Pollution levels of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 across Delhi showed a “consistent declining trend” due to the implementation of the odd-even rule, the Delhi government said Thursday. The government’s ...More

Even as the Delhi high court has expressed doubts over the state government’s odd-even scheme currently being tested in the capital, the Maharashtra government said it would consider implementing the ...More

The most prominent pollutant in Delhi's air, PM 2.5, has "come down" by around 25 per cent as compared to December's figures, Delhi government said today attributing the "drop" to the prevailing odd-e ...More

Beijing’s environmental watchdog levied fines totalling about 183 million yuan ($27.76 million) for violations of pollution laws in the Chinese capital last year, the state news agency Xinhua said on ...More

Air-pollution levels in Delhi rose 50% during the first week (January 1 to 7, 2016) of the state government’s odd-evenmeasure over the previous week (December 25 to December 31, 2015), according to ...More

Although the government plans to impose the odd-even formula for 15 days altogether, the Delhi High Court has asked the AamAadmi Party (AAP) government to consider if the policy can be limited to just ...More

In its environment report for 2014-2015, the KalyanDombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) announced that the air pollution level has gone down in the last two years. However, the civic body's claim has ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi's transport minister Gopal Rai claimed on Thursday that levels of PM 2.5, primarily caused by vehicular pollution, had come down by 25-30%. "Yesterday, the levels recorded at 18 locat ...More

It’s a great start to a year when a green issue becomes a public issue. What environmentalists have been harping on for years has finally caught the attention of the politicians, the common man/woman ...More

If extreme weather events impact directly, rise in vector-borne diseases and mental health issues are the indirect consequences Before the Paris accord on climate protection, health was not a noted c ...More

New Delhi, Jan. 6: The Centre today announced its decision to enforce a set of rigorous norms for vehicle emissions across the country from April 2020, a move that environmental activists say would he ...More

New Delhi: In the past few months, the Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal (NGT) have issued a series of directives to tackle air pollution. According to a study released by Delhi-based environm ...More

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal, restrained by the Supreme Court from dealing with matters on air pollution in Delhi, today expanded the ambit of hearing by seeking responses on worsening air q ...More

New Delhi: In the past few months, the Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal (NGT) have issued a series of directives to tackle air pollution. According to a study released by Delhi-based environm ...More

Service-class Noida is more polluted than industrial hub Ghaziabad and Haryana's Faridabad. Particularly in winters, Noida's particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and total carbon levels are 50 per ce ...More

In yet another move to curb vehicular pollution, the Centre on Wednesday decided to straightaway implement stricter emission norms of Bharat Stage (BS) VI from April 1, 2020, by skipping BS-V. At pres ...More

New Delhi: Hours after the Delhi high court posed a few questions to the city government over the results of the odd-even scheme and recommended shortening it to one week, transport minister Gopal Rai ...More

With Delhi experimenting one of the most talked about project - the odd-even formula - a study by a private agency has revealed that the overall pollution levels in the last five days has been moderat ...More

Gurgaon: As Delhi focuses on the odd-even trial to clean up its air, it's time for NCR cities like Gurgaon to take decisive steps against the other major pollutant. Dust. Fighting air pollution is ...More

VivekChattopadhyaya, Programme Manager, Air Pollution Control Unit at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), talks to BT's Sarika Malhotra about Delhi's odd-even drive to combat pollution. BT: ...More