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3 days after Diwali, pollution demon still haunts city

Kolkata: Night pollution in the city continues to remain high, even three days after Diwali.

Publication Date:

04/11/2016

Source: Times of India (Kolkata)

Tags:

West Bengal, Air Pollution, Kolkata, Diwali, Festival, PM 2.5, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Health Effects

Air Pollution

Lethal and illegal: solving London’s air pollution crisis

The principal driver of air pollution in London is road transport and, within that, diesel vehicles. Nearly 40 per cent of all NOx emissions within London come from diesel vehicles, and unless this is explicitly tackled it will be impossible to cleanse London’s air.

Publication Date:

02/11/2016

Source: Institute for Public Policy Research

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Congestion, PM 2.5, RSPM (PM 10), London, European Union (EU), Diesel, Transport, Health Effects, Air Quality Regulations

Air Pollution

Centre summons top officials of Delhi and NCR states to review alarming air pollution situation

Faced with a shocking jump in the level of air pollution in the capital, the Centre has summoned top officials of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan on Friday to review the action

Publication Date:

02/11/2016

Author(s): Vishwa Mohan

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Air Pollution, PM 2.5, RSPM (PM 10), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Diwali, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Festival

Air Pollution

Diwali 2016 easier on ears than on lungs

Lucknow: Diwali celebrations left Lucknowites gasping for breath with alarmingly high air pollution levels, more than double compared to last year.

Publication Date:

02/11/2016

Author(s): Mohita Tewari

Source: Times of India (Lucknow)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow (T), Air Pollution, Diwali, Festival, Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR), RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5

Environment

Air, noise pollution only a tad higher this Diwali

TRICHY: The city witnessed a slight increase in air and noise pollution levels on the night of Diwali compared to the previous year.

Publication Date:

02/11/2016

Author(s): K Sambath Kumar

Source: Times of India (Trichy)

Tags:

Tamil Nadu, Tiruchirapalli (T), Noise Pollution, Diwali, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Air Pollution, Festival, Environment

Climate Change

Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs): an analysis of the EIB’s policies, procedures, impact of activties and options for scaling up mitigation efforts

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has completed an analysis of its standards, criteria and procedures in relation to short-lived climate pollutants. The EIB also looked into the projects and sectors that it finances, the impacts they have on SLCP emissions and where the bank can scale up financing of projects that mitigate these emissions.

Publication Date:

01/11/2016

Source: European Investment Bank (EIB)

Tags:

Climate Change, Methane, Ozone, Black Carbon, Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), European Union (EU), Green House Gases, Climate Mitigation, PM 2.5, Air Pollution

Climate Change

Governance, vulnerability to climate change, and green growth: international evidence

This paper examine the role of governance and vulnerability to climate change in green growth using a global panel data set. It find that governance has a positive effect on environmental performance and vulnerability to climate change has a negative effect.

Publication Date:

01/11/2016

Author(s): Thai-Ha Le, Youngho Chang, Donghyun Park

Source: Asian Development Bank

Tags:

Climate Change, Governance, Air Pollution, PM 2.5, Environment, India, Global, GDP, Economic Development

Air Pollution