How India’s battle with climate change could determine all of our fates
India’s population and emissions are rising fast, and its ability to tackle poverty without massive fossil fuel use will decide the fate of the planet “It’s a lucky charm,” says Rajesh, pointing to the...
View ArticleHow Delhi’s air pollution crisis may have origins in the Green Revolution
By Kapil Subramanian Punjab’s early groundwater tubewell revolution enabled (read, entrenched) double-cropping in a big way as it fought to grow rice amid a harsh paddy-wheat cycle. Here’s how it all...
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Easy solution to India’s air pollution problem
By Prem Shankar Jha Gasification of rice straws can solve the problem of air pollution, and with it many others, if only the government was willing to employ it. Delhi’s air pollution has reached a...
View ArticleAir pollution causes 30 per cent premature deaths in India: report
The CSE report, “Body Burden: Lifestyle Diseases”, estimated that India had 22.2 million chronic COPD patients and around 35 million chronic asthma patients in 2016 New Delhi: Air pollution causes 30...
View ArticleIndia loses billions to air pollution: UN
High-level political commitment stressed New Delhi: India had the highest share of welfare costs (or a loss of income from labour), of about $220 billion (about ₹1.4 trillion), in South and South-East...
View ArticleClimate change costs India $10 billion every year: Government
By Vishwa Mohan NEW DELHI: Extreme weather events are costing India $9-10 billion annually and climate change is projected to impact agricultural productivity with increasing severity from 2020 to the...
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US exporting dirty fuel to already pollution-choked India
NEW DELHI: US oil refineries that are unable to sell a dirty fuel waste product at home are exporting vast quantities of it to India instead. Petroleum coke, the bottom-of-the-barrel leftover from...
View ArticleWhat Are the Five Most Urgent Environmental Conflicts in India?
By Sunita Narain Air pollution, waste management, climate change — a roster of environmental issues greet us every day in the news. But what are the five most urgent environmental conflicts plaguing...
View ArticleMaharashtra tops list in environmental violations: NCRB
By Badri Chatterjee The National Crime Records Bureau said that 97 of 120 green law violations in India and 21 of 25 air pollution violations in 2016 were from Maharashtra Maharashtra recorded most...
View ArticleIndia to phase out ‘petcoke’ imports after AP investigation
By ASHOK SHARMA New Delhi: India’s government says it plans to phase out imports of a dirty fuel known as petroleum coke, or “petcoke,” after an Associated Press investigation found U.S. oil refineries...
View ArticleIndia unveils ‘anti-smog’ gun to clear skies above Delhi to little effect
The pollution levels did not drop despite the water sprayed from the device, which costs around Rs 20 lakh per unit. New Delhi: The Delhi government on Wednesday sprayed water from an ‘anti-smog gun’...
View ArticleAir Pollution: Centre approves Rs 100 crore project to tackle stubble burning
By Vishwa Mohan NEW DELHI: Seeking to handle issue of stubble burning in a comprehensive and coordinated manner, the environment ministry has approved launching of a regional project to tackle the...
View ArticleIndia restricts use of imported petcoke in Delhi region
NEW DELHI: India’s environment ministry has placed restrictions on the use of imported petroleum coke in the capital Delhi and its surrounding region, in the latest effort to curb rising air pollution....
View ArticleIndia needs to ‘move fast’ to tackle air pollution: UN Environment Programme...
The UNEP chief said two years ago, no one thought air pollution was a big problem in India but now that is changing. No one thought air pollution was a big problem in India two years back but this is...
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Why India’s air pollution is so horrendous
By Umair Irfan Eleven out of the 12 most polluted cities on a World Health Organiation list were in India. A new report from the World Health Organization, drawing on measurements and calculations as...
View Article‘Indians will live longer if pollution is under check’
International researchers make policy recommendations More than 660 million Indians live in areas that exceed the country’s standard for what is considered safe exposure to fine particulate pollution...
View ArticleImproving air quality could prevent thousands of deaths in India
A new study shows more stringent emission controls are key to India’s future health. More than 6.1 million people worldwide die each year as a result of exposure to air pollution, which increases the...
View ArticleIndoor pollution in India contributes up to 52% air pollution, says UN
Indoor air pollution can contribute between 22 and 52% to the overall pollution levels, according to a United Nations Environmental Programme study. It also said that emissions from household cooking...
View ArticleMore than 90% of world’s children breathe toxic air, report says, as India...
By Mary McDougall Around 93% of the world’s children under 15 years of age breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk, accounting for 1.8 billion children,...
View ArticleHow the Green Revolution contributed to India’s air pollution crisis
By Siddharth Singh The agricultural reforms increased crop production but caused the problems that require stubble burning and pollution, writes Siddharth Singh in a new book. Contrary to popular...
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