Air Pollution

India’s pollution levels beat China’s: study

Greenpeace analysed NASA’s satellite data on particulate matter from 2003 to 2015 in India and China

Publication Date: 
24/02/2016
Damini Nath
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, India, China, West Bengal, Bihar, PM 2.5, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Air Quality Standards
Air Pollution

Beijing to raise threshold for issuing air pollution 'red alerts'

BEIJING - Beijing is to raise the thresholds for issuing its highest air pollution warnings, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, two months after smog triggered the city's first ever "

Publication Date: 
23/02/2016
China Daily
Tags:
Air Pollution, China, Air Quality Index (AQI), Health Effects, Asia, Air Quality Standards
Air Pollution

Clean air action plan: the way forward

For the first time this century, the average particulate matter exposure was higher for Indian citizens than that of Chinese people, a Greenpeace analysis of NASA satellite data on particulate matter has shown.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2016
Greenpeace India
Tags:
Air Pollution, Urban Air Quality, India, China, Remote Sensing, PM 2.5, Air Quality Standards
Air Pollution

AQI at a record high, touches 2015 Diwali level

MUMBAI: The city relived last year's most polluted day on Sunday as a dust storm blew towards the suburbs, worsening the air quality drastically.

Publication Date: 
15/02/2016
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Air Pollution, Air Quality Index (AQI), PM 2.5, Air Quality Standards, Diwali, Festival
Air Pollution

'55% of deaths due to air pollution in India, China in 2013'

More than 5.5 million people worldwide die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution, and India and China together account for 55% of these deaths, new research has found.

Publication Date: 
15/02/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, India, China, Biomass, Firewood, Coal, Air Quality Standards, Health Effects
Air Pollution

CSE slams JLR chief's comments on air pollution

Delhi-based advocacy organisation urges Global CEO Ralph Speth to retract them and support govt in bringing clean diesel technology

Publication Date: 
09/02/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Tata Motors, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Air Quality Standards, Diesel, Auto Industry, Vehicle Technology and Fuel
Air Pollution

DPCC: Outside sources led to pollution spike

Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on Thursday submitted a status report on the city's air quality from 2011 to 2015 to the high court.

Publication Date: 
05/02/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Air Quality Standards, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Nitrogen Dioxide, Vehicular Pollution
Air Pollution

Expert tips to deal with choking air pollution

The city has been enveloped in a heavy layer of smog caused by a fire last week at the Deonar dumping ground.

Publication Date: 
03/02/2016
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Municipal Corporation, Air Quality Index (AQI), PM 2.5, Air Quality Standards, Asthma, Respiratory Diseases
Environment

Status of ambient noise level in India

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has set up Real Time National Ambient Noise Monitoring Network in the year 2011 covering nine cities (Delhi, Lucknow, Chennai, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore). Under section 2 (a) of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 noise is defined as air pollutant.

Publication Date: 
02/02/2016
Central Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Noise Pollution, Noise Rules 2000, India, Health Effects, Statistics, Air Act 1981, Air Quality Standards
Air Pollution

Ambient air quality and noise levels: Deepawali festival monitoring report 2015

Noise and air pollution are hazards to the ambient environment and a cause of concern due to bursting of fire crackers during Deepawali. It is, therefore, necessary to conduct ambient noise and air quality monitoring during this festival to understand the level of pollution and correlate with the effectiveness of different abatement programs.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2016
Central Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Festival, India, Urban Air Quality, Air Quality Monitoring, RSPM (PM 10), Air Quality Standards, Health Effects

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