Delhi notifies guidelines for scrapping vehicles, but some issues remain unaddressed
The guidelines should make periodic testing of roadworthiness of vehicles mandatory and link the scrapping process to deregistration of vehicles
Ozone pollution can damage wheat crop
Banaras Hindu University scientists found that most wheat cultivars developed after 2000 are more sensitive to damage due to ozone, a byproduct …
Heat wave leads to deadly ozone pollution in Delhi: CSE analysis
Rising NOx levels and volatile gases in the air, primarily from vehicles, form the recipe for ozone
Ironing out pollution
A recently-developed cheap and environmentally-benign iron compound helps dispose of polluting nitrogen oxides
Flight to fame
A joint consortium by 3 Asian nations to build a passenger aircraft may shake the Western stranglehold
Grounding fliers
Environmental activists are fighting against the dramatic expansion of air traffic in the Netherlands
Tough time, safe landing
Results of simulated landings using the global positioning system show that planes can now land safely even in zero visibility
Noise enfolded
Muffling the sound made by a supersonic jet during take-off could bring calm to areas where air traffic is high
Sniffing out the killers
They are tiny and remote-controlled. And these sniffer planes will soon fly into biowarfare danger zones
Off with flying colours
A new software increases flight safety by helping pilots calculate their take-off speeds more accurately
Air pollution: a shift in crisis
While air pollution from the coal sector is coming under control, vehicular emissions are becoming the bane of Chinese cities
Environmental crimes: India may take upto 33 yrs to clear case backlog, says report
By the end of 2018, the number of cases pending trial climbed to 48,238
Delhi-NCR air quality commission: Order, order to new order
As the new ordinance seeks curtailment of judicial intervention, the executive faces the real challenge of pushing difficult and inconvenient …
Diwali 2022: Delhi air ‘very poor’, can worsen to ‘severe’
Farm stubble burning increased in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan; Firecracker ban in Delhi goes up in smoke too
WHO issues guidelines to improve quality of air
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
How other countries are experimenting with odd-even system
Dirty business
Four stroke LPG autos only
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
‘What other option do we have?’: Why stubble fires would not die
The happy seeder and super seeder machines are too few in number, a lot of them are defunct: Why farmers set their crops on fire every year
Decarbonising faster can save India 200,000 deaths from particulate matters: Report
In the business-as-usual scenario, nearly 830,000 premature deaths can take place by 2050 due to exposure to PM10 particles, the report said
Forest fires in Uttarakhand: Absence of real-time air quality monitoring plagues Himalayas
Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh do not have a single official real-time air quality monitor
CSE welcomes move to leapfrog to Euro VI emissions standards in 2020
Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment says particulate emissions from diesel cars will be reduced by 68 per cent after the standard is …
Mild hybrids: diesel in new disguise?
Diesel vehicles, in the name of 'mild hybrids', are cornering a huge portion of the funds allocated for promotion of electric mobility in India