Why was post-Diwali air quality better this year?

Wind speed, warmer temperatures helped disperse pollutants 

Simply Put: Growing up in North India

India’s air quality management needs transboundary accountability to be effective

Existing policy levers and lessons from global experiences can help form an airshed-level air quality management framework

Simply Put: Emitter’s admission

Simply Put: Silencing pollution

Air pollution reduces life expectancy more than war, diseases: Study

Global air pollution shortened life expectancy by an average of three years

Simply put: Odd-Even

Simply put: Harsh Vardhan says reports of air pollution deaths false

Compressed Air Vehicles can be a potential mode of urban transport in India

They are clean, easy to drive, comparatively low cost and do not take a lifetime payoff

Crop burning: Why are Punjab farmers defying government ban

Farmers struggle to decompose paddy straw in absence of adequate machines

Pollution in news on May 14

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

Pollution in news on May 11

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

Trapping pollutants

US scientists have developed a device that can capture air pollutants

CSE welcomes Delhi government's emergency measures to tackle air pollution crisis

Recommends putting restraints on number of diesel cars and trucks plying on the roads

Delhi air turns ‘severe’ post Diwali, firecracker ban flouted

Doctor says influx of patients with breathing problems doubled compared to last Diwali

Almost entire global population breathes unhealthy air: WHO

Large variation in PM2.5 levels across global economies, NO2 concentration almost same

Diwali 2021: Firecrackers, stubble burning, weather can trigger air emergency in Delhi-NCR

Air quality has started to deteriorate across Delhi and its satellite towns

What does Delhi Think about its Air Crisis?

Anumita Roychoudhury: Unlocking the traffic gridlocks in Delhi neighbourhoods

CSE experts explain: Strategies to reduce crop residue burning for air pollution mitigation

Farm residue burning is a serious seasonal problem with severe public health consequences

Beware, dangerous pollutants are spooking your air

Pollution levels in major north Indian cities are either 'very poor' or 'severe'

Simply Put: Toxic creche

Simply put: Delhi air back to severe

Top world cities take a step towards clean air

Mayors of 35 cities in the world pledge to deliver clean air for their citizens

As thick smog envelopes Delhi, visibility drops to few metres