The undisclosed air pollutants
How furnace oil and pet coke are choking us as policy fails to stay ahead of underground developments
A Clean Air Tool for Cities
Air pollution is a scary public health story unfolding in India. A vast majority of cities are caught in toxic web as air quality fails to meet the health-based standards. Not only the mega cities, but also the smaller cities are emerging as pollution hotspots.
Legal framework paper
India has set ambient air quality standards for several pollutants. According to the rules of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the annex monitoring agency, the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) should be met for at least 98 per cent of the days in a year.
Delhi Clean Air Action Plan
In 2016, Delhi experienced one of its worst Diwali smog episodes in many years. Several factors converged to create the dirty haze that enveloped the capital region with the onset of winter.
Reinventing Air Quality Monitoring
With national ambient air quality standards in place, it is important to set up the air quality monitoring grid to generate air quality data ona routine basis.
Orientation Workshop on Urban Air Quality and Transportation Challenges in Southern Region: An agenda for action
Date: October 26 (Wednesday) Venue: Mercure Hyderabad KCP, #6-3-551, Somajiguda, Hyderabad Time: 9.30 am – 4.00 pm
Towards Clean Air in Nigerian Cities
This is a rapid review of the current concerns around urban air pollution and public health challenges in Nigerian cities.
Unreal in pampered India
With NDMC winning the smart city challenge, the contrast between where the government lives and where the rest of the citizens live could not have been more evident and striking
Delhi Clean-Air Action Plan: The agenda to reduce air pollution and protect public health
In 2016, Delhi experienced one of its worst Diwali smog episodes in manyyears. Several factors converged to create the dirty haze that enveloped the capital region with the onset of winter.
Wheels are turning
Let’s share cars; take a bus or metro; cycle or walk Early this month, I was in the Delhi High Court, where a battery of lawyers had filed separate petitions against the odd-even scheme of the Delhi government. This is a scheme to ration car usage so that in the critically polluted winter months only half the vehicles are on the road. Their arguments were that the scheme had led to enormous inconvenience and worse, daily pollution data showed no impact on air quality. Cars, they said, were not responsible for pollution.
CSE welcomes NGT action agenda; appeals for more stringent measures to combat air pollution
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) welcomes the 14-point action agenda directed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to clean up the air of Delhi. Appeals for more stringent measures to bring down the severe peak pollution levels in Delhi
Orientation Programme on Managing Urban Air Quality: Focus on Clean Vehicle Technology, Fuels and Mobility Management
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is organising a three-day orientation programme on Managing Urban Air Quality: Focus on Clean Vehicle Technology, Fuels and Mobility Management in New Delhi from August 6 - 8, 2014 for government officials from different cities of India. The objective of this forum is to promote good regulatory practices in air quality management, clean vehicle technology, fuels and management of in-use vehicle fleet and mobility management.
Urban Transport Strategies: Agenda for Reforms
An orientation programme for policy makers.
