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India withdraws offer to host COP33 climate summit in 2028

Soumya Pillai - April 8, 2026

Soil near Delhi-NCR battery recycling sites have high levels of lead, finds Toxics Link study

How will Delhi conduct its first city-wide tree census

40% Indian districts still don’t have a single air quality monitoring station, says Airvoice study

NGT working with just 6 members instead of at least 21, zonal benches vacant for 2 yrs now

Debayan Roy - November 4, 2019

NGT claims it has disposed of 90% of cases it has received, but lawyers dispute it, say cases often do not even come up for hearing.

Rising air pollution is fuelling violent behaviour, say scientists

Douglas Broom - November 3, 2019

A team from Colorado State University in US calculated that 10 per cent reduction in particulate levels could save $1.4 billion in crime costs per year.

How the ‘world’s highest dumpster’ was cleaned and 10 tonnes of trash repurposed

Charlotte Edmond - November 3, 2019

Products made out of this trash, like drinking glasses and light-fittings, are being used in hotels, restaurants and homes in Kathmandu.

Light showers bring no respite, take Delhi’s toxic smog to season’s worst

Mohana Basu - November 3, 2019

While SAFAR recorded an AQI of 650 at 11 am Sunday, CPCB, another govt monitor, estimated it at 428 at 10 am.

Edison figured out climate action 100 years ago

Liam Denning - November 3, 2019

In our quest for growth, we often treat the atmosphere, among other natural systems, as bottomless landfill.

EPCA declares health emergency in Delhi-NCR as air pollution gets worse

PTI - November 1, 2019

The EPCA, a Supreme Court-appointed pollution control body, banned construction activity in the NCR region till 5 November.

World’s oceans may seem unimportant, but letting it die isn’t an option

Noah Smith - November 1, 2019

Unless something is done, the world’s seas — home to more than half of the planet’s life — will be irrevocably despoiled.

Govt agencies can’t agree if Delhi’s air quality after Diwali was ‘severe’ or ‘very poor’

Mohana Basu - October 28, 2019

CPCB said Delhi's Air Quality Index the morning after Diwali was a 'very poor' 368, while SAFAR reported a 'severe' reading of 506.

Pollution monitors max out on Diwali night, CPCB says it’s studying impact of firecrackers

Mohana Basu - October 28, 2019

Despite SC ban, firecrackers heard in almost all parts of Delhi. But the morning-after AQI is better than last 3 years.

Greenhouse gas emissions have already peaked in 30 major cities like New York, Paris, London

Rosamond Hutt - October 26, 2019

Almost four years after nearly 200 countries signed the Paris Agreement, the world is far from meeting its goals. Global emissions hit a record high in 2018.

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Environment

India withdraws offer to host COP33 climate summit in 2028

Soil near Delhi-NCR battery recycling sites have high levels of lead, finds Toxics Link study

How will Delhi conduct its first city-wide tree census

40% Indian districts still don’t have a single air quality monitoring station, says Airvoice study

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