Air Pollution

Air pollution emerging as serious concern

GUWAHATI, July 22

Publication Date: 
23/07/2010
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Air Pollution, Urban Air Quality, SPM, RSPM (PM 10), Air Quality Monitoring, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Assam, Guwahati, Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Air Pollution

Mecon check to harmful emission

Ranchi, July 13: Mecon Limited, Ranchi, has come out with an eco-friendly invention

Publication Date: 
14/07/2010
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Green Products, Nitrogen Dioxide, Air Quality Monitoring, Atmosphere And Ozone Layer, Industry, Jharkhand, Ranchi (T), Telegraph (Ranchi)
Air Pollution

City action: citizens report on air quality and urban mobility, Kanpur

Read this in-depth citizen’s report on the city of Kanpur released by CSE as part of its ongoing initiative to build city action on clean air and mobility. It captures air quality & mobility challenges in the city and details agenda for a livable city.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2010
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Urban Air Quality, Air Quality Monitoring, Public Transport, Urban Transport, Mobility Planning, India, Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur (T), Transport, Air Pollution, Air Quality and Health
Air Pollution

Air quality index (AQI): methodology & applications for public awareness in cities

The air quality index (AQI) is an "index" determined by calculating the degree of pollution in the city (as an average) or at the monitoring point and includes five main pollutants

Publication Date: 
30/06/2010
Sarath Guttikunda
Simple Interactive Models for Better Air Quality
Tags:
Urban Air Quality, Air Pollution, Air Quality Monitoring, Ozone, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Carbon Monoxide, China, France, Finland, South Korea
Air Pollution

Air quality in cities deteriorating: report

B. Aravind Kumar

Air quality in major cities, especially Chennai, is slowly deteriorating with the city topping the State with high levels of particulate matter, both Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) and Total Suspended Particulate Matter (TSPM).

Publication Date: 
24/06/2010
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Urban Air Quality, RSPM (PM 10), Air Quality Monitoring, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T), Hindu (Chennai)
Air Pollution

There's a new gadget to sniff out pollution

THE Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Monday launched its centre for assessing real time air quality, a first-of-its-kind initiative in India, at its head office in Guindy here.

Publication Date: 
22/06/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Quality Monitoring, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Tamil Nadu, New Indian Express (Chennai)
Transport

Delhi's wake up call

One hundred and forty days before Delhi hosts the Commonwealth Games, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, on May 15, called a meeting to discuss ways to control air pollution in the city.

Publication Date: 
15/06/2010
Priyanka Chandola
Down to Earth
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Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Health Effects, Urban Air Quality, RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Air Quality Monitoring, Transport, Public Transport, Congestion, Thermal Power Plants, Delhi, Priyanka Chandola, Down to Earth
Air Pollution

Respiratory problems on the rise in Delhi

Bindu Shajan Perappadan

NEW DELHI: With the level of suspended particulate matter (SPM) in Delhi's atmospheres measuring 1.5 times higher than the prescribed limit, many citizens are complaining of respiratory problems that is making breathing difficult.

Publication Date: 
04/06/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), SPM, Air Quality Monitoring, Respiratory Diseases, Delhi, Hindu (New Delhi)
Air Pollution

Air monitoring facility at Bellary

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will establish an air monitoring facility at Bellary district at a cost of Rs one crore.

Publication Date: 
03/06/2010
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Quality Monitoring, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Karnataka, Bellary (D), Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Environment

Kudzu (Pueraria montana) invasion doubles emissions of nitric oxide and increases ozone pollution

Planted in the early 20th century to help control erosion, kudzu is a fast-growing invasive legume that fixes atmospheric nitrogen at a high rate. The Asian native is not just swallowing landscapes and altering ecosystems in the southeastern United States, the plant may also increase ozone pollution. Jonathan Hickman et al.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2010
Jonathan E. Hickman, Shiliang Wu, Loretta J. Mickley & et al
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Environment, Soil Capability, Legumes, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Ozone, Air Quality Monitoring, Atmosphere, Invasive Alien Species, United States Of America (US), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Jonathan E. Hickman, Shiliang Wu, Loretta J. Mickley & et al, Ecosystems

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