The ambient air we breathe

Every year, its quality is measured. Every year, data seems compromised.

Bangalore rides on LPG

Canadian gas kit trial in autos; auto drivers dissatisfied

Electric bacteria

Use tiny hair as wires to mop up pollutants

Wheels within wheels

Car pools for urban traffic blues

Falling in line

Baijal board

A new committee on Yamuna will review its own work

Germany makes display of emissions certificate on cars mandatory

At a tangent

In the melee over moving Kolkata's tanneries to a new site, the initiative to tackle pollution has been nearly lost sight of. The Supreme Court …

India, own the agenda for clean air

After all, clean air is a public good and the adverse health effects of polluted air affect everyone

National Clean Air Programme is a half hearted policy

India may have announced the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), but neither does it have any legal backing nor financial support, making it a …

Talwandi thermal power plant order needs corrections

The dismissal by Punjab power commission will not only stall implementation of pollution control norms at the plant but also set a wrong example …

Understanding North India’s Pollution Crisis

There is no denying the fact that wind–blown dust contributes significantly to the pollution problem, but this should not divert our …

Rapid urbanisation in Delhi-NCR creating heat stress, abetting climate change

Urbanisation has exacerbated air pollution levels, shrunk water bodies, increased temperature and heat emissions

After ‘bias’ row, Bombay HC judge brought back to hear noise pollution case

Maharashtra government faced flak for accusing Justice Oka of bias and trying to transfer the case to a different bench

Exhausting alternatives

The Indian Parliament has passed legislation that promotes the use of vehicles using alternate fuel

Smog over electric cars

As pressure mounts on them to produce more electric cars, manufacturers question their environmental benefits

The credo of an economist

Long-term economic growth is impossible through any act that pits humankind against the environment

Ethanol car project turns turtle

Proalcohol, the world's biggest project on alternative fuels to run cars is in danger of being wound up.

Two-stroke or four-stroke?

To reduce pollution levels, it is becoming necessary to upgrade conventionally designed, two-stroke two- and three-wheeler engines with cleaner …

Free trade pact raises environmental fears

A common market linking Mexico, the United States and Canada could very well result in US firms heading north or south to escape strict pollution …

Green taxes won't leave taxpayer in the red

Environmental protection will work only if it makes economic sense. And, one good way of making sure it does is by introducing a …

'Scoot'ing for green lights on Delhi's roads

Policemen are trying to import software which will bring order to the chaos that is traffic in the Capital

No entry to Dutch plant

Pakistan's environmentalists say no to dumping of obsolete and hazardous technology by the West

No more in the dark

European environmental authorities have now found a way to zero in on those who pollute the sea through oil spills

High fliers

Soon a new high-powered solar aircraft will monitor pollution levels, hitherto done by satellites