Air Pollution Deaths Spotlight Need For Health-Based Air Quality Standards
New study estimates at least 33,000 people die from exposure to air pollution in 10…
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Combating Open Waste Burning to Reduce Air Pollution
Air pollution is a major environmental and health concern globally. In India, 1.67 million deaths…
What Can Lichens Tell Us About Atmospheric Pollution?
Lichens are composite organisms born out of a mutualistic alliance between a fungus and a…
If Stubble Burning Ended In Dec, Why Is Delhi’s AQI Still ‘Severe’?
Although the days when parali (stubble) burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana…
Delhi’s Air Quality Needs Data-Driven Action
The issue of Delhi’s poor air quality resurfaces episodically in the public consciousness. It garners…
Could Airshed Management Be The Solution To India’s Pollution Woes?
India’s flagship programme to reduce air pollution has seen slow progress, spurring discussions on airshed-level…
Green Credits Could Spur Cities To Take Local Need-Based Climate Action
The draft Green Credit Programme Rules notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate…
MP 2nd In Stubble Burning, Farmers Unaware Of Govt Schemes
Madhya Pradesh ranks second in the country in terms of wheat production, which is a…
Paradise Polluted: Kashmir’s Poor Air Quality Poses Health Risks
It was a foggy afternoon in December, and people – young and old – were…
Noxious Air Sinks Life Expectancy By 10 Years, Yet No Action Plan
(Source: IANS) India is the world’s second most polluted country. Air pollution shortens the average…
Stubble Burning Is Back, Smothering The North
Even as authorities claim that they are all set to deal with what is now…
Tackling Air Pollution At A Global Scale
In the 1960s, scientists across Europe began to notice that the rain was unusually acidic,…
Air Quality Management: India Needs To Train 10 Lakh People
India needs to train at least 10 lakh people in the next five years for…
Air Pollution Reducing Life Expectancy By 5 Yrs In India: Study
Air pollution is the greatest threat to human health in India and the average Indian…
EPI: India Ranked Lowest Among 180 Countries
India has been placed at the bottom on a list of 180 countries judged for…
Delhi Is Most Polluted Capital In The World
Delhi was found to be the most polluted capital in the world for the fourth…
Why Don’t India’s Air Pollution Policies Work?
For the fourth year in a row, Delhi has topped a list of the world’s…
Air Quality Deteriorates In North, Central India
After the rampant cracker bursting on Diwali despite restrictions in place, air quality deteriorated in…
Delhi Wakes Up To ‘Hazardous’ Air Quality, Day After Diwali
The air quality in Delhi’s Janpath has reached the ‘hazardous’ category on Friday (November 5)…
Air Pollution Adds To India’s Pandemic Pain
Anju Verma tested positive for the coronavirus in September 2020, along with the rest of…
Fires Ravage Himalayan Forests, Threatening Health & Biodiversity
Wildfires described as “the worst in a decade” have engulfed Himalayan mountain states in a…
New Delhi Is World’s Most Polluted Capital For 3rd Straight Year
New Delhi was the world’s most polluted capital for the third straight year in 2020,…
Pollution Deaths In India Rose To 1.67 Mn in 2019
Toxic air killed more people in India in 2019 than in 2017, The Lancet said…
Delhi’s Poisonous Air A Perennial Crisis Of Its Own Making
Thousands of families who live near a smouldering waste landfill in a northern corner of…
Hundreds Sign Up For Delhi Race Amid Virus Surge, Pollution
Some of the world’s leading long-distance runners and hundreds of others will take part in…