Page 14 - Air Pollution

Spotlight on air quality ahead of winter and stubble-burning in the North

This comes in wake of new WHO norms on air quality which indicate that whole of India faces high pollution across the year

Centre holds meet with states to discuss air pollution in Delhi

A joint meeting of the states of Delhi, Uttar Pardesh, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana was held under the chairmanship of Union Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday

Air pollution one of the biggest environmental threats to human health: WHO

Air pollution is one of biggest environmental threats to human health alongside climate change, said WHO as it released its new air quality guidelines

More stringent air quality norms needed, say experts after WHO guidelines

Experts Wednesday stressed on the need to focus on revising India's air quality standards to make them more stringent as the WHO released new guidelines

11 thermal plants around Delhi directed to co-fire biomass pellets

The Centre's air quality commission said this can utilise millions of tonnes of biomass, address the issue of stubble burning and reduce air pollution

Tree transplantation in cities have no method; doesn't help green cover

With poor transplanting methods and shoddy aftercare, trees stand a poor chance of survival, show examples from across India

Follow 14-point rules to avoid pollution: Delhi govt to construction sites

The Delhi government has asked all private construction sites to follow its 14-point guidelines to prevent dust pollution in the city, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Friday. The AAP-led government had conducted a review meeting with all state-run agencies engaged in construction work in Delhi and they were told to submit their action plans to prevent dust pollution by September 21. Many private agencies are also involved in construction work in the city. We conducted a meeting with over 50 such companies, including L&T, Shapoorji, among others. "These private construction sites have been asked to comply with the 14-point guidelines to prevent dust pollution within 15 days," Rai said. The minister further said the government also discussed about the problems faced in the construction work last year. Under the 14-point guidelines, construction sites should be covered from all sides using tin sheds. The sites measuring more than 20,000 square metres will have to deploy ...

Europe's energy crunch sparks panic in Asia and scramble to buy fuel

Worried the eye-watering price of natural gas in Europe will spill over, LNG traders in Asia say they're paying record prices for this time of year

Top carbon emitters fall short on climate risk disclosure, says report

The report follows high-profile investor campaigns for better disclosure and analysis of the risk at energy companies and other heavy emitters such as miners.

Delhi govt bans storage, sale, use of firecrackers during Diwali

The Delhi government on Wednesday banned the storage, sale and use of firecrackers during Diwali owing to the severe pollution levels in the city.

India moving away from coal slowly, considerable progress by states: Study

Study finds there has been a 76 per cent reduction in proposed coal power since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, bringing the end of new coal construction into sight.

Delhi environment minister to chair high-level meeting on stubble burning

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has called a high-level meeting on September 9 to discuss a strategy to deal with stubble burning and pollution in the city in winter, officials said on Wednesday. Every winter, Delhi witnesses a surge in air pollution levels due to many reasons, including stubble burning in neighbouring states. "The (environment) minister has called a high-level meeting tomorrow (Thursday) with senior officers from Delhi Pollution Control Committee, environment department and forest department," an official said. At the meeting, the city government's strategy to deal with stubble burning and pollution in winter will be discussed, he said. Delhi will start preparing a "winter action plan" next week, according to Rai. On Tuesday, Rai had sought the creation of a joint action plan by Delhi and its neighbouring states to combat high levels of air pollution in the winter season. He had also called upon Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan to implement the

Delhi, states asked to 'update' action plan to tackle stubble burning

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has asked Delhi and its surrounding states to "refine and update" their action plan to tackle the problem of stubble burning.

India's first smog tower inaugurated in Delhi's Connaught Place

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday inaugurated India's first smog tower in Delhi's Connaught Place that will purify 1,000 cubic metres of air per second within a radius of around 1 km.

CM Kejriwal expected to inaugurate Delhi's first smog tower on Aug 23

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is expected to inaugurate the national capital's first smog tower at Connaught Place on August 23, Delhi government officials said on Friday

Experts welcome permanent air quality commission in NCR region

Apart from Delhi-NCR's own sources of emissions, a major contributor especially in winters is the burning of agriculture waste by the farmers in Punjab and Haryana.

India wants ethanol to fuel its cars, but food inflation is a major risk

The government will fast-track an ethanol program that will divert as much as 6 million tons of sugar toward fuel production annually by 2025, according to the food ministry

Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR, Areas Bill passed by LS

A bill which seeks to set up a statutory authority with appropriate powers to tackle air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR) and adjoining areas was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Govt to table Air Quality Management in NCR Bill in Lok Sabha today

The Government is set to introduce the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR region Bill, 2021 on Wednesday in the Lok Sabha.

Air pollution exposure is shifting from outdoor to indoor here's why

Getting vehicles off the road may do wonders for smog, but there's more to air pollution than that