Beijing’s city government has ordered 1,200 factories near the Chinese capital, including an oil refinery run by state oil major Sinopec and a Cofco food plant, to either shut or cut output following ...More

Beijing's city government has issued a red alert for severely high levels of air pollution in the Chinese capital, running for five days from Friday evening, the environmental protection bureau said o ...More

Warsaw: The city of Warsaw mas made public transportation free for a day due to heightened air pollution, a step meant to encourage residents to leave their cars at home. Poland, which burns large am ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi might have been at the heart of campaigns against pollution, but not a single case was registered here for violation of the Air Act in 2015. Of the 50 cases filed across the country, ...More

New Delhi, Dec 15 (PTI) The Delhi High Court today said it does not just want prevention of air pollution, but a reversal of its impact also, after it was told that pollutants once generated continue ...More

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it does not just want prevention of air pollution, but a reversal of its impact also, after it was told that pollutants once generated continue to affect the envi ...More

Beijing: Beijing is likely to see this year's worst smog in the coming days, with the authorities issuing a red alert for air pollution. A thick blanket of smog is likely to hit the city on Friday an ...More

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed authorities concerned to map areas in the national capital that are the leading polluters of environment. The court directive came after the Central Pollutio ...More

The rising number of vehicles on Bengaluru’s streets is reason for serious concern. It is causing not only traffic jams but also air and noise pollution. Bengaluru, which has a population of over 11 ...More

Beijing: Beijing issued its first air pollution red alert for 2016 on Thursday, as choking smog is expected to cover the city and surrounding areas in north China during the next five days. From 8 pm ...More

Varanasi Toxic particulate pollution in this holy city, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents in Parliament and intends to make a Smart City like Kyoto in Japan, has resulted in an eight-fold ...More

CHENNAI: With more than 10,000 trees lost to cyclone Vardah, experts fear that the damage inflicted on Chennai’s weather could be far reaching, triggering mercury rise by at least one or two degrees C ...More

A group of anti-smoking volunteers in blue vests marched through an office building on a recent morning in China’s capital, trailed by two police officers and the building’s management. As people pee ...More

GHAZIABAD: The level of PM10 in Kaushambi is more than three times the normal limit. This came to light in an affidavit filed by the UP Pollution Control Board with the NGT on Thursday. The alarming ...More

Kolhapur: A group of youths will undertake a painstaking nine-day cycling journey from Pune to Kanyakumari on December 17 for promoting use of cycles to workplace. In their journey, the group plans to ...More

BEIJING: Beijing has issued its first red alert for air pollutionthis year as a new bout of heavy smog was set to hit the capital city and surrounding areas on Friday. The smog that is expected to las ...More

VARANASI: Toxic particulate pollution in this holy city, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents in parliament and intends to make a Smart City like Kyoto in Japan, has resulted in an eight-fold ...More

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday termed "alarming" the figure of nearly 10,000 tonnes of particulate matter emitted due to paddy straw burning this season. "These are alarming statistics ...More

HYDERABAD: If you get stuck in a traffic congestion at the city's VIP areas like the Assemblybuilding, Secretariat or the Telangana chief minister's camp office, think twice before rolling down the ca ...More

The holy city of Varanasi has Indias most toxic air, and many north Indian cities are recording worse air-quality than Delhi, according to a new report in which IndiaSpend is a collaborator. In 2015, ...More