Ahead of Diwali, air quality in Delhi slips to season's worst

Less wind on Diwali day as well a fog incident the day after will make the situation worse

Delhi's air pollution is down by 25%, need is to reduce another 65%

Enforcement of graded response action plan on pollution hotspots in the national capital can help achieve clean air

Just a year left, India has met less than 2% of its e-vehicles target

The aim was 15-16 million e-vehicles by 2020; As of May 2019, country had only 0.28 million

Air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths every year: UN expert

David Boyd, special rapporteur on human rights and environment, urges countries to beat pollution and hence not violate people’s rights to …

Dirty air killing Indians early and in large numbers

1.2 mln early deaths by breathing dirty air; dying 2.6 years earlier; COPD, lung cancer high on chart; diabetes the new rogue. Electoral mandate …

Yamaha, Suzuki and Mazda also cheated in emission tests

Japan reveals that its major car makers conducted improper fuel economy and emissions tests on their vehicles

Dust storm continues to choke Delhi

Air pollution levels alarmingly high a day after dust storms from Rajasthan hit the city

How indoor pollution affects women & children

One statistic says that children have carbon monoxide levels similar to those that would result from smoking about seven cigarettes per day

Delhi to start monitoring pollen pollution

A digital pollen count monitor has been set up for public at Delhi University

तो भारत में क्रिकेट हो जाएगा बंद !

क्रिकेट के लिए वायु प्रदूषण के मानक बने तो भारतीय शहरों में शायद ही कोई मैच हो पाए क्योंकि सभी जगह प्रदूषण का स्तर ...

वायु का शुद्धिकरण

दिल्ली ने जिस तरह 2001 में सीएनजी लागू करके जहरीली हवा से कुछ हद तक निजात पाई थी, कुछ उसी तरह विद्युत चालित वाहनों ...

Our experiments with air pollution

If it doesn't "kill" us, then why offer a solution? 

100% Indians exposed to PM 2.5 pollutants beyond limits

Long-term exposure to the pollutant has been associated with lung cancer 

Pollution control certificate now mandatory for vehicle insurance renewal

With mandatory linking of annual vehicle insurance with valid PUC certificate the compliance level can improve

In an unprecedented move, four major capital cities to ban diesel vehicles by 2025

Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens will incentivise use of alternative vehicle and promote walking and cycling

SC allows diesel SUVs back into the capital

Following a plea by car manufacturer to pay one per cent environment protection charge, the court allows big diesel cars in the NCR  

Growing maritime traffic major source of air pollution in East Asia

Contributed 16 per cent of carbon dioxide in the region in 2013 compared to 4-7 per cent during 2002-05

Change in safety standards a must for successful transition from HFCs to hydrocarbons

The only major barrier to the large scale use of hydrocarbons has been the safety concerns over the high flammability of these refrigerants

About 60 per cent OECD population exposed to dangerous PM2.5 pollution levels: report

Nearly half of all the countries from the group were found to have an annual PM10 concentration above WHO-recommended levels

The road less travelled is better for your health, says study

While there was no significant difference in mean exposure to black carbon between the main road and the less-travelled one, differences between …

Experience of cycling on car free day in Gurgaon

Pocket air sensors

Rapid urbanisation coupled with growing industrialisation has increased the levels of pollutants in the air manifold. But detecting these …

Polluted cities

Air pollution in several US cities was severe this summer, says a recent report

Settlement reached

Clearing the air