THE PHILIPPINES

Problem in the pipeline

Automated eyewash

Final report of the Mashelkar committee on auto fuel policy a complete letdown

Key issues take a back seat at JFM workshop

DYING LAKE

Old wives'tale

The US pollution laws surpass all limits of hypocrisy

Confessional compulsory

Lethal PM2.5

To be monitored in Indian cities, says pollution board

Green Ganesh

Bangalore residents save the god from causing pollution

Leapfrog or get isolated

The danger India faces today, in the world of cleaner diesel

Foul fuel

Diesel price hike in South Korea to curb air pollution

Much ado about a watered down law

News Snippets

Message in bottles

‘For Mumbai pollution, construction dust, unfavourable meteorology obvious culprits but can't rule out climate change’

IIT Bombay environmental scientist Abhishek Chakraborty on how warming may have caused smog & why bettter planning is needed for policymaking

State of Energy: We still use unclean cooking fuel

One out of three—or 33.8%—households in India continue to use firewood, chips and crop residue as their primary cooking fuel. The use …

Timeless plastic: Museum displays vintage beached waste

Archeoplastica is a museum of ancient plastic items, now displaying some of the items in a virtual mode. As the world negotiates a new …

Scientists seek global action on reactive nitrogen

‘Current lack of policy coherency risks nitrogen trade-offs, while failing to harvest synergies at local, regional and global scales’

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

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 …

New device developed to tackle pollution in high traffic zones

Prototypes of WAYU have been installed at the ITO Junction in central Delhi and Mukarba Chowk in north Delhi; 54 more units would be installed in …

Pollution in news on May 1

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments on pollution

Bengaluru's largest lake catches fire yet again; waste burning, untreated sewage to be blamed

Locals have time and again approached the civic authority to stop the discharge of chemicals and other toxic substances from factories and …

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

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