Air Pollution

LOS ANGELES—The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued violation notices to Los Angeles County and four companies following a probe into a noxious smell coming from decaying organic material in the Dominguez Channel, the agency announced Dec. 3. Thousands of residents from Carson, West Carson, and portions of…

NEW DELHI - India's capital New Delhi has ordered the closure of schools and colleges until further notice from Friday (Dec 3) after the Supreme Court criticised the city government for reopening educational institutions despite "very poor" air quality. The city government last week decided to reopen schools and colleges after…

Nov. 30, 2021 -- When skies were blue and air pollution was reduced during stay-at-home lockdowns at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were fewer severe heart attacks in the United States, a new study suggests. The researchers examined air pollution levels and numbers of severe heart attacks reported…

As coronavirus cases popped up across California in March 2020, the previously impossible happened in Los Angeles County: The region's normally bumper-to-bumper traffic slowed by roughly 24%. Lucky drivers were now, suddenly, able to make it from Burbank to Santa Monica at rush hour on the 101 and 405 in…

A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking Rs 15 lakh as compensation and medical insurance of Rs 25 lakh in view of the poor air quality in the national capital. Justice Yashwant Varma Tuesday directed that the matter be listed for hearing on December 6 after…

The manager, Kiyawa Primary Healthcare Facility, Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Northwestern part of Nigeria, Muhammad Kani, has confirmed the rising cases of pneumonia among children under five years in the third quarter of 2021 in the local government area. The official told reporters in the state that…

The Supreme Court's impatience with slow progress on tackling Delhi's poor air quality is understandable, and also symptomatic of the deficiency in such tackling. Tackling air pollution cannot be limited to emergency situations or advance planning for a week at the peak of air pollution crisis. Sustained efforts that address…

The Centre's measures to control air pollution were ad hoc, the Supreme Court has said. The court asked the Modi government to draw up a long-term scientific strategy to ensure clean air for the nation's capital. A bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Justices DY Chandrachud and…

In its submissions to the SC on air pollution, the Centre has said that it has collected over ₹4.8 crore as 'environmental compensation' from over 100 errant industries in Delhi-NCR, fined thousands of polluting vehicles, found 262 construction sites non-compliant and imposed fines worth ₹80 lakh against them. Faced with…

Irish people must break their emotional bond with the “cosy fire”, a leading chemistry expert has said, in the wake of the EPA warning of “worrying” air quality at 52 sites across the country. The Environmental Protection Agency said the burning of solid fuel in villages, towns and cities, particularly…