Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deplorable condition of a water tank, Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …

Pollution: Delhi-NCR doesn’t have adequate air quality monitoring stations, says report

A total of 55 new stations were supposed to be set up by the end of 2017. However, as per the report, only about 10 monitoring stations have been added so far, excluding the ones set up in Delhi. A Graded Response Action Plan was set up last year in …

Traffic pollution to reduce by 84% if Bengaluru goes electric: Study

Vehicles to emit 1.89 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030’ If public transport is encouraged and private vehicles dissuaded, the city can see a staggering reduction in noxious gases by more than 84% in a little over a decade, shows a report on the transport sector by the Indian Institute …

PPCB to promote brick production with rice-ash

Patiala: The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) after getting conducted a research had now advised the brick kiln owners to help them save the environment by using rice husk ash in the production of bricks that would not only become cheaper and profitable for brick-kiln owners but would also save …

Data integration model for air quality: a hierarchical approach to the global estimation of exposures to ambient air pollution

Air pollution is a major risk factor for global health, with 3 million deaths annually being attributed to fine particulate matter ambient pollution (PM2.5). The primary source of information for estimating population exposures to air pollution has been measurements from ground monitoring networks but, although coverage is increasing, regions remain …

Delhi: Odd-even scheme may return as air quality worsens

With the air quality in Delhi and NCR increasingly getting worse ahead of winter, the city government has said it may bring back the odd-even vehicle rationing scheme to limit the number of cars on the roads. In a letter written on Wednesday, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot directed the …

Odd-even scheme may come back if air quality drops further

Under the scheme, vehicles with the registration number ending with an even number are allowed on roads on an even date while those ending in odd number are allowed on odd dates. The scheme was enforced in Delhi twice in 2016. The Delhi government is preparing to enforce the odd-even …

Air pollution continues to play havoc

The realisation that pollution is playing havoc with our lives continues to elude Indians. We are indeed living from moment to moment largely oblivious of the toxic air quality that we breathe day in and day out. Sadly, there is little thought over what we are bequeathing to the future …

In A Hurry To Clean Up Delhi Air, No Sight Of Long-Term Goal, Say Experts

The Graded Response Action Plan or GRAP, which promises to take strict action to control air pollution in Delhi and the National Capital Region, cannot replace urgent long-term action, experts say New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed pollution watchdog recently implemented a Graded Response Action Plan or GRAP, which promises to …

Cracker sale ban helped Delhi to breathe better

Chandrachud praises SC judgment The Supreme Court’s ban on the sale of firecrackers helped Delhi and the NCR breathe better after Deepavali this year. The court’s decision to ban liquor vends within 500 metres of National and State Highways strengthened the government’s decades-long efforts to prevent roads from becoming accident …

NPA urges Nigeria to reduce sulphur content in diesel

The National Petroleum Authority is urging its Nigerian counterpart to reduce the sulphur content in its diesel fuel to about 50parts per million(ppm). Nigeria is currently doing 3,000ppm of sulphur content, which is considered to be toxic fuel. Mr. Tampuli who was speaking in Nigeria, Lagos during the Oil Trading …

Electric cars emit 50% less greenhouse gas than diesel, study finds

Electric cars emit significantly less greenhouse gases over their lifetimes than diesel engines even when they are powered by the most carbon intensive energy, a new report has found. In Poland, which uses high volumes of coal, electric vehicles produced a quarter less emissions than diesels when put through a …

Paris city bikes go electric

Ten years after Paris launched the wildly popular Velib bicycle-sharing scheme, the grey two-wheelers that have spawned imitators worldwide are getting a makeover. On Wednesday, the City of Paris unveiled two new, colourful models that will replace the existing, 20,000-strong Velib fleet from January, 30 percent of which will be …

Global Transport Sector Not On Track To Achieve “Sustainable Mobility” Goals, Report Says

In a reminder of why CleanTechnica is in business and why we do what we do, the newly published Global Mobility Report 2017 has revealed that the global transport sector is not on track to achieve the goal of quickly transitioning to a “sustainable mobility” sector. The new study is …

Dominant control of agriculture and irrigation on urban heat island in India

As is true in many regions, India experiences surface Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect that is well understood, but the causes of the more recently discovered Urban Cool Island (UCI) effect remain poorly constrained. This raises questions about our fundamental understanding of the drivers of rural-urban environmental gradients and hinders …

AIIMS launches air pollution protection device

The team 'PerSapien Innovations' is now a start-up venture, recognised by the government of India The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday launched a device which will be used for personal protection from air pollution. The device, called as 'Airlens', is a nasal wearable device created by …

Supreme Court Bans Dirty Fuel To Fight Pollution In Delhi

Furnace oil and pet-coke are the dirtiest by-products from the refinery process and use of these fuels was banned in Delhi in 1996. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday banned the use of petroleum coke -- a cheap but dirty fuel -- in New Delhi's neighbouring states, the latest …

Delhiites dying one breath at a time

Doctors say even lungs of non-smokers in the city showing signs of toxic deposits due to air pollution What is the constantly high air pollution levels in the Capital doing to your health? More specifically your lungs? If images from the medical records of patients in the city are any …

EPCA marks pollution hotspots

Pollution levels in Del-NCR have remained in the ‘very poor’ category post-Diwali Anand Vihar, Ghaziabad and Bhiwari have been zeroed out for being hubs of pollution The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has identified — Anand Vihar, Ghaziabad, and Bhiwari — as the three major pollution hotspots contributing …

Indoor pollution bigger killer than foul water

Indoor air pollution is second only to outdoor air pollution when it comes to deaths caused globally, a recent survey found. Here’s a look at where it kills the most and the types of pollution that cause the most deaths.

Green groups pressure automakers on U.S. fuel efficiency rules

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Sierra Club, Greenpeace USA and Public Citizen and other environmental and consumer advocacy groups plan to turn up the pressure on Wednesday in their campaign to stop automakers from lobbying the Trump administration to weaken fuel efficiency requirements. The groups wrote last month to auto executives …

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