Calcutta: The state government stands accused of sitting for around a year and a half on recommendations on how to curb air pollution filed by an expert committee set up by the National Green Tribunal ...More

Pollution free air is the birthright of every human being on this planet but the scientists are warning us that if we neglect this pollution aspect then we may suffer from unexpected consequence. Poll ...More

Beijing’s battle against air pollution will take time and be very tough to win despite recent improvements, the acting mayor of China’s capital said on Wednesday. The city has been fighting to clean i ...More

Economic Times reported that Ministry of Environment and Forests has assured the National Green Tribunal that it would not grant clearance to any new thermal power plant until they comply with the sta ...More

Bangladesh’s national environment agency has rung alarm bells over air quality in Dhaka, deeming it “extremely unhealthy” as the dry season begins. On January 7, 2018, Dhaka’s air pollution level was ...More

Delhi pollution: In the wake of Delhi pollution hogging all the headlines, traffic signals will give air quality updates in every hour. This comes after Prime Minister’s Office has come out with an or ...More

NEW DELHI: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is going to commission a study based on data from government hospitals across the country to get an accurate picture of health impact of air pollution ...More

Following orders from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), major traffic intersections in the national capital will display hourly Air Quality Index (AQI) and health advisories on LED panels under a Cen ...More

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has issued notice to the Rathi Steel and Power Ltd’s plant at Ghaziabad, asking why environment compensation not be imposed on it for causing air pollution and e ...More

Thane: In an attempt to ensure that 100 per cent of the bio-medical waste generated in Thane city is segregated and disposed safely, city based non government organisations and the Indian Medical Asso ...More

Gurgaon: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has launched a campaign with a city-based private bus aggregator to raise awareness about the impact of shared mobility on air pollution. As man ...More

NEW DELHI: With crop residue burning in northwest India contributing to a quarter of Delhi’s air pollution during winter, a professor from Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has claimed to have ...More

MUMBAI: After a day's relief from poor air quality, pollution levels shot back into 'poor' category in the city on Monday. System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) recorded a ...More

JHARSUGUDA: Though a massive amount of fly ash is generated by industries in Jharsuguda district, the fly ash brick manufacturing units here have failed to gain popularity among builders and are stari ...More

The concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a toxic gaseous pollutant, substantially rose in Delhi in 2017, despite a fall in diesel consumption, according to official data. The Delhi government tod ...More

Three cities from the National Capital Region — Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Delhi — were among India’s five most polluted cities last year, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the country’s apex po ...More

MUMBAI: Thanks to new smoke-free furnaces, residents of Mumbai's Dharavislums will no longer have to deal with the menace of air pollution caused by the smoke-emitting furnaces, which are currently in ...More

Coal-fired power plants in the state will continue to be a major source of pollution, as 55 of 77 units in the state have failed to takes steps to curb toxic emissions from sulphur dioxide (SO2), ni ...More

Introduction: As the pollution of the world has increased day by day, sources of clean Water resources have also decreased rapidly. As such we need to maintain our limited water resources by recycling ...More

HYDERABAD: TelanganaPollution Control Board (PCB) has issued closure orders to six pharma and chemical industries for illegally dumping chemical drums, a hazardous waste, on the city outskirts. Closur ...More