Policy Backfires

Policy design allows dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil to flourish 

Thirty new smart cities announced; India to have City Livability Index

800 projects worth Rs 34,000 crore are under various stages of implementation

Not just Delhi, severe air pollution has taken several other cities hostage

Not a single city in northern India meets international air quality standards

Will implement odd-even without exemptions: Delhi government tells NGT

The Delhi government had withdrawn its decision to bring back the odd-even scheme for an interim period sighting safety issues for women

Air pollution grave threat to babies’ brains: UNICEF

Top seven things you should know about this debilitating problem

Delhi chokes again: winter is becoming synonymous with air pollution

Sudden deterioration in air quality is due to fall in wind speed and rise in moisture content, which is making the pollutants build up fast

Chemicals in daily use products cause as much pollution as vehicles: study

A study conducted in 33 industrial cities in Europe and the US shows that chemicals in pesticides, adhesives, cleaning agents and personal care …

MoEFCC releases details of National Clean Air Programme; no clarity yet on emission reduction targets

The concept note acknowledges the need for time-bound initiatives at both city and rural level to combat air pollution

You know clean air is good for your health. It’s good for the economy, too

Poor air quality is linked to decreased productivity, school attendance and even lifetime earnings

Urban 'forests' can store almost as much carbon as tropical rainforests

It's hard to measure the value of a tree, but scientists equipped with lasers have come one step closer

Through the thick air

This Diwali, PM 10 and PM 2.5 reached eight times the safe limit. Its not the first time and it won't be the last. Burning of crop stubble, road …

Multi-pollutant crisis in Delhi-NCR: Ozone pollution another deadly contributor

With high pollution levels and growing heat stress due to climate change, the ozone level is frequently exceeding the standards

Science behind smog and its ominous implications

Actions to tackle the smog problem can be both preventive and punitive

Is China worsening the developing world's environmental crisis?

Pollution is killing people in the developing world at an alarming rate. While there are many reasons for this, one looms large: China

How air pollution is adding to India’s diabetes burden

PM2.5 can enter the bloodstream and cause liver damage, thus enhancing diabetes risk

Crop burning: Dreadful pollution back in Delhi, air quality plunges

Air quality in Delhi and some cities in Uttar Pradesh plunged in the last fortnight as farmers started burning stubble

These three state capitals have air quality as bad as Delhi

In the past eight days, Lucknow, Kolkata and Patna have recorded poor or very poor air quality levels

Uncertainty over air pollution in Delhi over the weekend

Satellite images from November 9 show intense stubble burning in Punjab; with the wind direction likely to change, it could be a choking weekend …

Severely polluted air bars people from breathing

Public transport should be made accessible while fighting air pollution

The fight for breathable air during winters shouldn't take away people's right to first-mile and last-mile connectivity

Delhi's Karol Bagh: On-street democracy for cleaner air

Pedestrian only street in Karol Bagh proves why urban renewal is needed for clean air and sustainability

World Environment Day in numbers: Air pollution

India has one of the world’s highest ambient air pollution levels

All cities in the country with a population of million plus breathe unhealthy air

Heatwave effect: 2.5 billion people to have air conditioners by 2050

Traditionally cooler or naturally conditioned areas in the US and Europe have reported sale and installation of more air conditioners

Join the dots for clean air

Delhi’s air pollution crisis has an urgent message: India must have a regional plan to fight the menace