The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) in collaboration with a leading think-tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) announces the launch of a pilot study on real-time source apportionment of PM2.5 in Delhi-NCR. The study aims at identifying the factors and various sources of pollution and carry out source speciation …
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee in collaboration with a leading environment think-tank will undertake a pilot study to monitor the pollution level of Delhi-NCR dynamically and identify specific pollutants to take action in case of sudden spike of pollution, officials said Wednesday. The study on Ambient Air Source Apportionment in …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), in association with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and leading instrumentation company Horiba, Japan launched a pilot study on Wednesday on real-time source apportionment of PM2.5 in Delhi and adjoining areas. The objective of the study is to identify the signature of …
NEW DELHI: India will be unable to meet one of its Paris Agreement commitments of generating 175-gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy by 2022 “if the sector continues to be plagued by policy inconsistency and discom problems”, Delhi-based environmental research and advocacy group, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), has warned …
In the five years since the publication of the first Citizen’s Report on the State of Renewable Energy, the renewable energy sector has made tremendous strides in the country. Riding on a favourable policy environment and dipping prices, capacity and generation have grown. But this success has thrown newer challenges. …
Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is set to start a real-time source apportionment study to identify the factors responsible for the city’s foul air. Anumita Roychowdhury, head of air pollution and clean transportation programme at CSE, said the idea is to find out the exact composition …
118 closed down in last three years | Central package has lapsed With the financial incentives of the Central industrial package having lapsed, several industrial units have closed their manufacturing operations in the state, hitting employment. Figures presented in the Vidhan Sabha by the state government revealed that as many …
This new technology now means that the EPCA can conduct tests of Pollution by specific vehicles using lasers without stopping the car in question. The International Centre of Automotive Technology has announced that they are looking into a study to analyse if remote sensing can be used in detecting heavy …
The new diet could avert around 11 million premature deaths a year. With the ideal diet, your life would be less sweet but your lifespan would be longer. Cut consumption of sugar and red meat by 50%, and increase the intake of fruits, vegetables, and nuts — that is the …
Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) on Monday asked authorities to make public advertisements asking people to get vehicle insurance and regular pollution under control (PUC) checks. “Insurance is mandatory, so is PUC. We need 100% insurance and 100% PUC compliance in Delhi-NCR. We will work closely …
GURUGRAM: September was clearly the best month in 2018 for Gurugram. Can’t recall anything special? Data on the city’s pollution levels shows September 8, 9 and 10 were the only ‘good’ days last year when air quality was below 50 micrograms per cubic metre. In other words, you breathed clean …
NEW DELHI: The air you are breathing on Delhi roads may be much more toxic than you realise. The data accessed by TOI from New Delhi Municipal Council has revealed that in November and December, the average AQI at three points in Connaught Place was in ‘severe plus’ category. While …
They prevent the use of top soil for manufacturing of clay bricks Only 66 billion out of a whopping 400 billion bricks are made of fly ash every year, according to a study conducted by the city-based Institute for Solid Waste Research and Ecological Balance. The study underscores the need …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-appointed EPCA on Thursday banned the entry of trucks into Delhi for 24 hours starting Friday night at 11. EPCA chief Bhure Lal wrote to the Delhi government and Delhi Police, asking them to stop the entry of trucks till 11pm on Saturday. “Based on the …
The year laid down the governance blueprint for tackling some major environmental problems. But there was as much news to cheer as to worry about. The year 2018 was a mixed one for environmental issues. On the one hand, some major policies and programmes were announced. On the other hand, …
Diwali was toxic, Christmas was too and so was New Year's Eve with the air quality 'severe' on the last day of 2018, in sync perhaps with a year in which there was no getting away from the pollution. Diwali was toxic, Christmas was too and so was New Year’s …
Short-term and long-term measures taken; experts say implementation needs to be strengthened With an emergency plan in place since last year, 2018 was supposed to be the year when Delhi and the larger National Capital Region had the best shot yet at controlling air pollution with a long-term action plan …
PUNE: The air quality in the city may not show any drastic improvement 4-5 years after the launch of Bharat Stage (BS)-VI vehicles — first batch of which is set for launch in the second half of 2019 — in the absence of scrapping policy for pre-2005 vehicles that will …
Automobile makers have good words for the draft policy that has set a target for at least a fourth of new vehicles sold in Delhi to be run on electricity by 2023. However, they are skeptical on the issue of the required charging infrastructure and the lack of clarity on …
In 2016, the tribunal’s expert committee had submitted a report with a series of recommendations to counter increasing air pollution levels in the city. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Tuesday fined the state government Rs 5 crore for failing to comply with its two-year-old directive to combat air pollution in …
