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
How air pollution impacts human health: Unpacking the science
Two-thirds of the death burden occurs in developing Asia, including India
Reviving NCR’s air: CAQM submits action plan to NGT, mostly in line with CSE recommendations
The action plan incorporates the updating of emission inventories and source apportionment studies across the entire NCR
2023 ended on a high pollution note, finds CSE analysis of winter air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR
Factors like reduced contribution from stubble burning, November rains and milder winters were undone by low wind speed
Desert dust storms carry human-made toxic pollutants and the health risk extends indoors
Deserts now increasingly border built structures around the world, including urban dwellings
Study underlines air pollution link to increased risks of pre-term birth, birth weight and pregnancy complications
Singleton pregnancies in 2000-2015 in Kansas, US examined
Methane emissions from Indian landfills: Knowing why estimates vary by models key to effective management
Concerted efforts needed to standardise data collection, invest in modern waste management infrastructure, develop region-specific models
Simply Put: South Asian unity
World Environment Day 2023: CSE finds ground-level ozone pollution in Delhi-NCR all-year problem, persists at nights too
New Delhi and South Delhi areas were worst affected by ground-level ozone between March 1, 2023 and May 30, 2023
Upscaled EV manufacturing needs zero emissions mandate
Electric vehicle output quota for auto companies, reportedly proposed in the working paper of the EAC-PM, can be a game changer when other EV …
Is rainfall linked to pollution? Depends on whether you live north or south of Vindhyas
DTE analyses PM10 spatial data for August 2022 and 2023
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 2, 2024)
‘Pollution OPD’ launched in Delhi as worsening air quality poses health hazards
Open once a week now, the OPD at Ram Manohar Lohia will operate more frequently if number of patients increase
In polluted Delhi, children have no place to hide from diseases
Seasonal measures, graded action not enough when millions of children are at risk of chronic ailments
When science showed in the 1970s that gas stoves produced harmful indoor air pollution, the industry reached for tobacco’s PR playbook
Industry-funded studies successfully muddied the waters and stalled further federal investigations or regulations addressing gas stove safety
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
Deadly nursery: More children in Delhi have cancers than any other Indian city; is air pollution to blame?
Is India prepared for the long term impact of poor air quality?
Decongesting roads just as vital as introducing EVs to transform India’s transport sector. But who’s listening?
Traffic congestions lead to energy wastage & are a mental health hazard
Stubble burning crisis: Why thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR have been slow in adopting biomass co-firing
Only three plants have reported higher quantities of biomass co-firing since December 2022 till August 2023
Simply Put: G20 summit in pollution capital
COVID-19: India reports 14 new cases and 152 active cases on November 10
India recorded the highest number of deaths (1,260) globally from September 25-October 22, 2023, primarily due to retrospective adjustment, …
Combination of heatwave & high air pollution may double risk of heart attack deaths: Report
Women at higher risk of fatal heart attacks during extremely hot days & older people on days with extreme cold or high PM2.5
One in every two children in Kolkata suffers from air pollution, set to rise this year with AQI worsening
Rate of asthma within Kolkata teenagers highest among Indian major cities, first generation asthmatic children soaring