Simply Put: Pillars of Destruction
Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai recorded more pollution this Diwali than 2020: SAFAR
Pune was the only city among four metros which had lower pollution levels this Diwali than last year due to rainfall, according to SAFAR
Smoke from cement factory leaves toddlers gasping for air in Howrah
Breathlessness, skin allergy and eye infections is all too common for villagers in Dhulagarh in Bengal’s Howrah district
Delhi is India’s most polluted megacity, but others are catching up: CSE report
CSE analyses winter pollution data from Delhi, Kolkata-Howrah, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai; only the national capital has shown …
Infographic: Green indicators in urban India
Here is how natural disasters, air quality, clean fuel and green cover affect Indian cities
Winter pollution: Diwali night can add 300-600 µg/m3 of PM2.5 to Delhi's air
Delhi’s seasonal winter PM2.5 average had improved during the pandemic, but it stagnated post-pandemic. Action this winter will determine …
How carbon sinks can help India become a ‘net zero’ country
An increase in India’s green cover can help meet its Paris Agreement commitments and reduce toxic emissions in the atmosphere.
Union Budget 2021-22: Clean air in focus — build ambition
The new clean-air funding, a good step forward, will hopefully enable deeper systemic changes for verifiable improvement in air quality
Delhi air quality dips further: Thursday mostly ‘very poor’
Mundka records ‘severe’ air, season’s worst amid calm winds, stubble fume
Winter shutdown of coal plants based on flawed logic, won’t improve Delhi’s air
Stations should comply with environmental norms at the earliest
Deteriorating air quality in Delhi and Dhaka, as smog envelops both capitals
Bangladesh has been urged by the World Bank to clean up the air by coordinating more closely with its south Asian neighbours
Simply Put: World Cities Day
Only 32 Indian cities had clean air this January, Delhi, Bhagalpur most polluted
15 cities recorded PM2.5 levels more than double the prescribed standard
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 13, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Delhi pollution: Looking at social, political facets of climate crisis can help in better adaptation
A balanced mixture of outrage and compassion is needed to give birth to new forms of policies and actions
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 3, 2023)
Toxic air: Graded Response Action Plan announced for Kolkata, other Bengal cities
West Bengal government’s GRAP is neither graded nor forecasting-based like Delhi’s, say experts
Budget 2021-22 should incentivise clean fuel for pollution control
Transition to cleaner fuels used for combustion, as done in Beijing, is the most dependable solution to clean Delhi’s air
Delhi’s poor air days start, will only deteriorate
Dip in temperature, calm surface winds and steady increase in farm fires in Punjab and Haryana reason for poor air quality
Almost entire global population breathes unhealthy air: WHO
Large variation in PM2.5 levels across global economies, NO2 concentration almost same
Parliamentary Digest (August 4, 2022): A million tonnes of e-waste generated in 2019-20
All that was discussed in the House through the day
SC orders Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana to stop stubble burning; clarifies firecracker regulations apply to all states, not just Delhi
Apex court also directed Delhi government to repair defunct smog towers immediately
At least 56 north Indian cities experience winter pollution trends similar to Delhi: CSE study
‘Very poor’, ‘severe’ days significantly higher in National Capital Region, Uttar Pradesh
Delhi-NCR coal ban: Industrial units complain of soaring gas prices, difficulty to meet emissions standards
Centre for Science and Environment spoke with industrial associations about their experience of moving away from coal
No mention of regional coordination to curb air pollution in 102 city plans, finds study
Sources from outside a city’s boundaries account for at least 30% of pollutants in that city, according to study