Air Quality Standards

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by a tyre pyrolysis plant, village Sakauti, Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, 28/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …

Delhi's pollution level stays high even after monsoon

The air quality in Delhi continues to have high pollution level even after monsoon, said Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). According to a CPCB study, though the air quality in places such as Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Faridabad city in Haryana has improved after the monsoon, it did not …

Nagpur air quality bad due to thermal power stations’

While industries, power plants, mines and vehicles are blamed for increasing exposure to air pollution, there are many lesser-known sources which are significantly poisoning the quality of air. Virendra Sethi, professor at Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, whose 40 research papers have been published …

Pollution levels on the rise, Katraj worst-hit

PUNE: Several people stepping out of their houses eary in the morning were pleasantly surprised to see `dense vapour' in the air. Initially perceived as fog, it did not take much time for them to realise that it was smog. Pollution levels have escalated considerably over the past few days …

A breath of fresh air: addressing climate change and air pollution together for health

The latest report from the UK Health Alliance, A Breath of Fresh Air, makes the case for much more integrated strategies to address air pollution and climate change. It argues that approaches to addressing both challenges simultaneously will create much greater health benefits and cost-savings than strategies which address them …

PPCB team fails to lift samples from court complex

A team of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) today failed to take any samples from the record room located underground in the district court complex to check the air quality. An advocate and RTI activist, Prabodh Chander Bali, had written to the PPCB to check quality of air as …

Center approves carrying out environment impact assessment report of modernisation of Chennai airport by AAI

In a push to improving amenities for travelers at Chennai airport, Centre has given go ahead for carrying out environment impact assessment report of Modernisation of Chennai Airport (Phase II) by Airport Authority of India. The project seeking finalization of Terms of Reference (ToR) for conducting environment impact assessment was …

'Data on exposure to air pollution inadequate'

AGRA: A recent study by experts from University of Massachusetts, IIT-Bombay and Desert Research Institute in the US points out that the amount of air pollution exposure data available in India is largely inadequate. And considering the growing urbanisation and other factors that are exposing more people to polluted air, …

Over 90 per cent of world breathing bad air: WHO

GENEVA: Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. New data in a report from the UN's global health body "is enough to …

Crusaders PM 2.5 Air Quality Monitor launched in India, priced at Rs 4,999

Crusaders has announced the launch of its "Crusaders PM 2.5 Air Quality Monitor" to check quality of air in the immediate environment of a user Crusaders has announced the launch of its “Crusaders PM 2.5 Air Quality Monitor” that is designed to check the quality of air in the immediate …

Xiaomi enters air purifier market in India

Smartphone maker Xiaomi has forayed in the nascent air-purifier segment in India. The company’s Mi Air Purifier 2 is the first smart home product from its Mi Ecosystem devices range that is being launched in the country. Priced is at ₹9,999, the air purifier will be available on Mi.com from …

Real-time pollution data on mobile soon

AHMEDABAD: In the next few months, Amdavadis can get a five-day air quality predictions on their mobile phones, just like temperature forecasts. The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune is setting up 12 high-tech ambient air quality monitoring stations at various locations in the city and will set up 20 …

Kolkata air quality now toxic all year

KOLKATA: In the past two-and-ahalf years, Kolkata's air qualified as 'good' only once for a fortnight in August 2015. In the 31 months between January 2014 and July 2016, there wasn't a single instance when the average monthly SPM count was below the permissible limit. Worse, it turned absolutely toxic …

Peru to work with companies on environmental efforts: minister

Peru's new environment minister said on Wednesday the government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski would focus on preventing pollution rather than fining companies after the fact, part of a more collaborative stance she described for the private sector. Elsa Galarza, a U.S.-trained economist who previously headed the research unit at …

USAID announces five new partnerships in India

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced five new partnerships, four of which are with the Government of India, to expand Indo-US cooperation on clean energy, environment and climate change. During the US-India Joint Working Group on Combating Climate Change, USAID also announced its collaboration with the Forest …

High concentration of harmful pollutants found in Firozabad: NEERI

Agra: A study by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to gauge pollution level in Firozabad which is a part of Taj Trapezium Zone has revealed that the level of harmful PM10 and PM2.5 has exceeded the minimum level by double on a daily basis while nitrogen dioxide had crossed …

Plea on climate change: NGT notice to Centre, Delhi government

The order came on a plea filed by scientist Mahendra Pandey seeking direction to draft, finalise and implement the State Action Plan on Climate Change on the lines and the spirit of the NAPCC. With a scientist claiming that the national capital has no State Action Plan on Climate Change …

Air pollution kills 50,000 a year in UK; study

Around 50,000 people die every year in the UK across England and Wales due to unfit breathing air caused by pollution from cars, trucks and buses, according to a new research. This death toll is far higher than the number of deaths caused by traffic accidents, which stood at 1,713 …

Air quality monitoring at 21 places in state

JAIPUR: Rather than waiting for Diwali and initiating steps towards improving the air quality of the state, the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB), under the National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme, has initiated monitoring of ambient air quality at 21 locations in the state. Initially, air quality at six …

Experts caution people over poor air quality during monsoon

Experts from various fields have urged people to plant more trees and adopt anti-pollution measures after a US embassy report said there was an increase in the concentration of air pollution in many cities, including Delhi, even during monsoon which is considered the best season in terms of air quality. …

Global warming means smoggier autumns in US Southeast: Study

The drier, warmer autumn weather that's becoming more common due to climate change may extend summer smog well into the fall in the Southeastern US in the years ahead, according to a study published on Monday. Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences also suggests a …

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