NEW DELHI: The principle that "polluter pays" was today applied by the National Green Tribunal which said that it is builders and not the construction workers who will have to face "consequences" for ...More

MARRAKECH: The renewable energy boom is not limited to industrialised countries as emerging economies like India have invested more in such technologies than developed world, US Secretary of State Joh ...More

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Thursday decided to keep the Badarpur thermal power plant shut till January 31 as part of its anti-air pollution measures. The government, through the Delhi Polluti ...More

Pollution levels were much higher than what was being displayed on public monitors in the city even as the government issued lukewarm “directives” to tackle the air apocalypse. On 3 November, in resp ...More

MARRAKECH, Morocco: A day after the UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed his hope that the US President-elect Donald Trump would evaluate his "campaign remarks" and go by the market forces while taking clim ...More

Plumes of smoke being emitted through the exhaust, and yet the motorist produces a “valid” emission certificate. Faced with situations such as this, besides lack of monitoring of air pollution from v ...More

To monitor vehicular pollution, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Wednesday launched 12 vehicles fitted with sophisticated emission monitoring equipment. KSPCB chairman Lakshm ...More

MARRAKECH, Morocco: A day after the UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed his hope that the US President-elect Donald Trump would evaluate his "campaign remarks" and go by the market forces while taking clim ...More

NOIDA: Raising concerns on increasing air and ground pollution in Delhi NCR region the NCR RWA wrote to M Venkaiah Naidu minister of urban development, and chairman NCR Planning Board on Wednesday wit ...More

Aiming to tackle rising incidence of respiratory diseases caused by deteoriating air quality, experts from various arenas such as health research and state pollution boards on Wednesday launched an an ...More

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday questioned Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung’s decision to lift a ban on construction activities in the wake of severe air pollution in th ...More

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday questioned the Lt Governor and Delhi government's decision to lift the ban on construction and demolition activities in the national capital, saying ...More

More people died of air pollution in India than China last year, a Greenpeace study released on Wednesday said, adding to the worries of millions of Indians facing serious health hazards due to toxic ...More

Marrakech (Morocco): The renewable energy boom is not limited to industrialised countries as emerging economies like India have invested more in such technologies than developed world, US Secretary of ...More

India has overtaken China in terms of the number of deaths due to ambient (outdoor) air pollution with the country witnessing 50 deaths more than China reported per day in 2015, according to Global Bu ...More

MARRAKECH: The renewable energy boom is not limited to industrialised countries as emerging economies like India have invested more in such technologies than developed world, US Secretary of State Joh ...More

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday mentioned India thrice in his speech at a global climate meet — highlighting its growing investments in renewable technologies, draught and growing pollut ...More

Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Wednesday launched 12 mobile units to monitor pollution causing elements to contain the worsening air quality in Bengaluru. Bengaluru ...More

New Delhi: Around a week after the National Green Tribunal defined the parameters of 'severe' pollution and a more debilitating 'environmental emergency' and ordered Delhi and four others states to pu ...More

Gurugram: Aiming to tackle rising incidence of respiratory diseases caused by deteriorating air quality, experts from various arenas such as health research and state pollution boards on Wednesday lau ...More