Air Pollution

Switching to renewables could cut the health impacts of air pollution from power generation as much as 80 percent by mid-century, experts said Tuesday. Scientists and environmental groups have long advocated a switch to low-carbon power to cap the rise in gl…

Mostly dressed in blacks and wearing masks, several hundred people from all walks of life, including students, activists, doctors, corporate employees, auto-rickshaw drivers and security guards, assembled at Leisure Valley Park in Sector 29 here on Sunday mor…

NEW DELHI: As severe air pollution in North India has become an annual affair, the country could breathe easy by emulating policy interventions and technology employed by nations which have effectively dealt with the problem of critical air quality. Faced wi…

By Robert Birsel SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Extreme floods in Venice, fires in Australia and even an outbreak of plague in China have been attributed to climate change this week, while researchers have warned that global warming could saddle future generations wi…

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Extreme floods in Venice, fires in Australia and even an outbreak of plague in China have been attributed to climate change this week, while researchers have warned that global warming could saddle future generations with life-long illne…

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To that end, the report does contain glimmers of hope. Carbon intensity, or how much energy can be produced for each unit of greenhouse gas released, has increased. And more cities are filing climate assessments detailing solutions that can be put into place.…

Mehta said the government was of the view that the technology can be put to use to eradicate air pollution in the NCR. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey) A Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, allowed the Centre to look into t…

A new study finds that ultra-fine particles increase the risk of brain cancer. We go on about the dangers from PM2.5, or particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers, but there is a new kid on the block, even smaller, Ultrafine particles (UFP) less than 0…