We’ve all heard about climate change’s effect on our planet — but do you know about the many ways it…
India’s air pollution kills more than 2 million people a year. The heavily industrialised city of Panipat, around 80km north…
Although the days when parali (stubble) burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana was blamed solely for rising…
Imagine you’re walking through polluted city streets. Despite wearing a N95 mask, you can still smell the smoky, sulphuric, gassy,…
Millions of people in cities in South and Southeast Asia face the threat of dying prematurely due to air pollution.…
A recent study has highlighted how air pollution impacts crop yields and increases associated economic burdens. The study found that…
Last year, 2023, was the hottest on record, marked by heatwaves across North America, China and Europe. It is likely…
Air pollution particles from coal-fired power plants are more harmful to human health than many experts realized, and it’s more…
According to a new analysis, non-compliance of thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR with emissions standards is contributing significantly to air…
A familiar curtain of toxic smog enveloped the National Capital Region (NCR) and its neighbouring areas in the last week…
Although the concentration of poisonous PM2.5 was still over 80 times the healthy limit prescribed by the World Health Organisation…
The Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA), formally launched at the G20 Summit in Delhi in September, has intensified the discussion on…
India’s urban governance is ill-prepared to deal with the impacts of unprecedented expansion that is taking place in cities, highlights…
Achieving net zero emissions requires compromise but energy justice for all needs to be at the heart of any decision.…
COP28 will include the first dedicated ‘Health Day’. It’s due recognition that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the…
Delhi’s Tree Authority is planning a tree adoption policy as part of its efforts to preserve the trees of the…
Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it’s hard to ignore that something unusual is going on with the…
In a bid to stop stubble burning, the Gurdaspur district administration in Punjab has implemented a novel idea. Now, those…
Every year during the winter season, air quality across India deteriorates to hazardous levels. The combination of low temperatures and…
India’s flagship programme to reduce air pollution has seen slow progress, spurring discussions on airshed-level management for air pollution control.…
Rohit Vishwas, 28, started working as a delivery person for a grocery delivery app in 2021 after he lost his…
For the past few decades, crop residue burning has been the grim news story of the state of Punjab. The…
A two-kilometre detour from the six-lane national highway 152-D (Narnaul-Ambala), towards the interior villages in Haryana, where stone-crushing units are…
Madhya Pradesh ranks second in the country in terms of wheat production, which is a matter of pride for the…
The announcement from India’s key scientific agency in February this year that it had found “inferred sources” of 5.9 million…
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