Air Pollution

Golden Temple to be under pollution scanner 24x7

AMRITSAR: Worried over reports about India's most loved monument Taj Mahal turning yellow due to pollution, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has woken up to the imminent threat to Golden T

Publication Date: 
27/11/2014
Times of India (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Punjab, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Air Quality Monitoring
Air Pollution

Exposing Delhi’s air pollution, from the back of an autorickshaw

American scientist Joshua Apte travels in an autorickshaw to present alarming findings for anyone who spends time on or near the roads in this city of 25 million.

Publication Date: 
27/11/2014
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Delhi, Vehicular Pollution, Rickshaws, WHO, Air Quality Monitoring, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Air Quality Index (AQI)
Air Pollution

Delhi choking on foul air, time to clean up

Our city has become so polluted that even a morning walk can make you very ill.

Publication Date: 
26/11/2014
Jayashree Nandi
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Atmosphere, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Air Quality Monitoring, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), CSE, Health Effects
Air Pollution

Delhi choking on foul air, time to clean up

Our city has become so polluted that even a morning walk can make you very ill.

Publication Date: 
26/11/2014
Jayashree Nandi
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Atmosphere, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Air Quality Monitoring, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), CSE, Health Effects
Air Pollution

Thick smog forecast for northern China

BEIJING -- The National Meteorological Center (NMC) on Monday warned of medium to severe smog in northern China in the coming days.

Publication Date: 
24/11/2014
China Daily
Tags:
Air Pollution, China, Air Quality Monitoring, Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases
Air Pollution

Breathe free in Nagpur, but shut your ears

Nagpur: After being named the second greenest, orange and zero mile city, Nagpur can now also proudly claim to be a city free of air pollution, if the city's Environmental Status Report (ESR) prepa

Publication Date: 
18/11/2014
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Nagpur (D), Maharashtra, Air Quality Monitoring, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Noise Pollution
Air Pollution

Dumping dirty diesels in Latin America: reducing black carbon and air pollution from diesel engines in Latin American countries

Recent studies have shown that black carbon, a component of particulate matter (PM), is the second most powerful climate warming pollutant after carbon dioxide (CO2), and international experts have linked it to cancer and other serious health problems.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2014
Natural Resources Defense Council
Tags:
Air Pollution, Black Carbon, Diesel, Health Effects, Air Quality Monitoring, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, South America, Heavy Duty Vehicle, RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5
Air Pollution

Delhi's air very unhealthy: US embassy monitor

Children Should Stay Indoors, Warns Portal

Publication Date: 
30/10/2014
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Lung Disease, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Air Quality Monitoring, Health Effects
Air Pollution

Ambient air and noise pollution levels - Deepawali 2014

Deepawali, the festival of lights is also synonyms as festival of crackers.

Publication Date: 
24/10/2014
Central Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Festival, Delhi, Air Quality Monitoring, RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Ozone, Benzene
Environment

Study to assess impact of crackers on pollution

The UP Pollution Control Board will complete a two-stage analysis of air and noise pollution to assess the impact of firecrackers on the environment in Ghaziabad this week.

Publication Date: 
21/10/2014
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Diwali, Festival, Noise Pollution, Air Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Quality Monitoring, Health Effects, Environment

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