Air pollution kills: Study counts 100,000 premature deaths in 8 Indian cities

Air pollution-related fatalities in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Surat, Pune and Ahmedabad from 2005-2018

UP Assembly Elections 2022: Political parties oblivious to climate change, pollution

Survey finds ecological concern among most urban voters, but key players BJP, SP shy away from commitments    

Toxic air attacks wombs and cradles in India, kills 12 kids every hour

The WHO study is a wake-up call for the government to act as it shows an undeniable link between air pollution and major health risks

SC judgment on firecrackers: Execution a major challenge

Here’s an analysis of how the apex court's recent judgment has a lot of ground to cover

Across cities, commuters are giving metro a miss: CSE

Besides Delhi, cities such as Kochi, Lucknow and Chennai have seen a massive drop in projected ridership

Transport-related emissions in megacities: Delhi on top, Bhopal emits the least

Urban commute in even smaller cities is becoming highly polluting and energy-intensive, finds CSE’s latest analysis

A giant backing out?

Mercedes-Benz has put on hold investments in India due to ban on sale of larger diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR

Toll contractor refuses to levy ‘green tax’ on trucks in Delhi

Says collecting tax from trucks entering Delhi as ordered by Supreme Court is 'an impossible task'

Air pollution and our right to clear air

As Delhi’s air pollution levels reach alarming highs, even non-smokers in the city have started developing smokers’ lungs. But the …

Beijing undertakes measures to fight air pollution

City has launched initiatives to gradually ban coal, impose a pollution fee and create “air corridors”

American thermal power plants under mercury regulation

US Environmental Protection Agency's mercury and air toxics standards will be effective from December 2014

Wheels are turning

Let’s share cars; take a bus or metro; cycle or walk

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

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

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 …

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

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  

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

‘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

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

Choking during Diwali

We burn over 40 recognised and other dangerous firecrackers, and all of them release toxic fumes into dense winter air

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 …