MoEFCC releases details of National Clean Air Programme; no clarity yet on emission reduction targets

The concept note acknowledges the need for time-bound initiatives at both city and rural level to combat air pollution

How do we know air quality is changing?

Expanding monitoring for more data alone won’t help. Need science, statistical methods for legal reporting on air quality trends, …

India, own the agenda for clean air

After all, clean air is a public good and the adverse health effects of polluted air affect everyone

Gassed: How air pollution is affecting India’s future

Air pollution is causing greater loss of healthy life years in children compared to older people, a phenomenon that stunts India’s economic …

India has one of the world’s highest ambient air pollution levels

All cities in the country with a population of million plus breathe unhealthy air

Will Delhi become a gas chamber again?

The national capital has been in the ‘severe’ AQI category since Diwali night

Severely polluted air bars people from breathing

National Clean Air Programme: Good idea but weak mandate

The much-awaited plan should not be top-down, it should create room for tighter action

Join the dots for clean air

Delhi’s air pollution crisis has an urgent message: India must have a regional plan to fight the menace

Rain washes away Delhi's air pollution, but what after monsoon is over?

In a city like Delhi, where air pollution is a round-the-year phenomenon, rains can provide only temporary respite

Can you beat air pollution with masks

Correct masks need to be chosen according to needs

South Asian cities need action on air pollution before next winter

Stringent measures, raising public awareness and promoting regional collaboration need of the hour

Simply Put: Pillars of Destruction

Delhi’s air quality and number games

India needs to codify methodologies for processing air quality data to reduce confusion and build confidence in air pollution control measures. 

SC bans plying of 15-yr-old petrol, 10-yr-old diesel vehicles in NCR

CPCB was also ordered to create a social media account on which citizens can lodge complaints on pollution and report violations

Simply Put: Missing the target

Philippine clean air Act: One year on

Philippines has become the first country to ban incinerators outright

Simply put: To breathe or not to...

Can polluted air particles inhaled by a pregnant mother reach her placenta?

Traces of the pollutants were found in the foetal side which was very close to where the umbilical emerges

The Role of Global Air Pollution in Aging and Disease: Reading Smoke Signals

Global Air Pollution in Aging: Reading Smoke Signals is a complete reference connecting environmental pollution research to the human aging …

Science behind smog and its ominous implications

Actions to tackle the smog problem can be both preventive and punitive

These three state capitals have air quality as bad as Delhi

In the past eight days, Lucknow, Kolkata and Patna have recorded poor or very poor air quality levels

You know clean air is good for your health. It’s good for the economy, too

Poor air quality is linked to decreased productivity, school attendance and even lifetime earnings

Delhi air quality witnesses relief from pollution after rain, strong wind

Weather forecast for next few days is not favourable for retaining today’s gains

‘Air pollution cuts India’s average life expectancy by 5 years’

Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo are the others mentioned in a new report by the University of Chicago