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

A milestone: India to regulate real driving emissions from new vehicles today onwards

Vehicles will get tested for real driving emissions in real traffic conditions from today onwards to ensure durable emissions performance and to …

Half of world’s cities had PM2.5 levels above least-stringent WHO standards last decade: Report

India and Indonesia recorded the most severe increase in PM2.5 pollution while China saw the greatest improvements

Air pollution will harm brain development, 9 of 10 people breathe polluted air

Annual loss in human capital arising from mental health conditions in children aged 0-19 is $387.2 billion

Growing evidence for COVID-19 being seasonal, thrives better in wintertime conditions: WMO

Link emerging between long-term exposure to air pollution and severe COVID-19 infection can be bad for India, WMO study

Air pollution in fast-growing African cities presents a risk of premature death

Biomass burning dominated Africa’s air-pollution cause-list for centuries; this is now changing, at least in cities

Winter pollution: 80% daily PM2.5 levels in Delhi-NCR from non-stubble sources

Delhi’s air this winter was slightly cleaner than previous years, but still extremely unhealthy

Why the clean air movement remembers Rahul Bajaj

The first generation transition from highly polluting two-stroke technology to cleaner technology pathways needed committed industry leadership

How Auroville can teach us all a thing or two about offsetting carbon

The Government of India can enact a legilslation emulating Auroville, which plants trees to offset carbon emissions from transport

In-depth: What is Delhi's Air pollution challenge? Sunita Narain and Anumita Roychowdhury explain

The number of days with good air quality in Delhi has increased while the number of days with poor to extremely severe air quality has decreased

Air Pollution: Delhi, Kolkata stand to lose 9 years of life expectancy if 2019 pollution levels persist

India will have gained 5.9 years in life expectancy if the WHO guidelines on air pollution control are followed

Clean vehicles: Study reinforces need to quickly move to EVs

Widespread adoption of electric vehicles with robust power plant emission controls,power sector decarbonisation policies will yield net air …

Our children are at risk of air pollution. Now is the time to act

Children’s health can be affected by air pollution even before they are born.  As they grow up, pollution stunts their lung growth&…

‘Air pollution and climate change actions should be connected to reduce impact on people’s health’

Part 2: Health Effects Institute researcher Pallavi Pant speaks about air pollution and its health impact 

Improving mobility for clean air: Why cities fall short of their goals

Transportation and mobility strategies are the weakest link in the National Clean Air Action Plans 

New Government’s Agenda: Look beyond dust

Reinvent National Clean Air Programme to focus on fine particulate matter and trans-boundary pollution 

India’s compressed biogas sector present opportunities for startup entrepreneurs

The sector is gaining momentum towards its goal of establishing 5,000 CBG projects nationwide under SATAT scheme

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?  

Increasing wildfires, heatwaves to increase ‘climate penalty’, finds WMO study

Asia will suffer the consequences of increased air pollution the most 

Air pollution is a hidden pandemic in Africa — tips on how to reduce your exposure and help combat it

Most strategies being used to tackle air pollution focus on household air pollution compared to outdoor air pollution, study found

Delhi public transport: Good news and bad news

The new state budget of Delhi promises upscaling of public transport and bus fleet electrification. But the new Economic Survey warns about …

Air pollution: European countries making strides, but others lagging behind

Dangerous air quality levels continue to be recorded throughout Europe and Central Asia, despite imprpvement in slashing emssions, UNEP study notes