Air Pollution

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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…

For the findings, the research team picked India, a lower-middle-income country with high levels of air pollution. (Photo: Getty Images/ Thinkstock) A new study has found that air pollution in the country is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular di…

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Restoring plants and trees near US industrial sites could reduce air pollution by an average of 27 percent, new study finds. "Despite the proliferation of control technologies, air pollution remains a major concern across the United States, suggesting the ne…

NEW DELHI: As Delhi grapples with worsening air pollution, the Chhattisgarh government has offered the Centre a solution to the problem of stubble burning in fields—set up ethanol or biofuel units using paddy husk and rice straw, it says. On its part, the Ch…

The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) along with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched Indias first web repository documenting air quality studies done in the last 60 years. The Indian Air quality …