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1800 deaths per million estimated due to PM2.5 air pollution in Delhi, reveals a new finding by Greenpeace and IQAir
According to a Greenpeace Southeast Asia analysis of IQAir data from a live Cost Estimator [1] [2] and uses live air quality data collected
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Locating youth in India – understanding them, their dreams, aspirations and possibilities
Speakers stresses that pandemic must be a reminder for the society and policymakers to design policies and adopt sustainable lifestyles that together moves us towards better
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Significant reduction observed in PM2.5 and NO2 in the three major south Indian cities
(According to Greenpeace’s analysis, in Hyderabad and Bangalore, the NO2 concentration has reduced by more than half) Bangalore, 27th May: A new analysis of CPCB data reveals a large scale…
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Air Quality in the world’s top ten polluted Indian cities improves drastically, still more than 25 μg/m3 WHO prescribed standards
(Improvement in air quality reiterates that change is possible however it need not be under drastic circumstance but a planned investment in public good can address the pollution crisis that…
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Despite signalling improvements, Delhi-NCR region remains to be the most polluted region in the World
According to the World Air Quality Report 2019, 21 out of the top 30 most polluted cities are located in India
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Indian Medical Association writes to Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, asks to include all non-attainment cities in National Clean Air Programme
IMA has also demanded the ministry to increase the number of monitoring stations across the country
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Flash-mob to create awareness about air pollution
Greenpeace India organised flash mob at Delhi Haat and Select City Walk, Saket
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Four years of Emission standard notification for coal-based power plants in India- A status Check
As India grapples with the health emergency of high air pollution levels, one of the biggest polluting sectors, coal-based power generation is not making any serious efforts to help improve…
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Four years of sluggish implementation of emission norms by power generators leading to air pollution health crisis, says Greenpeace
State and private sector power plants are the worst when it comes to cleaning up their act to reduce pollution from power generation, central sector is not doing great too.…
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Is Delhi’s air quality improving?
Recently there have been multiple discussions about air quality improvements in Delhi and some reports also mentioned that Delhi has shown a 25% decrease in air pollution levels between 2016-2018 compared to the 2012-2014…