‘Air quality in metropolises was in violation to the prescribed standards’ Noting that the air quality in metropolises was in violation to the prescribed standards, the National Green Tribunal on Tue ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi must convert into a natural gas-based economy as part of a long-term air quality management, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said while inaugurating a TOI conference on 'Smart Energ ...More

The action plan launched to clean the Ganga is moving in the right direction but the discharge of sewage into the river by big towns and cities is a major issue, NEERI said today. In absence of se ...More

Kolhapur: The civic body-appointed firm to treat biomedical waste (BMW) has evaded the monthly royalty fees to be paid to the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) for the past one year. The KMC has ...More

The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) meeting at Nairobi noted that air pollution has increased by 8 per cent and progress and policies on air quality fall short of what is needed to save mil ...More

The US embassy is holding a workshop here on May 25-26 on combating air pollution in north India with a view to strengthen collaboration between American and Indian air quality experts, an official sa ...More

It will conduct an aerial survey to study pollution levels The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will be framing guidelines to keep a check on air pollution arising out of hot-mix plants ope ...More

NEW DELHI: Burning of coal is major source of air pollution , and thermal power plants including, those in NCR, are the main culprits for increase in deadly pollutants all over the country during past ...More

The world is driving away from diesel vehicles as they are causing more environmental pollution than petrol vehicles, according to air pollution experts. Responding to the landmark judgement of the N ...More

Burning of coal is major source of air pollution, and thermal power plants including, those in NCR, are the main culprits for increase in deadly pollutants all over the country during past five years, ...More

NEW DELHI: A stringent law on civil penalties providing for hefty fine and jail term is being framed by the Environment Ministry to deal with offenders of green norms, in sync with its policy of makin ...More

NEW DELHI: India has overtaken China's air pollution levels in 2015 and the average particulate matter exposure was higher for the first time in the 21st century, a Greenpeace analysis of NASA satelli ...More

The AAP government has imposed an environment compensation penalty of Rs 50,000 per day on 20 major projects, including British School in Chanakyapuri, proposed Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Stu ...More

Earlier this month, the Delhi government was pulled up by the NGT for ignoring pollution from dust and garbage burning while mostly focussing on vehicular emissions, Independent studies have also stre ...More

MANGALURU: As many as 35 traffic cops in the city, who are diagnosed with weak lung functioning due to dust pollution, were provided with advanced scientific anti-pollution mask costing Rs 400 each. ...More

Will conducting aerial on pollution levels The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will be framing guidelines to keep a check on air pollution arising out of hot-mix plants operating across th ...More

Chairman, Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority for Delhi-NCR & Member, Supreme Court Monitoring Committee, Dr. Bhure Lal asked IndiaInc. to invigorate and intensify its R&D efforts f ...More

NEW DELHI: The concluding sessions of the Indo-US workshop on air pollution on Wednesday ended with heated exchange of words. Ranged on two sides were SunitaNarain, head of Centre for Science and Envi ...More

NEW DELHI: The concluding sessions of the Indo-USworkshop on air pollution on Wednesday ended with heated exchange of words. Ranged on two sides were SunitaNarain, head of Centre for Science and Envir ...More

Environmental experts say India can still make up for lost time on its environmental policies. By SharangBhaskaran For far too long, many people have considered combatting air pollution and promotin ...More