London has become the first city in the world to announce an ultra-low emission zone to tackle rising levels of air pollution, under which the drivers of the most polluting cars will have to pay an ex ...More

Where communities get their electricity may directly determine their citizens' health and wellbeing, a new study suggests. The research links the shut down of two nuclear power plants in the Tennesse ...More

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear the plea filed by noted environmentalist, M.C. Mehta in connection with the air pollution case. The apex court earlier on January 17 warned that the ...More

In fresh evidence about the dangers of coal pollution, a scientist on Monday said a switch to coal-fired power in a southern US state after a nuclear accident in 1979 led to a sharp fall in birthweigh ...More

China’s smoggiest cities have pledged to ramp up the battle on pollution after air quality deteriorated in the first few months of this year, the China Daily reported on Monday, as smog blanketed the ...More

CPCB drafts guidelines for management of odour monitoring and management of landfills As anyone living in and around Mandur, Mavallipura or HSR Layout knows, the persistence of the stench of waste pr ...More

The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has installed a real time automatic air monitoring station in Noida, the first such system in the city. The station has been set up on the premises of ...More

BENGALURU: If the mad rush to own vehicles does not stop soon in the city, the pollution levels might prove highly detrimental to the health of citizens in the near future. And if the city actually h ...More

With a view to removing the construction and demolition (C&D) waste in the city, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board this month will start work on the proposed dumping site which will come up in ...More

China's smoggiest cities have pledged to ramp up the battle on pollution after air quality deteriorated in the first few months of this year, the China Daily reported on Monday, as smog blanketed the ...More

With the urgent need to monitor real time and peak concentration levels of critical pollutants present in the air, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) will set up 10 new real-time air ...More

China's smoggiest cities have pledged to ramp up the battle on pollution after air quality deteriorated in the first few months of this year, the China Daily reported on Monday, as smog blanketed the ...More

LUCKNOW: National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) has developed an android-based mobile application, ENVIS-NBRI- Green Planner, for information on different plants that reduce air pollution. Th ...More

GURUGRAM: The Millennium City remained the country's second most polluted city for 24 hours with Air Quality Index (AQI) reported at 337 between Wednesday and Thursday. The most polluted city was Gay ...More

While both importing and exporting goods, air pollution can leadto premature deaths A study that measures the human toll of air pollution from global manufacturing and trade shows how buying goods ma ...More

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) told all public sector oil companies to stop using Bharat Stage-I and Bharat Stage-II vehicles for transporting petrol or petroleum products in the NCR. The tribunal ...More

The Supreme Court has signalled there can be no compromise over air quality The Supreme Court’s direction to transport authorities to stop registering vehicles that do not meet Bharat Stage-IV emissi ...More

public health crisis in the Delhi-NCR region as well as in rest of the country, the experts said the 2017 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) report suggests India has the second highest number of early de ...More

Common problems potentially require common solutions, and the need for a dialogue. This is true in the case of China and India when it comes to their challenge of tackling air pollution and switching ...More

The comptroller and auditor general (CAG) of India has asked the Bihar government and its transport department to maintain a database of pollution testing stations. It has also asked them to ensure t ...More