pollution
12 ARTICLES
It’s air purifiers, masks and tourism vs Delhi’s worsening air quality
An environmental hazard has spawned the need for these quick fixes, but do they really work?
04 Nov 2024
On e-waste, India is king of the heap
With little by way of mechanisms to treat e-waste, the country manages to process less than a third of the hazardous materials from the rising pile of discarded electronics each year.
16 Jul 2024
Why your city’s ‘less polluted than Delhi’ claim could be killing you
A sudden increase in pollution could be harmful to you, even if your city claims to be less polluted than most, claims a peer-reviewed study.
11 Jul 2024
We need to talk about the global plastics treaty
Nations including India are negotiating a plastic deal that will be signed in 2024. India seems in favour of less ambitious action.
08 Jun 2023
The struggle to phase out coal in Delhi NCR
Industries using coal contribute to over a tenth of the National Capital Region’s air pollution. But many are resisting efforts to switch to cleaner alternatives.
22 Oct 2022
India is failing its public bus commuters
India has 66,000 public buses when it needs 188,500. Even in the existing fleet, the ridership is falling. What’s going wrong?
03 Sept 2022
How civility in public life died under BJP rule
Nupur Sharma’s recent tirade was novel in that it went beyond denigrating Muslims and assailed the revered founder of Islam.
12 Jun 2022
Why air pollution in summer is a concern too + an update on coal mine expansions
While we worry about air quality in the winter, pollution levels in north India continue to be bad in the summer + the environment ministry rolls out further exemptions to the coal sector.
18 May 2022
Why we need to talk about coal transport infrastructure in India
While we rightly worry about the local and global impact of coal mining, rail and road infrastructure to transport coal too need scrutiny.
27 Apr 2022
Why Uttar Pradesh needs to pay Rs 176 crore for polluting the Ganga
For years, city and state governments have let raw sewage pour into lakes, rivers and the sea, harming public health and the environment. The National Green Tribunal has now started to impose penalties.
01 Dec 2021