Air pollution impacts villages and cities almost equally but pollution control funds only for urban India, shows analysis

Villagers lose 7 months more of their lifespan than city dwellers due to air pollution exposure, but still without any air pollution monitoring …

Kolkata gasps for clean air even with Rs 536 cr in 3 years to control pollution

Money spent on non-priority sectors laced with political interest, allege experts

New study on Delhi’s wastepickers, sweepers, security guards establishes link between air pollution & lung disease

Around 75-86 per cent respondents had abnormal pulmonary function, shows study

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 15, 2023)

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

New NASA device can give real-time, highly accurate air quality data from space for North America

Cutting-edge device will be essential for comprehending the primary air pollutants’ origins, distribution and effects

Odd-even scheme: Before Delhi starts third leg, let’s see how the last two went

While the scheme made impact beyond private vehicular emissions, it saw some counter-intuitive trends too

Runners exposed to high pollution levels during Delhi marathon

Centre for Science and Environment releases the results of exposure air quality monitoring conducted during Sunday’s event

Rising moisture, low wind speed trap pollutants in Delhi's air

The National Capital Region may see a smog episode in the first week of November, predict scientists

Air pollution: PM levels continue to exceed EU limit in large parts of Europe

About 63 per cent of the total EU ecosystem area was at risk of eutrophication due to excessive atmospheric nitrogen

50 most polluted regions of world in India’s northern plains: University of Chicago report

Delhi is the most polluted city in India and the world, report highlights

Policy Backfires

Policy design allows dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil to flourish 

Diwali pollution: Delhi air quality to be in ‘poor’ & ‘very poor’ categories today, tomorrow

Fire count due to stubble burning low over northwest Delhi as on October 23

In court

Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR high after Diwali

Despite cracker ban, the 24-hour average level of PM2.5 during Diwali and the morning after has been 397 mg per cubic metre, which is 6.6 times …

Smoke from wildfires may have added over 700 COVID-19 deaths to US toll

More than 19,742 COVID-19 cases are associated with spike in PM 2.5 levels due to wildfires 

Only 9 pollution control bodies share details of public hearings online: CSE transparency index

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Andaman & Nicobar, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu and Uttar Pradesh share no …

A look at paddy crop residue burning updates

NASA images show how smoke emanating from paddy residue burning is contributing to air pollution

China to probe accuracy of its air pollution data

Some provincial governments have been manipulating figures to meet national standards, says minister

When will India wake up to freedom—from air pollution?

London’s worst air day is good air day by Indian standard

Delhi's poor vulnerable to health risks due to air pollution

Count the soot

Black carbon from diesel, not from biomass, warms the globe

Conventional solutions to check air pollution in Asia-Pacific insufficient: UN

Instead critical measures should include –agricultural residue management, ban on open burning of household waste, improve efficiency in …

Chemicals in daily use products cause as much pollution as vehicles: study

A study conducted in 33 industrial cities in Europe and the US shows that chemicals in pesticides, adhesives, cleaning agents and personal care …

Growing dissent against ‘successful’ economic growth model

A new de-globalising world order means that to find equitable and affordable growth, we need to challenge the polluted model that has pushed us …

Dust, high temperatures bring Delhi’s air quality down to 'poor'

The Aravalli range plays a critical role in checking sand migration from the Thar Desert to Delhi-NCR; but they now stand degraded