Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deteriorating air quality of Delhi NCR, 09/11/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others dated 09/11/2017 regarding the deteriorating air quality of Delhi NCR. National Green Tribunal in the Order said that the Judgement of the NGT dated 10th November, 2016 had "clearly postulated the steps that were required to be taken on long term and short term basis keeping in view the precautionary principle to ensure that the ill-effects and adverse impact of polluted ambient air quality in the previous year is not repeated in the year 2017.

Judgement Date: 
09/11/2017
Tags:
Air Pollution, Delhi, Urban Air Quality, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Air Pollution Control, Biomass Burning, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), PM 2.5, RSPM (PM 10), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deteriorating ambient air quality index in Delhi NCR, 08/11/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Environment Pollution (Prevention Control) Authority & Others dated 08/11/2017 regarding the deteriorating ambient air quality index in Delhi NCR.

The directions passed by the Court include the following:

Judgement Date: 
08/11/2017
Tags:
Air Pollution, Delhi, Urban Air Quality, Crop Residues, Biomass Burning, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Air Pollution

Assessment of ambient air quality of Lucknow city during post-monsoon, 2017

This study was carried out during the month of September-October, 2017 (Diwali period not considered) to investigate the status of air quality by monitoring and assessment of some selected air pollutants namely Respirable Particulate Matter (RSPM or PM10), Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5), Sulphur dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and noise l

Publication Date: 
01/11/2017
CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
Tags:
Urban Air Quality, Air Pollution, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, PM 2.5, RSPM (PM 10), Health Effects
Air Pollution

Data integration model for air quality: a hierarchical approach to the global estimation of exposures to ambient air pollution

Air pollution is a major risk factor for global health, with 3 million deaths annually being attributed to fine particulate matter ambient pollution (PM2.5). The primary source of information for estimating population exposures to air pollution has been measurements from ground monitoring networks but, although coverage is increasing, regions remain in which monitoring is limited. The data integration model for air quality supplements ground monitoring data with information from other sources, such as satellite retrievals of aerosol optical depth and chemical transport models.

Publication Date: 
27/10/2017
Gavin Shaddick, Matthew L. Thomas, Amelia Green & et al
Applied Statistics
1-23
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, PM 2.5, Aerosols, United States Of America (US), Remote Sensing, Urban Air Quality, India, China, Ozone, Land Use, Africa, Europe, Global
Air Pollution

Report on monitoring of ambient air quality & noise levels at Bhopal during Diwali Festival 2017

Regional Directorate (Central), Central Pollution Control Board, Bhopal has Conducted Ambient Air & Noise level monitoring in Bhopal city during celebration of Diwali festival in the year 2017 (pre-Diwali on 12.10.2017, on Diwali on 19.10.2017 & post Diwali on 22.10.2017) to record the impact of bursting of crackers on environment.

Publication Date: 
23/10/2017
Central Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Urban Air Quality, Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Bhopal, Festival, Diwali, India, RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5
Transport

Assessment of urban transport systems

This study report presents the process of development a tool for assessment and evaluation of sustainable urban transport systems in cities in the Asia-Pacific region. The report explains and illustrates how the Sustainable Urban Transport Index (SUTI) was developed.

Publication Date: 
23/10/2017
UNESCAP
Tags:
Urban Transport, Asia, India, Sustainable Development, Public Transport, Urban Air Quality, RSPM (PM 10), Green House Gases, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)
Air Pollution

Status and action to be taken Status and action to be taken under Graded Response Action Plan in Delhi NCR: EPCA Press Conference

As the festival of Diwali and winter season draw near, Delhi-NCR is gearing up to meet the severe air quality challenge that it faces every year around this time. A Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been notified and is already in place – and October 17, 2017 is the day from when Very Poor and Severe categories of GRAP will be imposed till March 15, 2018. This was announced in a press conference by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), the committee constituted by the Central government following orders passed by the Supreme Court of India in 1998.

Sunita Narain
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Delhi, Urban Air Quality, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases, RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Thermal Power Plants, Vehicular Pollution, Congestion, Industrial Pollution
Air Pollution

Status and action to be taken Status and action to be taken under Graded Response Action Plan in Delhi NCR: EPCA Press Conference

As the festival of Diwali and winter season draw near, Delhi-NCR is gearing up to meet the severe air quality challenge that it faces every year around this time. A Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been notified and is already in place – and October 17, 2017 is the day from when Very Poor and Severe categories of GRAP will be imposed till March 15, 2018. This was announced in a press conference by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), the committee constituted by the Central government following orders passed by the Supreme Court of India in 1998.

Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Delhi, Urban Air Quality, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases, RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Thermal Power Plants, Vehicular Pollution, Congestion, Industrial Pollution
Air Pollution

Air Pollution and Human Health in Kolkata, India: A Case Study

Urban air quality in most megacities has been found to be critical and Kolkata Metropolitan City is no exception to this. An analysis of ambient air quality in Kolkata was done by applying the Exceedance Factor (EF) method, where the presence of listed pollutants’ (RPM, SPM, NO2, and SO2) annual average concentration are classified into four different categories; namely critical, high, moderate, and low pollution.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2017
Md. Senaul Haque, R. B. Singh
Climate
1-16
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Kolkata, India, Urban Air Quality, Vehicular Pollution, Respiratory Diseases, Air Quality and Health
Air Pollution

Air quality in Europe - 2017 report

Most people living in European cities are exposed to poor air quality. Latest estimates by the European Environment Agency (EEA), show that fine particulate matter continues to cause the premature death of more than 400 000 Europeans annually.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2017
European Environment Agency
Tags:
Air Pollution, Europe, Urban Air Quality, Health Effects, Green House Gases, Agriculture, PM 2.5, Ozone

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