MoEF to launch dust mitigation measures
Compared to last year that saw 56 good air days between January and June, this year, the national capital has seen 65 such days. This, officials said, is not a significant measure, but plans are afoot
Air Quality Standards
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Ambient air quality data of Delhi stations for the month of June, 2018
In compliance to the direction of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi Dated: November 17, 2017 (in the matter of Vardhman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others vide OA No. 44/2018
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Air conditioning could add to global warming woes: Study
The increased use of air conditioning in buildings could add to the problems of a warming world by further degrading air quality and compounding the toll of air pollution on human health, a study warns.
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Owing to pollution, MAMC to soon have a Department of Environment Health
As the pollution in the national Capital keeps on getting bad to worse, Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) is coming up with the Department of Occupational and Environment Health. The full-fledged department,
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Green cover on highways: NGT slaps a fine of Rs 50,000 each on Karnataka, Manipur
The bench noted that Karnataka, Manipur have not furnished information on roads in different areas of these states where trees have been felled and areas identified for compensatory afforestation. The
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Govt to identify pollutants on real-time basis
The Delhi government’s Environment Department has decided to commission a study to know the real-time identification of distribution of source for air pollution to enable it to design its action-plan for
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Don't follow this Gurugram example; here is why
In its study, CSE found that PM2.5 and PM10 levels in these societies and in nearby areas (within 200 meter range), where DG sets were operated for several hours during power cuts, increased by 30 per
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MoEF sends note on National Clean Air Programme funding for Finance Ministry's appraisal
Over a month after it closed the window for public comments and objections on the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), the Union Environment ministry has sent an Expenditure Finance Committee note on the
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Crop residue burning in North affecting rest of India too: study
Crop residue burning in Punjab and Haryana is often blamed for worsening air quality in the Delhi National Capital Region. Now a new study by scientists working in the US and India has found that impact
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Expert panel will be set up to use advanced technology to deal with air pollution: Environment Ministry
NEW DELHI: The Environment Ministry said on Monday a committee of experts would be formed to look into the technological advances, including application of satellite-based measurement, to improve air quality