Plans galore

The Union and the Delhi governments pledge to tackle air pollution

CHILE

Plastic leaders

Delhi politicians have always tried to scuttle moves to end the polythene bag menace

Behind time

Automobile industry's new 'road map to future emission norms' promises too little -- too late

Cleaning diesel emissions

THE PHILIPPINES

Worth its salt

Salt-rich sea air sparks off rain that rinses out pollution

Key issues take a back seat at JFM workshop

Old wives'tale

The US pollution laws surpass all limits of hypocrisy

Solid solution

Biosolids combat poisoning

Confessional compulsory

Green Ganesh

Bangalore residents save the god from causing pollution

Taking the plunge

Bangalore's lakes set to be leased out

Foul fuel

Diesel price hike in South Korea to curb air pollution

CREP: a review

Has industry become environmentally responsible?

Much ado about a watered down law

Novel bans

UK's Carbon Trust launches a carbon reduction labelling scheme

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

Kirk Smith on new paradigm of exposure management

Kirk Smith, professor, Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, talks about new paradigm of air pollution exposure …

Sunita Narain spells out the agenda for clean air in Delhi

Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain recommends measures for cleaning Delhi's air to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the International Conclave …

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

Gujarat launches India’s first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution

Launched on World Environment Day, the programme is a market-based system where the government sets a cap on emissions and allows industries to …

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 …

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