BEIJING: Air pollution levels in China's cities improved in the first six months of this year, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said Wednesday, but remained far worse than global and domestic s ...More

GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has set a target to plant 2.6 lakh saplings this year in its attempt to increase the green cover of the city and curb air pollution. The drive wi ...More

NEW DELHI: Another hearing went by in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) with authorities arguing against any clampdown on vehicles to counter air pollution in the city. A petition against alarmingly p ...More

Air pollution levels in China's cities improved in the first six months of this year, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said today, but remained far worse than global and domestic standards. ...More

NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has voiced concern over industrial pollution in the Taj Trapezium Zone Authority area "adversely" affecting the Taj Mahal and said that it was "aghast" at the lack of ...More

The National Green Tribunal on Monday questioned the Delhi government's proposal to deploy 10,000 new DTC buses in the wake of alarming proportions of air pollution in the capital and directed it to c ...More

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday came down heavily on the Delhi government for pollution in the Capital and underreporting the number of trucks that enter Delhi. “The Centre says old die ...More

To clear infrastructure projects that have remained stuck for years, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is planning to tweak Delhi's green laws and strip certain tree species of all legal protection ...More

BENGALURU: Respirable Suspended Particulate Matters (RSPM) level in Bengaluru city is more than the national average, making it one of the most air-polluted cities in the country. As per the findings ...More

European policymakers like to lecture the rest of the world on air pollution. Asia, and China in particular, is a favourite target for criticism. Indeed, it sometimes seems as if no major environmenta ...More

NEW DELHI: With the first few showers already moistening Delhi's otherwise arid landscape, the forest department has started its annual plantation drive. The target is to plant at least five lakh sapl ...More

The levels are highest in Whitefield Industrial Zone and Mysore Road Bengalurueans hold your breath. The presence of Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM), a serious form of air pollutants, ...More

KOLHAPUR: The environment status report (ESR) for 2014-15, which was tabled at the general body meeting on Monday, has slammed the civic body for being negligent towards the city's sanitation and poll ...More

NEW DELHI: With the first few showers already moistening Delhi's otherwise arid landscape, the forest department has started its annual plantation drive. The target is to plant at least five lakh sapl ...More

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal today questioned Delhi government's submission that vehicles coming from outside the capital were not causing pollution. "The Centre is saying old diesel veh ...More

GURGAON: Haryana and other states in NCR are supposed to submit action-taken report on Monday before the National Green Tribunal on the violation of the 2010 construction guidelines set by the ministr ...More

NEW DELHI: Municipal corporations have proposed a hike in parking charges, particularly during peak hours, as a means to keep vehicles off the roads and reduce the city's air pollution. Green experts, ...More

NOIDA: The Authority has fined 50 developers Rs 50,000 each, after they were found violating the 2010 construction guidelines of the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF). The authority also ...More

The municipal corporations have been cracking down on polluters — from builders whose construction sites are causing dust pollution to people burning leaves and garbage. A total of 285 builders have ...More

Air pollution from wildfires may increase the risk of cardiac arrest and other sudden acute heart problems, a study by an Indian-origin researcher shows. "While breathing wildfire smoke was linked to ...More