Air Pollution

The government is cutting climate finance, backing oil production and opposing air pollution measures in an attempt to win next year’s election The UK government led by Rishi Sunak has gone from indifference to hostile to climate measures in recent weeks, re-iterating its backing for oil production and polluting vehicles…

Edited by अशोक उपाध्याय | टाइम्स न्यूज नेटवर्क | Updated: 29 Jul 2023, 11:37 am Delhi-NCR Air Pollution Latest News: दिल्ली-NCR में वायु प्रदूषण में सुधार के लिए वायु गुणवत्ता प्रबंधन आयोग (सीएक्यूएम) ने प्रदूषण रोधी उपायों में बदलाव किया है। श्रेणीबद्ध प्रतिक्रिया कार्य योजना (ग्रेडेड रिस्पांस एक्शन प्लान-ग्रैप) के…

The meeting aimed at ensuring reliable and uninterrupted power supply during the critical period when air pollution generally worsens due to unfavourable meteorological conditions (Photo courtesy: Cummins Commentary) Press Trust of India New Delhi The Centre's Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has asked Delhi and states in NCR to…

The wife of Anambra state governor, Nonye Soludo, has urged Nigerians to embrace cycling and walking to reduce air pollution caused by vehicles, and promote a healthy lifestyle. She made the call during a media chat on Tuesday, July 25 in Awka to promote her project – Healthy Living with…

American Heart Association Research Highlights: An analysis of more than 202,000 heart attack deaths between 2015-2020 in a single Chinese province found that days that had extreme heat, extreme cold or high levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution were significantly associated with the risk of death from a…

New tools can guide US policies to better target and reduce racial and socioeconomic disparities in air pollution exposure...Read More

Canadian wildfire smoke continues to blow over much of the U.S., raising air pollution to harmful levels for construction workers. Now, the impact of the fires is likely to raise U.S. lumber prices, too. Canada’s 2023 wildfire season has been blazing, burning the largest amount of land ever recorded in…

More than a quarter of the passenger vehicles sold in China in 2022 were new energy vehicles (NEVs), including full EVs and hybrids. Records show that nearly 7 million NEVs hit China’s streets last year — that’s 26% of the nearly 27 million vehicles sold overall, up from less than 5%…

This story was supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. As wildfire smoke from Canada plagued parts of the United States for the second time this summer, expanding into parts of the Midwest and East Coast, cities were caught unprepared. While a few put out alerts, outreach was limited.  People…

A study by the Keck School of Medicine has found that even EPA-approved levels of certain pollutants can lead to changes in brain function over time in children. The research, utilizing brain scans from over 9,000 youths, discovered that exposure to these pollutants results in altered connectivity between various brain…