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Clean air action plan: the way forward [1]

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. China’s strong measures to curb pollution have contributed to the biggest year-on-year air quality improvement on record; while in contrast, India’s pollution levels continued a decade-long increase to reach the highest level on record.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2016
Greenpeace India [2]
Tags:
Air Pollution [3], Urban Air Quality [4], India [5], China [6], Remote Sensing [7], PM 2.5 [8], Air Quality Standards [9]
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pm-25
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-quality-standards