Winter pollution 2023-24: North & east India most polluted; air quality in north worsened significantly
Smaller cities in Bihar and Rajasthan emerged as pollution hotspots, rivalling major metropolitan areas like Delhi
2023 in a blink: DTE revealed the true extent of air pollution on India’s children this year
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023
Diwali 2021: Smog returns as pollution monitors fail to implement strict GRAP norms
PM2.5 and PM10 have recorded emergency levels in Delhi-NCR since November 5 midnight
Delhi dilemma: End this routine air pollution crisis
The bottom line is that air pollution knows no boundaries. So this politics of finger-pointing and scoring points will not lead to cooperation or …
SC observations on air emergency underscore the travesty happening in Delhi: CSE
A bench led by Justice Chandrachud, the Chief Justice of India, told the Centre to consider a two-day lockdown in Delhi given the seriousness of …
Delhi’s 13.2 million vehicles are now the primary source of its winter pollution: CSE
Delhi needs to urgently work on public transport, walking and cycling infrastructure and parking facilities to reduce traffic congestion, CSE says
Diwali 2020 in Delhi: A highly polluted and infectious affair
By flouting norms regarding the ban on firecrackers and social distancing, the national capital may just have ensured more trouble for itself
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 21, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Tremors in Delhi-NCR again after fresh quake in Nepal
Earthquakes struck Nepal thrice this week on November 9,10 and 12
Leave control, even effective pollution monitoring not happening at Delhi-NCR’s power plants: CSE
Make continuous emission monitoring system data public for air quality betterment CSE study emphasises
Delhi smog conditions improve; air quality in UP, Haryana still grim
There is nothing to be happy about the improvement in Delhi’s air quality since pollutant levels have not gone down yet, according to experts
Adityanath government’s claims of oxygen sufficiency fly in the face of ground reality, finds DTE
The Centre has not increased its allotment of oxygen to UP; the state too has not been able to meet the daily demand due to logistics
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
Delhi-NCR coal ban: Industrial units complain of soaring gas prices, difficulty to meet emissions standards
Centre for Science and Environment spoke with industrial associations about their experience of moving away from coal
Delhi-NCR cab strike: Are electric vehicles the answer to increasing fuel prices
With technology, mobility is more than service. It behaves as a market commodity that strives on customer satisfaction. And if a mobility service …
At least 56 north Indian cities experience winter pollution trends similar to Delhi: CSE study
‘Very poor’, ‘severe’ days significantly higher in National Capital Region, Uttar Pradesh
Delhi gets a breather from breathing toxic air after 41 days
However, air quality in the city is forecast to deteriorate again in the next 2 days
Delhi’s heatwave: Rising temperatures, surging power demand & urgency for climate action
On May 22, Delhi’s peak power demand crossed 8,000 megawatts, the highest ever in the national capital’s history
Commission for Air Quality Management orders phase-out of coal in Delhi-NCR by January 1, 2023
Centre for Science and Environment calls the decision ‘significant’
Delhi Pollution Crisis: CM Kejriwal announces school shutdown in Delhi for a week
Emergency measures are not a magic bullet; systemic and sustained change in Delhi’s air quality is needed, Anumita Roychowdhury of CSE says
Delhi-NCR deluge: 3 weather systems, La Nina and warming Arctic responsible, say experts
Warming over north Arabian Sea and northward shift of southwesterly winds have allowed low-pressure systems to travel far inland towards …
Diwali: Nudge practice of not tolerating personal harm
Festival also reminds us that awareness has to nudge change towards environmentally responsible behaviour to support difficult regulatory action
India moving towards gas-based economy: President Kovind
Work happening to improve infrastructure and increase connectivity
Strong tremors in Delhi, north India after quake strikes Nepal in dead of the night
Epicentre of the quake was located in the Sudurpaschim province in the far west of Nepal, on the border with India
2023 ended on a high pollution note, finds CSE analysis of winter air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR
Factors like reduced contribution from stubble burning, November rains and milder winters were undone by low wind speed
