What to do on polluted days

Exposure to air pollution can lead to acute lower respiratory infections in children and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults. How do …

When citizens choose not to hear

Firecrackers would stop burning only when environment-friendly options of celebrating Diwali are made appealing

Delhi's air quality worsens, but does the city have a plan to avoid repeat of 2016?

In the past week, the PM2.5 concentration in ambient air has consistently increased in the national capital region

Anumita Roy Chowdhury reacts to Global burden of Health Study

The Centre for Science and Environment demands urgent intervention and action in view of the results from the new analysis of global burden of …

How lethal can be Delhi's toxic air?

There has hardly been any improvement in Delhi's hazardous air quality

Chandra Bhushan on air pollution risk

Chandra Bhushan, deputy director general of Centre for Science and Environment, talks about the risks of air pollution on people and the …

Pollution: India's pride

Cities free their roads of cars to fight air pollution

Bikers and pedestrians are slowly reclaiming their space in metropolises as well as other urban centres to reduce vehicle emission and toxicity …

Why initiatives like car-free day are a must for Delhi

Exposure monitoring shows that pollution levels fell by a whopping 60 per cent

Science and politics of car pollution

Why are our policy makers and scientists ignoring public health risks from combustion sources and raising dust over dust pollution to blind …

European scientists press alarm bell on ill effects of diesel cars

A group of 24 scientists from 12 research and scientific organisations across Europe and the US have issued an open letter to sensitise the …

Sensor-based air quality monitoring instruments left out of new certification scheme

The notification gives CSIR-NPL the authority to certify instruments but fails to address the certification of low-cost instruments

No crackers

Air pollution may lead to ban on private vehicles in Delhi

The CPCB has already recommended a ban on the movement of trucks and construction activity during the night given the public health emergency due …

No half measures: Tough solutions for tough problems

CSE recommends priority actions to tackle air pollution in Delhi

Delhi's emergency action plan to tackle air pollution

The Supreme Court recently passed a graded action plan to tackle Delhi's air pollution woes. Down To Earth explains how it works

Containing air pollution in the national capital

The air pollution crisis has opened up opportunity to rework long term strategies

Air pollution: will the green cess concept work?

The country's apex court has paved the way for registration of diesel vehicles on payment of one-time environmental cess

Despite appeals and fines, paddy crop residue burning on the rise in Punjab

Data from state pollution control board reveals increase in incidents

तीन मिनट, एक मौत: वायु प्रदूषण से राजस्थान में हो रही हैं सबसे ज्यादा बच्चों की मौत

आंकड़े बताते हैं कि भारत में बढ़ते वायु प्रदूषण से सबसे ज्यादा खतरा बच्चों को है। डाउन टू अर्थ ने इसकी व्यापक पड़ताल की ...

Air pollution retards lung growth in Delhi children; studies point to health emergency

Children’s Day comes with a grim reminder of growing health risk from worsening environmental risks, especially air pollution

If you are in Patna, there's no respite from "very high levels" of PM2.5 concentration

The CSE study found that PM 2.5 levels even inside anganwadis were more than 42 times higher than the permissible safe standards for ambient air …

Toxic Delhi air can get deep into your lungs; 22 million at risk

Pollutant particles can cross the blood-brain barrier and cause permanent harm to cognitive development

Delhi faces its worst smog; CSE calls for emergency action

Delhi government must issue health alerts and take emergency action as well as more permanent measures

Delhi Airport experiences worst smog in 17 years

The visibility has fallen to 300-400 metres as unfavourable weather conditions add to the smog problem post-Diwali