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 …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will soon install three stations to continuously monitor ambient air quality in the city. “Orders have already been placed for the equipment costing Rs. 6 crore,” said a source in the TNPCB. The advanced equipment, which will record 12 parameters including Ammonia, Ozone …
China's capital Beijing will set up cameras at building sites across the city to monitor how much construction contributes to Beijing's notoriously polluted air, state media said. Air quality in cities is of increasing concern to China's stability-obsessed leaders, anxious to douse potential unrest as a more affluent urban population …
High levels of air pollution will continue to affect parts of the UK on Thursday, experts have warned. Environment department Defra said parts of eastern and north-west England, the Midlands, north Wales and south-west Scotland would be the worst-hit. It said London and the South East had reached the maximum …
Only three out of the 74 Chinese cities that were monitored for air quality last year reported clean air, while the large majority suffered various degrees of pollution, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Tuesday. The three cities to meet government-set air quality standards are Haikou, capital of South …
New Delhi: Only 3% of enquires on a toll-free weather and air quality call service are on pollution levels. This facility, not known to most people, is being run by the ministry of earth sciences since May last year. During the major smog episode this winter, when Delhi’s pollution levels …
Pollution in Beijing was stuck at unhealthy levels for the seventh straight day, prompting warnings for people to stay indoors as thick gray smog shrouded the capital a week before the annual meeting of China’s legislature. The concentration of PM2.5, the small particles that pose the greatest risk to human …
The smog is so bad even the statues wear masks. Or at least they do in pictures of a campus stunt that circulated online on Tuesday as parts of northern China suffered a sixth straight day of severe pollution. After being cooped inside because of the bad air, a psychology …
Localized air pollution, posing an environmental and health challenge, has been linked to the presence of 'heat islands' in Delhi — pockets which are significantly warmer than their surroundings. A study of these localized 'hot spots', compiled after a controversy over a Delhi versus Beijing pollution scare, revealed that vehicular …
The state Pollution Control Board has yet to adopt new norms of ambient air quality standards notified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Now with the CPCB having made online monitoring of air and water quality mandatory, the state board will have to upgrade its infrastructure to meet the …
Hong Kong’s Air Quality Health Index recorded ‘very high’ health risk at one of the three roadside-monitoring stations, according to data from the Environmental Protection Department. The index was 8 on a scale of 1 to 10+ in Central and Causeway Bay and 7 or “high” in Causeway Bay as …
Statement of the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in response to Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2546 for 18th February, 2014, asked by Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari regarding diseases due to air pollution. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad has stated in the Parliament …
The Chinese government's failure to take emergency steps over the weekend to rein in pollution was "indefensible," state media said on Monday, in a rare show of defiance after several days of thick smog once again blanketed the capital, Beijing. The criticism will be a concern for the stability-obsessed government, …
Central Pollution Control Board will in April install an automatic air monitoring system in Bareilly that will measure pollution levels in Badaun, Pilibhit, Moradabad, Shahjahanpur, Haldwani, Ranikhet, Nainital and Pithoragarh. This is the first time that such a facility is being installed in Uttar Pradesh. Apart from Bareilly, Chennai, Bihar, …
While Yale University researchers have claimed they couldn't find "reliable and accurate" air quality data from India, the Centre has expressed doubts over the veracity of satellite data Yale has used for Environment Performance Index 2014. System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research under the ministry of earth sciences …
Both Delhi and Beijing had begun their fight against air pollution neck-to-neck, but Delhi has lost steam midway. Beijing has moved ahead because of its decisive action, finds a review by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) of the state of air quality reporting by monitoring agencies in the two …
The Delhi Air Quality (AQ) issue need to be understood in proper scientific perspectives, says this press release released by Earth System Science Organization, Ministry of Earth Sciences on 1 Feb 2014.
Doctors who have been monitoring air quality data for the last month suggest that the best time to take a stroll for those vulnerable to pollution-related diseases is around 2pm. This is because PM 10 (coarse) and PM 2.5 (fine, respirable particles) levels stabilize briefly around that time. However, they …
Control Board Blames Construction Sector And Ongoing Metro Work Kochi: Are you having a persistent dry cough or a cold that refuses to go away? Are repeated medications failing to give you relief ? You could be just one of the many citizens facing this problem that the doctors say …
NewDelhi: Delhi’s air quality is indeed very poor but not as poor as Beijing’s, claim scientists. After an international newspaper recently reported that Delhi’s air quality this January has been worse than Beijing’s, System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) — under the Union earth sciences ministry — issued …
International trade affects global air pollution and transport by redistributing emissions related to production of goods and services and by potentially altering the total amount of global emissions. Here we analyze the trade influences by combining an economic-emission analysis on China’s bilateral trade and atmospheric chemical transport modeling. Our focused …
