The 2020 Air Pollution news round up
The year in which a global pandemic forced a reassessment of the complex implications of…
Air Pollution
Emission cheat devices: SC refuses to quash FIR against Skoda Volkswagen
The Supreme Court of India has refused to quash an FIR against carmaker Skoda Volkswagen…
“We are at the mouth of the cave when it comes to understanding PM1”
India suffers from some of the worst air anywhere in the world. While reports have…
Study: Air pollution levels in rural India almost as bad as metros
A new Indo-US study concluded that rural India is no better than the cities when…
Ahead of Diwali, firecracker bans and U-turns
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned bursting or selling firecrackers in the Delhi-National Capital Region…
It’s Diwali Everyday in Polluted Chennai’s Ennore-Manali industrial corridor
For 17-year old G. Santosh, who lives near Tamil Nadu’s fossil fuel capital in Manali,…
Repeating the Mistakes: Why the New Commission on Air Quality is not going to ensure clean air
The Central government has brought in a new law through an Ordinance which was promulgated…
Unfit for habitation: Life in Chennai’s industrial badlands
Decades before fossil fuel became the villain of the climate movement, frontline communities of dalits,…
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…
