China is considering regulating emissions from boats and ships, the environment ministry said on Monday, as it tries to clamp down on pollution.

BEIJING - China has made considerable efforts to safeguard the people's right to a clean and healthy environment, according to a white paper published on Monday.

Chandigarh has 9.75 lakh registered vehicles for a population of 10.55 lakh. Apart from this, the floating population of vehicles is around 1 lakh.

Since 2005, Istanbul has been pedestrianizing select areas on the city’s Historic Peninsula. According to Assessment of the Air Quality Effects of Pedestrianization on Istanbul’s Historic Peninsula by EMBARQ team in Turkey, these measures have significantly improved air quality in the region.

In order to support as critical input to air quality forecasting task during Commonwealth Games (CWG) – 2010 in mega city Delhi, we have developed a high resolution emission inventory of major atmospheric pollutants. For the same, inventories of ozone precursors like NOx and CO are developed over a domain of 70 km × 65 km with a grid of 1.67 km ×1.67 km resolution covering Delhi and surrounding region using Geographical Information System (GIS) technique for base year 2010.

Elevated toxic ozone levels to reduce with fall in temperature and a partially cloudy sky today

European countries must not allow industry experts in their national delegations to lobby for weaker coal standards, the European commission’s top environment official has said.

The government says emission from old diesel vehicles is not to be blamed. Experts say government is selectively using data to make its case

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Monday alleged that the Centre resorted to "selective use" of studies by IIT-Delhi to argue that vehicles were minor contributors to PM 2.5 (fine, respir

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has drafted new emission and water consumption standards for thermal power plants.

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