Air pollution killed 1.7 million Indians in 2019: Lancet report

Death rate from outdoor ambient air pollution up 115% in 2 decades, flags Lancet Planetary Health report  

India recycles only 1% of its construction and demolition waste: CSE

The rest remains strewn across, in landfills, or in plain sight everywhere, leading to air and water pollution

Vizag gas leak: Pollution control officials sceptical over new law

CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy has stressed on need to frame a new Act to control pollution in the state, especially in hazardous industries

Yes, green issues are missing from poll discourse, but who is to be blamed?

It’s the civil society that has failed to inform and engage citizens on this crisis

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé worst plastic polluters in global cleanups, brand audits

Coca-Cola was the top polluter with Coke-branded plastic pollution found in 40 of the 42 countries assessed in a global audit conducted by …

Is Delhi's smog its own?

A recent study says that during winters, 64% fine-particulate pollution in Delhi comes from outside the city  

60% European water bodies highly polluted: study

European Environmental Agency, in its study, finds English rivers, lakes and estuaries to be among the worst

How daily pollution action and health alerts help

Global evidences show daily health alerts and emergency action lower smog peaks and make people change their behaviour to take precautions

Global environmental risks

Environmental risks are perceived to be the five most critical long-term threats to the world as well as the most potentially damaging to people …

Green crackers answer to Diwali pollution but manufacturing limited

Most green crackers do not contain barium nitrate, which is the most dangerous ingredient in conventional crackers

The Ganga gets highly polluted after Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh: Report

The quality of Ganga water in the stretch from Kannauj to Prayagraj was categorised as being extremely deficient in dissolved oxygen

‘Pay Rajasthan farmers for losses due to soil pollution’

Committee set up by NGT finds ‘green tinge’ in effluents discharged into river Bandi; notes distress to farmers

Draft EIA notification institutionalises 1 season data for baseline

Such data is needed for assessing impact of a project on the environment; experts fear Environment Impact Assessment studies will become …

Ganga: Illegal floodplain encroachment & pollution continuing in Kanpur, says NGT

This is in direct contravention of NGT’s 2017 order regarding the section of Ganga from Haridwar to Unnao and Kanpur

Simply Put: Insect killers

Simply Put: Delhi Smog 2023

Simply Put: Delhi chokes 2023

Unprecedented ozone levels have made Delhi air more toxic: CSE analysis

Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad also show worrying trends

Simply Put: Bombs & bicycles

Satellites add to light pollution significantly, says new report

Light from space objects scatter over a larger geographic area than sources on Earth

WATCH: The human and economic costs of air pollution

New report pegs economic cost of such pollution at $8 bln / day

Watch: Why air pollution is bad for mental health

High levels of air pollution can drive people to suicide

Simply put: Farm crisis

Chinese officials aided industries to defy pollution rules

President Xi Jinping had last year called for efforts to fight pollution

Simply put: Global demand of fossil fuels up by 78%