The Silent Killer: Assessing the Impact of Biomass Burning on Women’s Health
Research in the field has established that women and children are disproportionately impacted by indoor…
Air Pollution
Delhi and Kolkata have the highest PM2.5 pollution in the world: Report
Indian and most global cities far exceed WHO’s air pollution guidelines for two major health…
Govt shocker in Parliament: ‘Air pollution primarily urban issue’
In an apparent disregard of the fact that coal power plants, brick kilns, industries are…
Centre’s air quality commission revises Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQP) recommended revisions to the Graded Response Action Plan…
CPCB lowers PM emissions limits for industries using small boilers
Industries that are run on small boilers won’t be able to pollute more, the Central…
Coal to be phased out of Delhi-NCR by Jan 1, 2023
In a significant development coal will be phased out from across Delhi and the National…
How rising temperatures are fuelling risk to human health
Human-induced climate change and rising temperatures are a growing threat to human health. Old people…
Study: Cutting NOx emissions by half leads to dramatic gains in crop yields
A new study shows that cutting NOx pollution levels by about half would improve crop…
India reported most air pollution-related deaths in the world in 2019: Lancet report
A recent report on pollution and health published in The Lancet Planetary Health says 16.7…
UP becomes first to adopt airshed management to cut pollution
Uttar Pradesh became the first Indian state to adopt ‘airshed management’ to reduce pollution with…
