Lockdown’s clean air effect: Delhi’s solar output increased during lockdown, shows MIT study
If there is any silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is only this –…
Air Pollution
Why power producers’ latest plea for deadline relaxations to install emission control tech fails to cut ice
The implications of the escalation in border tensions between India and China last month were…
Govt convinces top court, dilutes NOx emission limit for coal power plants
India’s Supreme Court has allowed the government to relax emission norms for coal power plants…
Action on air pollution has now become a top public priority, show a slew of perception surveys
Policy-makers, where are thou? Air pollution in India escalated to prominence when the World Health…
Styrene gas leak deaths: LG Polymers CEO, 2 directors among 12 arrested
Andhra Pradesh police on Tuesday arrested 12 people, including the CEO and two directors of…
Lockdown effect on air quality shows areas for action, sheds light on background pollution in India
New Delhi, July 3, 2020: The lockdown enforced to control the COVID 19 pandemic in…
First real-time source apportioned study quantifies elemental loads in Delhi’s winter pollution
In a first-of-its-kind assessment for Delhi, scientists from IIT-K conducted real-time analyses of ambient air…
Big win for clean air: Top court rejects power firms’ plea to extend emission deadline to 2024
The Supreme Court has rejected power plants’ request to further extend the deadline to install…
Flip-flop: After a Cabinet stay, environment ministry permits new coal units at Koradi
In a policy flip-flop, the environment ministry initiated a process to allow two new 660MW…
Urban professionals bat for sustainability in India’s post-lockdown reopening: Survey
The national lockdown saw air quality indices across Indian cities soar as pollution dropped to…
