Simply Put: The price of cars

Delhi to monitor air pollution 24x7 with ‘green war room’ ahead of winter

To monitor air pollution complaints through Green Delhi app; anti-dust drive to be launched October 5

Air pollution levels go down after rain: No odd-even scheme in Delhi for now

Supreme Court had termed the scheme as optics

South Asian cities need action on air pollution before next winter

Stringent measures, raising public awareness and promoting regional collaboration need of the hour

Delhi air quality witnesses relief from pollution after rain, strong wind

Weather forecast for next few days is not favourable for retaining today’s gains

India was third-most polluted country globally in 2023, right behind top-ranking Bangladesh and Pakistan

Begusarai in Bihar most polluted city in world, New Delhi the most polluted capital; Africa continues to be most underrepresented continent

Simply Put: Vehicular fumes

Deadly nursery: Why children bear brunt of toxic air in Delhi

Pollutants lower immunity levels and increase inflammation in children, say experts

Delhi air turns ‘severe’ post Diwali, firecracker ban flouted

Doctor says influx of patients with breathing problems doubled compared to last Diwali

Water of Ganga, 21 other rivers in Bihar unfit to even bathe in, finds state pollution control board

Six sewage treatment plants in Patna not fully functional, direct discharge of effluents in Ganga

Simply Put: Accustomed to toxic air

India’s air quality management needs transboundary accountability to be effective

Existing policy levers and lessons from global experiences can help form an airshed-level air quality management framework

Delhiites breathe in PM2.5 almost 30 times WHO safe limits

About 25% of PM2.5 on November 2 could be from farm stubble burning

Simply Put: The black river

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

Expect Delhi to become a gas chamber again this Diwali

Western disturbance too weak to bring respite, light rain could worsen air quality

CPCB’s new guidelines for India’s stone crusher sector a welcome step

CPCB guidelines in alignment with recommendations made by non-profit Centre for Science and Environment

Deadly nursery: Children in Gorakhpur report breathing troubles due to air pollution

Research suggests Indo-Gangetic Plain most affected, Uttar Pradesh at centre of it

Smog towers ineffective, at least 40,000 needed in Delhi to combat toxic air: DPCC tells NGT

Towers can reduce particulate pollution by 12% in 200 metre radius; DPCC suggests turning buildings into air pollution control museums

2023 ended on a high pollution note, finds CSE analysis of winter air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR

Factors like reduced contribution from stubble burning, November rains and milder winters were undone by low wind speed

Simply Put: Growing up in North India

When science showed in the 1970s that gas stoves produced harmful indoor air pollution, the industry reached for tobacco’s PR playbook

Industry-funded studies successfully muddied the waters and stalled further federal investigations or regulations addressing gas stove safety

Deadly nursery: Children queue in hospitals with respiratory problems as Delhi air turns toxic

PM10, PM2.5 levels cross 5 times the normal levels in national capital 

Delhi, controlling air pollution is in your own hands

The cause of Delhi's severe air pollution  is primarily due to geographical and local factors

Simply Put: Passive pollution