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 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released the result of its analysis of air quality data from the continuous monitoring by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to show that pollution levels this winter have been worse than last year. “This justifies emergency action like the odd and even …
Workers at coal-based power plants in Delhi are suffering from asthma, bronchitis, or TB; industries account for 11 per cent of Delhi’s air pollution. or 34-year-old Mahesh Raja the easiest way to keep respiratory problems at bay is to eat a piece of “jaggery”. He picked up this remedy while …
Hyderabad: While Delhi debates the ban on 15-year-old vehicles by the National Green Tribunal, Hyderabad has around 8 lakh such vehicles. These vehicles do not adhere to the ‘Bharat’ norms of vehicular emissions, which are based on the Euro standards and were introduced in India only in 2000. Most vehicles …
NEW DELHI: An engineer on Monday moved the National Green Tribunal against alleged adulteration of petrol and diesel at fuel stations prompting the green panel to direct inspection of petrol pumps across Delhi-NCR and seek a response from the Centre on the issue. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice …
The U.K. government said that London is likely to meet European Union air quality rules by 2025, an improvement on previous projections that the capital wouldn’t do so until at least 2030. Measures introduced in the capital alone would ensure compliance by 2030, with additional U.K.-wide policies bringing that forward …
Diesel car owners have been warned they could face charges for driving in city centres after campaigners vowed to bring a legal challenge to make the Government do more to tackle air pollution. Ministers on Thursday unveiled plans for ‘clean air zones’ in five city centres, where polluting old diesel …
Britain will submit its final plan for improving air quality to the European Commission on Thursday after levels of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide, mostly from diesel vehicles, were found to have breached EU limits. The UK Supreme Court earlier this year ordered the government to submit the new plans for …
Dozens of UK cities including London, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff and Edinburgh will still be in breach of EU limits on air pollution for at least the next five years, despite an air quality action plan issued by the government on Thursday. The plan is a response to a supreme …
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M;), the country’s leading sport utility vehicle (SUV) manufacturer and the company likely to be worst affected by the National Green Tribunal’s directive to ban the registration of new diesel vehicles in Delhi, has questioned the wisdom of targeting only diesel vehicles to solve all the …
The 'milky white' nature of fog and associated haze that has shrouded Delhi with the onset of winter show that pollution has not yet spiked to last year's level, a top expert said, indicating that the worst is yet to come. The city's air quality, that "became better" post Diwali …
Firozabad: A team of scientists has visited Firozabad to collect samples of air pollutants spewed from the glass industry particularly in Taj trapezium district. The visit comes after, National Green Tribunal (NGT) took cognizance of air quality issue raised by NGO Social Action for Forest and Environment (SAFE), which filed …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will add 25 ambient air quality monitoring stations to its network in the State and the data updates will be available online. Data available on website “Already the public can see Chennai data on the Air Quality Index of the Ministry of Environment …
MERUT: Railway Road was the noisiest area in the city during the Diwali festival period, while Cantonment Board area was the quietest, shows data recorded by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB). While the noise pollution was lower than for the corresponding period last year, air pollution levels shot …
For the past three days, Delhiites have been breathing air that's almost as noxious as the air during this year's Diwali, indicating a rapid deterioration in pollution levels caused by local emissions and weather conditions. The air quality index currently is in 'very poor' category, close to the 'severe' zone …
A day after holding its second car-free day in the capital, the AAP government claimed that Dwarka area used during the event showed “significant” reduction in the level of pollutants in the air. The government said this while releasing the comparative ambient air quality figures collated by the Delhi Pollution …
This paper investigates the relationship between local air pollution and urban structure with an emphasis on urban fragmentation. Using a unique dataset of 249 Large Urban Zones (LUZ) across Europe, a Bayesian Model Averaging selection method is employed to empirically identify the determinants of within-LUZ concentration of three air pollutants: …
GURGAON: As a result of the efforts of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to make the people aware of the harmful effects of burning firecrackers, lower pollution levels were recorded in the State during Diwali this year as compared to last year. A spokesman of the HSPCB said …
NEW DELHI: Several people in Delhi who stepped out of their houses on Saturday complained about their eyes stinging and watering. They also reported an uncomfortable feeling of "being choked". This wasn't surprising because air pollution levels in the city had reached alarming proportions. Experts said that heavy vehicular traffic …
A team of Australian and Chinese scientists have developed a all-new sensor capable of detecting potentially harmful levels of nitrogen dioxide, while being extremely cheap to manufacture. The primary source of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide is attributed to the burning of fossil fuels as in vehicular exhausts, industrial pollution, petroleum refineries …
Stagnant air explains why pollutants accumulate throughout the workweek in winter, and why spring sees more variation within days As winter soon descends on Delhi, the city can expect air that is more than twice as polluted than during the spring and summer. Every Delhiite knows that air pollution varies …
