Call to ground airport plan

Farmland and lakes to be used for the Sriperumbudur project

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

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

National Clean Air Programme is a half hearted policy

India may have announced the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), but neither does it have any legal backing nor financial support, making it a …

Long-term wind patterns over Delhi have changed, say scientists

A possible reason could be major changes in the withdrawal of monsoon from the region and the anti-cyclonic circulations that are formed in this …

Air pollution can significantly aggravate asthma

India's unique imperatives- high incidenc of poverty, poor nutrition levels, underlying diseases, extremely high pollution further enhance the …

Murky science of comfort part 4: If you are poor, then simply tolerate heat

This is the expectation of the National Building Code, which defines standards for ‘comfortable’ temperatures for buildings in India

Why Delhi needs more e-rickshaws

These vehicles play a significant role in enhancing last-mile connectivity and improving the city’s air quality. However, several …

Diesel cars: Market shuns the Devil’s engines

Public health concern finally bends the sales curve of diesel cars. India aligns with the global trend

Loyalty to scriptures should not breed hostility to science

Lately, a slew of remarks by political leaders in the country had nixed established scientific principles

Annual UN report recognises the threats posed by nitrogen pollution

The Frontiers Report 2019, released on March 4, has included a chapter on nitrogen pollution

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

Airports Authority sets new guidelines for aircraft to operate post-lockdown

Airports will have to provide a host of facilities once the lockdown lifts and passengers are allowed to fly

COVID-19: Why we need to redefine thermal comfort

Humidification, high levels of fresh air intake are some recommendations of a document on air-conditioning and ventilation in COVID-19 times

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 …

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&…

Exposure to air pollution can cause anaemia in very young children, says new study

A 10 μg/m3 rise in ambient PM 2.5 exposure caused a 0.07 g/dL decrease in average haemoglobin count