ययन किया है

5 reasons why #OddEven scheme works

Love it or hate it, Delhi's odd-even scheme had some key lessons for the aam and not-so-aam aadmi

Are we ready for Diwali?

The levels of pollution in Delhi had started to rise in the first week of October, made worse by a dip in temperatures and fall in wind speed

शोधकर्ताओं ने हवा में पीएम 2.5 की निगरानी की नई विधि ईजाद की

चीन के शोधकर्ताओं की एक टीम ने व्यापक रूप से आर्द्रता और दृश्यता डेटा में पार्टिकुलेट मैटर को मापने की विधि में सुधार किया ...

CWG legacy project on air quality spreading to more cities

The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) will be launched in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar on May 12

Udta PM2.5

Instead of rejecting scientific studies on air pollution, the government should come up with better data to arrive at more conclusive findings

All about effective air quality monitoring

Monitoring air pollutants is important to understand the impact of policy changes. Vivek Chattopadhyaya explains the existing technologies for it …

Green game over

Fuming diesel gensets to power Commonwealth Games stadiums

India must redouble sustainability efforts: Environment performance index

Ranked 168 out of 180 countries; all South Asian countries, except Afghanistan, were ahead of India in the ranking  

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

Why odd-even system can bring back the glory of bus transport

One can call it environmental injustice or incentive for pollution, public bus transport is more taxed than private vehicles

Delayed by design

Retrofitting India's coal-based power plants as per the new standards that will be in force from 2017 remains an uphill task

On the shelf?

Diesel: when bad policy makes for toxic hell

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 10, 2020)

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

Ozone restrictions not enough

More cities critically polluted

Tighter norms make air we breathe more poisonous

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?

In Court

Green tribunal panel finds ash from Okhla plant 'truly hazardous'

Tribunal directs waste management company to control emissions, record plastic content of waste

Mr Modi, Wish us a Happy Environment Day

Environment Day: Green agenda for new government

Get the focus on environment and health, Mr Prime Minister