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Air pollution news, scientific research on air pollution, health effects & reducing air pollution, Clean Air, News on PM 2.5, PM 10 Air Pollution Indexing, ... × News In-depth Blogs Videos BookStore Africa Climate Agriculture डाउनटूअर्थ AirPollution India World Environment Water Food NaturalDisasters Waste Energy Wildlife&Biodiversity Economy Science&Technology Forests Health Cartoons BookReviews Interviews Delhipollution:Lookingatsocial,politicalfacetsofclimatecrisiscanhelpinbetteradaptation Abalancedmixtureofoutrageandcompassionisneededtogivebirthtonewformsofpoliciesandactions Taskforce,flyingsquadsarefine,butwhatdoesDelhi’sairreallyneed Leavecontrol,eveneffectivepollutionmonitoringnothappeningatDelhi-NCR’spowerplants:CSE Delhi,Ahmedabad,MumbairecordedmorepollutionthisDiwalithan2020:SAFAR PunewastheonlycityamongfourmetroswhichhadlowerpollutionlevelsthisDiwalithanlastyearduetorainfall,accordingtoSAFAR 25Nov2021 Share PoorAQIinPatna:OPDsfillupwithchestinfections,breathlessness City’sairqualityindexwas231on November17,2021 18Nov2021 Share WhyPunjab’sshort-durationpaddyvarietieshavenotsolvedstubbleburning Promotedbythegovernment,short-durationvarietiesnowdominatePunjab’spaddy… 16Nov2021 Share IsanannuallockdownthesolutiontoDelhi’sairpollutionwoes?Yes,saysdata VehiclesarethelargestcontributorofDelhi’spollution,notstubbleburning,says… 15Nov2021 Share VIEWALLNEWS PhilippinecleanairAct:Oneyearon India's20%ethanol-petrolblendingtargetadvancedto2025 COVID-19causesdipinelectricvehiclesales,butlong-termoutlookintact:Report VIEWALLVIDEOS Delayedbydesign RetrofittingIndia'scoal-basedpowerplantsasperthenewstandardsthatwillbeinforcefrom2017remainsanuphilltask 18May2016 Share ClimateEmergencyCoP25:EUnotontracktomeetitsPariscommitments Asignificantproportionofthecontinent’semissionsreductionhasbeendrivenbyoutsourcingandotherextraneousfactors 06Dec2019 Share WahTaj!Really? WhiletheSCexpendsitsenergyonshoutingattheauthoritiestosavetheTajMahal,let’slookatthe17thcenturymausoleum’ssadstateofaffairs 12Jul2018 Share DirtyairdoomsIndianstoearlydeath Newanalysisofglobalburdenofdiseasesshowsveryhighrateofincreaseinearlydeathsfromparticulateandozonepollution.OveraquarterofglobaldeathsfromairpollutionoccursinIndia. 16Feb2017 Share VIEWALLIN-DEPTHS Racingtowardszeroemissions LucasdiGrassiisaFormulaERacingwinner ‘Weneedtotakearelookatourairpollutionstandards’ RakeshKumarisDirector,NEERI 'TheNitiAayogmandatehasthepotentialtomakeIndiaane-vehiclehub' ManuSharma,generalmanagerofHeroElectricanddirectorofcorporateaffairs,SocietyofManufacturersofElectricVehicles "ISROhascapabilitiestobuildgeostationarysatellitesforairqualitymonitoring” PawanGupta,LeadARSETAirQualityTeamandResearchScientist,UniversitiesSpaceResearchAssociationatNASA'sGoddardSpaceFlightCenter,… VIEWALLNEWS ShreyaVerma Taskforce,flyingsquadsarefine,butwhatdoesDelhi’sairreallyneed Alarge numberofindustriesinthe National Capital Regionstilloperateondirtyfuel;theiremissionspollute Delhiair AnubhaAggarwal Wintershutdownofcoalplantsbasedonflawedlogic,won’timproveDelhi’sair Stationsshouldcomplywithenvironmentalnormsattheearliest   SunitaNarain DelhiAirEmergency:Capitalbendingthecurvebutmoreactionneeded Delhi’spollutionlevelsshouldbereducedsothatevenwhenairspeedsgodown,coldairsettlesandepisodesofhighpollutionstrike,itcanrecoverquickly  ShreyaVerma Taskforce,flyingsquadsarefine,butwhatdoesDelhi’sairreallyneed Alarge numberofindustriesinthe National Capital Regionstilloperateondirtyfuel;theiremissionspollute Delhiair AnubhaAggarwal Wintershutdownofcoalplantsbasedonflawedlogic,won’timproveDelhi’sair Stationsshouldcomplywithenvironmentalnormsattheearliest   SunitaNarain DelhiAirEmergency:Capitalbendingthecurvebutmoreactionneeded Delhi’spollutionlevelsshouldbereducedsothatevenwhenairspeedsgodown,coldairsettlesandepisodesofhighpollutionstrike,itcanrecoverquickly  AvikalSomvanshi Delhipollutioncrisis:Thefigureof4-10%forstubblefiresisnotwrongbutirrelevant Thereneedtobedifferentstrategiestoaddresslong-andshort-termexposuretopollutionproblemsinDelhi.Governmentsareawareofit,butstillsomehowmanagetoconfusethetwo VIEWALLBLOGS