Thane: Traffic jams is one of the reasons for an increase in noise and air pollution in the city. Environment activists feel that the crawling traffic leads to unnecessary honking by motorists. Also, ...More

Research published in the journal Atmospheric Environmenthas found that drivers are exposed to dangerously high levels of air pollutants when stopped at red lights. Road vehicles are known to emit pol ...More

In an attempt to reduce the increasing air pollution in the City, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has decided to implement the Bhure Lal Committee report. The report on air poll ...More

Stopping at red lights exposes drivers to high levels of air pollution, according to scientists, including one of Indian-origin, who suggest that synchronising traffic signals to reduce waiting time m ...More

Outdoor air pollutants are impacting the indoor environment, and builders have to take remedial measures. The ambient air quality in Indian cities has degraded to dangerous levels over the last two d ...More

Children living in cities with significant air pollution are at an increased risk for detrimental impacts to the brain, including short-term memory loss and lower IQ, a new study has found. Researc ...More

BEIJING: Foreign companies in China are struggling with growing issues, including a perception that their businesses are less welcome than before. Such problems have been building in the past year, ...More

“Fresh air is birth right”, the government said on Thursday while outlining several steps to check growing pollution in Delhi and maintaining that no foreign help was needed to monitor air quality in ...More

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi Government’s Geospatial Authority to provide a detailed pollution map of the Capital since 2010 and directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DP ...More

Children living in cities are at risk of harmful impacts to their brains, as a new study claims that air pollution could cause short-term memory loss and lower IQ. The study by University of Montana ...More

NEW DELHI: Stating that the levels of air pollution in the national capital are "alarming", the Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the state government's geospatial unit to provide a detailed poll ...More

Children living in cities with significant air pollution are at an increased risk of detrimental impacts to the brain, including short-term memory loss and lower IQ, says a study. Air pollution inter ...More

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday sought responses of the Centre, Delhi Pollution Control Committee and civic agencies on rising levels of air pollution in the city. The court has taken suo mo ...More

BEIJING: Most US firms in China have problems recruiting senior executives because of the country's chronic air pollution, a survey said Wednesday. For the first time, a majority of respondents -- ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court today sought responses of the government, the city pollution panel and civic agencies of the national capital on the issue of air pollution here which it has taken up suo m ...More

Delhi High Court on Monday sought responses of the government, the city pollution panel and civic agencies of the national capital on the issue of air pollution here which it has taken up suo motu as ...More

Delhi High Court today sought responses of the government, the city pollution panel and civic agencies of the national capital on the issue of air pollution here which it has taken up suo motu as a pu ...More

Hyderabad: To check on vehicular emission and upgrade public transport system, the T.S.R. Subramanian Committee, formed by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change to review key environ ...More

Hyderabad: Stemming the unabated increase of vehicles in Hyderabad could vastly downsize its carbon footprint as new research estimates that nearly 57 per cent of Hyderabad’s carbon footprint is contr ...More

As Delhi gears up to usher in a new government, eminent environmentalist R.K. Pachauri is hopeful it would give the sector "high priority" and reflect Prime Minister NarendraModi's leadership in effec ...More