This overview sets the scene for the various modules in the Renewables 2024 Global Status Report Collection. It provides high-level trends on the status of renewables in the wider fossil fuel-dominated energy system in the context of global challenges such as climate change, development goals and the geopolitical landscape. Urgent …
The state government was unable to give a satisfactory reply, which prompted Shiv Sena legislator Nilam Gorhe, NCP’s Hemant Takale and Leader of Opposition Dhananjay Munde to attack the government for failing to address the issue. Opposition parties in the state Legislative Council took on the state government on Tuesday, …
HYDERABAD: Maps released recently by Europe’s Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite identified polluted air around thermal plants in Telangana with substantial sulphur dioxide. Other areas with thermal plants such as Chandrapur, Koradi and Tiroda in Maharashtra, Vindyachal in MP, Korba, Bhilai and Raigarh in Chhattisgarh and Jharasguda (Vedanta) and Talcher in Odisha …
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, with a dedicated staff, will not just do surveys but also research on the data collected to come …
Inventories of annual and monthly emissions in the northern, central and northeastern provinces of Thailand, where agriculture and related agro-industries are very intensive, were evaluated the contribution of agricultural activity on air quality monitored in corresponding provinces. In Journal of Environmental Sciences Volume 52 titled Influence of agricultural activities, forest …
A new Oxford University collaboration has shed light on the damaging health consequences of Britain's car addiction – revealing that it is likely costing our NHS and society in general more than £6 billion per year. Commissioned by Global Action Plan – who coordinate the forthcoming Clean Air Day (21 …
German carmakers have a moral obligation to refit heavily polluting diesel vehicles on the country’s roads, environment minister Svenja Schulze said, but conceded that the government had no legal means to make them do so. In an interview published in Die Welt newspaper on Monday, Schulze said refits could first …
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a £1m fund to help tackle air pollution in schools. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Images Children in London schools are being exposed to higher levels of damaging air pollution inside the classroom than outside, putting them at risk of lifelong health problems, a …
PATNA: In a bid to minimise pollution level, the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) on Thursday decided not to allow commercial diesel vehicles more than 15-year-old to ply on city roads from December this year. The action plan envisaged by BSPCB for reducing air pollution in the city will …
Nagpur: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has sounded the death knell to 94 cities in the country where pollution levels are not meeting the set standards. Topping the chart are Maharashtra with 17 cities and Uttar Pradesh with 15 cities. The board has pinned the blame on civic bodies …
The UK government has spent more than half a million pounds on failed legal battles against clean air campaigners, according to newly released documents that underline the cost of weak action on pollution. The figures – obtained under a freedom of information request by the Labour party – show repeated …
Over one lakh children die in India annually because of household air pollution, says study. Outdoor air pollution has received much-required attention in popular media. What is missing though in conversations is indoor air pollution, which causes 3.5 million-4 million global deaths annually, according to a recent report published in …
The Germany government says thousands of people die prematurely each year from the harmful effects of nitrogen dioxide, a gas that’s also produced by diesel engines. According to a study released March 8 by the Federal Office for the Environment, almost 6,000 people died prematurely in 2014 from illnesses that …
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will issue a notice to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over its inaction against gold polishing and smelting units at Bhuleshwar and Zaveri Bazaar. Bhuleshwar residents, Harkishan Goradia, and visually impaired D M Shah, who have been waging a war against the polluting units for …
Total emissions from motor vehicles fell 12% from 2012 to 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. However, the UK remains in breach of European limits for nitrogen oxides (NOx) in 16 cities. Nonetheless, environmentalists have welcomed the overall drop in pollutants from cars and lorries. The reduction is …
Household cleaners, paints and perfumes have become substantial sources of urban air pollution as strict controls on vehicles have reduced road traffic emissions, scientists say. Researchers in the US looked at levels of synthetic “volatile organic compounds”, or VOCs, in roadside air in Los Angeles and found that as much …
NEW DELHI: An experimental station being run by the Central Pollution Control Board to monitor some toxic trace gases shows the capital's air doesn't just have very high particulate matter levels, but is also laced with hazardous air pollutants, such as mercury and formaldehyde. But it's too early to say …
London has reached its annual air pollution limit just one month into the year, for the eighth year in a row. Under EU rules, any single location in the UK can only break the hourly air pollution limit 18 times in a year, and Brixton Road in Lambeth reached that …
The MoEF had on December 7, 2015 issued a notification revising the standards for coal-based thermal power plants across the country that aimed to reduce emissions such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter, and regulate the amount of water consumption The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the …
A new study released on Thursday titled "Burden of Disease Attributable to Major Air Pollution Sources in India" has found that residential biomass burning or use of solid fuels inside homes followed by coal combustion contributes to highest PM 2.5 exposure in both cities and villages. The study by IIT …
Concentration of gaseous pollutant rising steadily since 2015 The concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a toxic gaseous pollutant, substantially rose in Delhi in 2017, despite a fall in diesel consumption, according to data from the six National Air Quality Monitoring (NAMP) stations in the city. The Delhi government on Wednesday …
