Beijing has put in place a new police force to keep a check on the rising pollution levels in the city. Acting mayor Cai Qi on Saturday announced that the new environmental squad will target open-air ...More

Air pollution levels inside the Zoo Park are dangerously high, according to data available with the Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB). Classified as a 'sensitive' zone with a permissibl ...More

Every day eight people on an average are dying in Delhi due to air pollution-related diseases, the Supreme Court today said even as it directed the Centre to consider banning the use of fuels high in ...More

Noida officials on Friday said that they had intensified action against those caught flouting orders issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). On November 23, the NGT directed the district magistr ...More

London: London broke the annual limit for air pollution just five days into 2017, according to data from the capital’s main monitoring system. A site on Brixton Road in south London surpassed hourly ...More

A car-free Connaught Place will not only reduce the immediate exposure of people to air pollution but also spell boon for traders in the area contrary to fears of a slump, experts say. In fact, simila ...More

China plans cuts in major sources of air pollution including sulphur dioxide and will promote more public transport in large cities, the government said late on Thursday, as the country’s north grappl ...More

MEERUT: In the wake of increasing pollution in the state, ministry of environment, forest and climate change has instructed transport authorities in Uttar Pradesh to launch extensive awareness drive a ...More

HYDERABAD: It isn't just the toxic water seeping in from the adjacent Mir Alam Tank that is posing a threat to the lives of animals inside the Nehru Zoological Park. Also making it difficult for th ...More

All the 47 stone crushing units at Haveli taluka of Pune district, responsible for maximum supply of crushed sand and stone dust to Maharashtra and parts of Gujarat are flouting pollution norms, found ...More

Hyderabad: It isn't just the toxic water seeping in from the adjacent Mir Alam Tank that is posing a threat to the lives of animals inside the Nehru Zoological Park. Also making it difficult for them ...More

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to prepare standards for emission by industries in the National Capital Region (NCR) to bring down the level of air pol ...More

Heavy smog that blanketed parts of China at the weekend cleared somewhat on Monday, with flights in Beijing back to normal, but it was likely only to be a brief respite with more choking smog expected ...More

NAGPUR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench at Delhi, on Monday issued notice to ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) and ministry of urban development (MoUD) for ...More

BEIJING: Chinese capital today extended the orange alert for heavy air pollution for another three days as toxic smog continued to choke Beijing in the New Year, forcing authorities to cancel hundreds ...More

NAGPUR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench at Delhi, on Monday issued notice to ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) and ministry of urban development (MoUD) for ...More

Beijing on Monday continued the orange alert for heavy air pollution until Thursday. The Chinese capital dawned with blue skies and less-polluted haze due to cold air from the north, but forecasts in ...More

Five days after HT reported that another ready-mix-concrete (RMC) plant had been set up at Aarey Colony in Goregaon, the state pollution board issued a show-cause notice to the plant’s operators. Off ...More

Beijing and other cities across northern and central China were shrouded in thick smog Monday, prompting authorities to delay dozens of flights and close highways. The Beijing Municipal Environmental ...More

The Chinese capital dawned with blue skies and less-polluted haze due to cold air from the north, but forecasts indicated that the smog will return to significant levels on Tuesday and Wednesday, Efe ...More