Ironing out pollution
A recently-developed cheap and environmentally-benign iron compound helps dispose of polluting nitrogen oxides
Growth that inhibits
Researchers from the US have recently declared that it may be possible to reduce the degree of mercury pollution in the soil by simply growing …
A fused scheme
A short circuit in consumer acceptance and a punctured technology compels California to backtrackfiom launching electric cars in the state
Crimes against the environment
The Environmental Crimes Bureau (ECB) of New Jersey in the US is a state agency that is entrusted with the job of taking action against those …
Stop gaps
CONTROLLING POLLUTION: INCENTIVES AND REGULATIONS· Shekhar Mehta, Sudipto Mundle and U Sankar· Sage publications, New Delhi·…
Climate change worsening air pollution: 131.2 million Americans breathing unhealthy air, warns report
Nearly 90.7 million people in the US live in counties with failing grades for year-round particle pollution, finds report
NGT orders closure of 69 industrial areas
Continued polluting activities are criminal offences under the law of the land, the tribunal said in its order
Staff crunch, expanded mandate hitting pollution control Boards’ performance, finds report
Regulatory scrutiny of polluting sources affected; over 9 agencies have over 40% positions vacant
Pollution not under control
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 3, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Prepare emission standards for industries in NCR by June: Supreme Court asks CPCB
Use of cheap and dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil is rampant in NCR due to the lack of a benchmark on emissions
Second phase of odd-even scheme to be back in April
The government is “seriously considering” making odd-even mandatory for 15 days every month
Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR high after Diwali
Despite cracker ban, the 24-hour average level of PM2.5 during Diwali and the morning after has been 397 mg per cubic metre, which is 6.6 times …
Gassed: How air pollution is affecting India’s future
Air pollution is causing greater loss of healthy life years in children compared to older people, a phenomenon that stunts India’s economic …
Simply Put: Accustomed to toxic air
Air Pollution Monitoring Technologies: Interview with Phil Dickerson
Phil Dickerson is director of AIRNow program at US Environmental Protection Agency
A superstar against environmental evil
GAP told to clean up its act
A Supreme Court order has put the fate of the ambitious Ganga Action Plan in doubt
Terror in the streets
PAKISTAN
Noise over weapons blowup
CHINA
Falling bricks
Owners of brick kilns resent pollution control measures of the authorities
INDIA
The better choice
Developed by an agricultural institute , electric rickshaws can combat auto pollution