Epidemiological study on effect of air pollution on human health (adults) in...
This is a detailed study on health impact of air pollution on human health in Delhi conducted by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) with Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute.
View ArticleGuangzhou sets clean air quality target for 2015
The PM2.5 readings in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, will decrease by more than 6 percent in 2015 compared with the 2010 levels, according to the city's environmental protection plan.PM2.5...
View ArticleSupreme Court won't hear challenge to EPA rulemaking
The Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to consider reducing the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to set air quality standards, leaving intact a tough new limit on sulfur dioxide emissions in a...
View ArticleNon-forest activities banned in Aravalis
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Haryana government to ensure no "non-forest" activity is carried out in the forest areas of three villages - Kot, Mangar and Roz-ka-Gujjar...
View ArticleChina says major pollutant levels dropping, but hard task ahead
China's environment minister said on Thursday that emissions of four major pollutants dropped last year and should fall by a similar level this year, but admitted the country faced a tough task in...
View ArticleMinister unveils measures to cut pollution
The program to combat pollution will place greater emphasis on monitoring, gathering and releasing information and tackling PM2.5, the minister leading the fight for cleaner air told a major...
View ArticleAir pollution is now the fifth largest killer in India, says newly released...
Air pollution is now the fifth largest killer in India, says the Global Burden of Disease report released by the scientists behind this study at a dialogue workshop organised by CSE, Indian Council of...
View ArticleMoEF relaxes rules for brick earth mining
Stringent environmental clearance rules for mining of minor minerals are set to be relaxed for mining projects involving 'brick earth' and 'ordinary earth'. Used extensively in construction activities,...
View ArticleNational ambient air quality status & trends in India 2010
CPCB has established the National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (NAMP) Network, covering 209 cities/towns of the country in compliance with the mandate under the Air (Prevention and Control of...
View ArticlePollution kills, but who cares?
Current policies on containing air pollution, particularly in cities, are regressiveOur health is not on anybody's agenda. Or we just don't seem to make the connections between the growing burden of...
View ArticleMining talukas record low pollution levels
PANJIM: The mining ban has come as a blessing for people living in mining belts as government records indicate that pollution levels along the mining talukas have shown a drastic decline.According to...
View ArticleAs city sizzled, ozone reached alarming level
New Delhi: The prolonged heatwave in Delhi since May 18 not only saw extremely high temperatures ranging between 44 and 46 degrees but also led to the development of a dangerous pollutant that has
View ArticleIndian coal power plant pollution standards 4 to 20 times worse than those in...
In March of 2013, Greenpeace India and Conservation Action Trust commissioned a report by UrbanEmissions demonstrating the health impacts from coal fired power plants. That analysis found between...
View ArticleThe effect of Metro rail on air pollution in Delhi
This paper investigate the effect of the Delhi Metro, an intra-city mass rail transit system, on air pollution within Delhi. Finds strong evidence to show that it has resulted in reductions of two...
View ArticleDust particles within permissible limits
But smoke billowing out from steel units is still a concern; Post-monsoon GSPCB to carry out more checks This might raise many an eyebrow amongst those hit by pollution in and around the Cuncolim...
View ArticleState makes green health an indicator of its growth
Wiser from the disaster, the Uttarakhand government has decided to make ecological health an indicator of the state’s growth.In a statement released Friday, the government stressed the need to focus on...
View ArticleAir pollution kills over two million people each year
Human-caused outdoor air pollution may be responsible for over two million deaths worldwide - a large number of them in South Asia and East Asia - each year, US researchers have said.
View ArticleChina Air Pollution Triple WHO Recommended Levels in First Half
Air pollution in China’s largest cities, as measured by the concentration of fine particulates that pose the greatest health risk, was three-times worse in the first half of the year than levels ad
View ArticlePoll-bound govt sends back air pollution agenda
The much awaited ‘Agenda for Air Pollution Control’, which seeks to meet the ambient air quality standards in Delhi by 2017, came up before the cabinet chaired by chief minister Sheila Dikshit on...
View ArticleDelhi govt's ambitious plan to cut air pollution on hold
Delhi government today deferred its decision on finalising an ambitious plan which include some "tough measures" to cut air pollution in the city, apparently because of the upcoming assembly polls.
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