Unfit for habitation: Life in Chennai’s industrial badlands
Decades before fossil fuel became the villain of the climate movement, frontline communities of dalits,…
Air Pollution
Centre brings new ordinance to tackle air pollution in the NCR
The Indian government today passed the “The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital…
Nationwide air quality data reveals big gaps, uphill climb in battle against pollution
A week after the State of Global Air 2020 revealed that India had faced the…
Exposure to air pollution in India last year worst in the world: State of Global Air Report 2020
The State of Global Air 2020 report released this week and while there were several…
Top court summons chief secys of 4 states over stubble burning incidents
As crop stubble burning begins ahead of the season, the Supreme Court of India has…
Crop burning already: ‘‘Early varieties’ of crops being harvested
Crop residue burning, one of the main causes of air pollution in Delhi and north…
Expert committee recommends imposing huge fines on NTPC, Essar Power for ash dyke breaches in Singrauli
The disastrous twin breaches of toxic ash dykes at two large coal plants in Madhya…
As buildings reopen, urban indoor air quality critical to COVID19 preparedness
The WHO in its July 2020 scientific brief has outlined airborne transmission as one of…
Green court: Set up 175 air pollution monitoring stations, conduct Carrying Capacity study
India’s green court, the National Green Tribunal (NGT), has ordered the Central Pollution Control Board…
Madras HC “permanently seals” Vedanta smelter, says environment will reign supreme over economy
The Madras high court refused Vedanta’s plea to reopen the company’s copper smelter two years…
