Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
This paper aims to inform the next phase of PROCONVE for LD vehicles by assessing important components of PROCONVE L6 and their relative strengths and weaknesses compared with similar programs in the United States and the European Union. The U.S. and EU programs were selected for this comparison because they …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/04/2017 in the context of BS-IV compliant vehicles. Apex Court declares that the "automobile industry was quite sanguine that its desire for selling accumulated stock of BS-III compliant vehicles …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air and noise pollution in Delhi and NCR, 10/04/2017. The ambient air quality for Delhi and NCR is monitored under the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme comprising of 680 monitoring stations in 300 cities/towns in India including 21 stations in Delhi and NCR. Air …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air quality of cities, 10/04/2017. Cities can be ranked on the basis of different criteria pollutants with different results. On the basis of data monitored during 2015, higher levels of Particulate Matters (PM10) were observed in Ghaziabad, Allahabad, Bareilly, Jharia, Delhi, Ranchi, Kanpur, Ferozabad, …
Urban road infrastructure is crucial in determining air pollution. Yet, little is known about the roles played by road width vs. road length. This paper attempts to fill this gap by estimating the effects of road infrastructure on 10-micron particulate matter (PM10) using city-level data from the People’s Republic of …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Exceeding level of PM2.5, 27/03/2017. Out of the 56 cites monitored for PM 2.5 by Central Pollution Control Board, the data for the year 2015 indicates that PM 2.5 levels have exceeded permissible limits in Delhi, Bangalore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Singrauli, Angul, Balasore, Rourkela, Sambalpur, …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Permissible PM10 concentration, 27/03/2017. World Health Organization (WHO) has published ‘WHO Air quality guidelines for particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide’ during the year 2005. The guidelines are intended for reference by countries to provide appropriate targets for a broad range of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Abatement of Air Pollution, 21/03/2017. The quality of air in Delhi can be assessed as per National Air Quality Index (NAQI) which classifies it into good, satisfactory, moderate, poor, very poor, and severe categories. As per AQI data for Delhi, the number of days …
BEIJING – The Chinese government is seeking to improve its air quality by reducing emissions of major polluting gases, according to a report presented by the premier at the opening of the parliament’s annual session on Sunday. Emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide will be cut by 3 percent …
YouGov poll reveals high levels of concern over air quality, as Mayor's Office confirms every borough has illegal levels of pollution. The level of public support for bolder policies to tackle air pollution was underlined yesterday with the publication of a new poll showing 88 per cent of Londoners think …
China and India, the world’s most populous countries, also match each other on the scale and severity of urban air pollution. Addressing this pollution requires that governments reorient policies away from fossil fuel combustion. This brief explores one such policy shift—reform of fossil fuel subsidies—and how this shift is being …
Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the UK all receive notification time is running out to bring air quality into line with EU standards . The threat of multi-million pound fines being levelled at the UK over its repeated breaches of EU air quality rules moved a step closer today, after …
Air pollution is the leading environmental cause of death worldwide according to the State of Global Air 2017, a new, first annual report and interactive website launched at www.stateofglobalair.org. The report also finds that 92% of the world’s population lives in areas with unhealthy air. All told, long-term exposure to …
The development of electric vehicles (EVs, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs)) could enhance fuel diversity and utilise renewable energy, which is considered a promising, long-term solution to reduce high dependence on fossil fuels and alleviate climate change impacts from a global perspective. In addition, EV …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air pollution due to cutting of trees, 06/02/2017. The major steps taken by Government to check and reduce air pollution in cities and metro cities, inter alia, include notification of National Ambient Air Quality Standards; formulation of environmental regulations / statutes; setting up of …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air pollution in places other than mega cities, 06/02/2017. Major steps taken by Government to address the problem of air pollution in cities of the country, inter alia, include notification of National Ambient Air Quality Standards; formulation of environmental regulations / statutes; setting up …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/01/2017. One of the issues raised in the Order deals with high sulphur content in pet coke and furnace oil and their utilization in industries in the NCR thereby …
Damning information obtained by Greenpeace India through online reports and Right to Information applications from State Pollution Control Boards across India, shows that none of the Indian cities comply with standards prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and very few cities in southern India comply to Central Pollution Control …
A revised Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) model with updated secondary organic aerosol (SOA) yields and a more detailed description of SOA formation from isoprene oxidation was applied to study the spatial and temporal distribution of SOA in China in the entire year of 2013. Predicted organic carbon (OC), elemental …
