Air Pollution

Simple Actions towards environment protection will lead to a giant leap towards mitigating air pollution: Union Environment Minister

Most of the rising global attention to air pollution focuses on the impacts that ozone, particulate matter, and other pollutants have on human health. This is natural; the numbers in the headlines are striking. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates th…

Swedish home furnishings manufacturer Ikea is understandably proud of its tiny home designs, which can be found in demo form in most of its retail stores, where designers have crammed a bed, a sofa, a television, and a tiny kitchen into spaces as small as 250…

The programme is being piloted in Surat as it is a densely populated industrial centre where textile and dye mills release a significant amount of air pollution. Gujarat on Wednesday launched a market-based trading system to reduce air pollution, where the g…

Four years ago, 21 young people sued the US government, alleging that its role in contributing to climate change violates their constitutional rights. In the landmark lawsuit, the plaintiffs allege that their generation has already suffered and will contin…

The noxious air hanging over India's towns and cities kills more than 100,000 children under five every year, a damning study found. India has repeatedly failed to address environmental concerns.Last year a UN report found 14 of the world's 15 most polluted cities were Indian.An Indian man with his face covered…

Researchers in Peru have discovered some of the earliest evidence of air pollution, and their report reveals new information about the extent that carbon emissions accelerate the melting of glaciers. The report, released by the National Institute of Researc…

Image caption Residents have claimed their homes on the A472 are unsellable because of pollution A plan to knock down houses on one of Wales' most polluted streets has been handed a boost with a funding promise. Nitrogen dioxide levels on the A472 in Crum…

The NGT chief said, “Six lakh people are dying every year in India and 50,000 are dying in Gujarat due to diseases related to air pollution.” (File photo) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, Chairman of National Green Tribunal Wednesday stating that “pollution is no …

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Aerial view of thermal power plant Getty Written with Dr. Rajiv Kumar Gupta, chairman of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board As the dust settles following an historic Indian election, it is an opportu…