-Down to Earth Smaller cities of Bihar more polluted than the big cities in Delhi-NCR The average concentration of Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5) in the cities of eastern India was the same as that in the cities of Delhi-NCR in the winter of 2021-22, according to a new report. Parsed regionally, eastern India was over three times as polluted as southern India and 22 per cent more polluted than northern India from October...
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Ghaziabad most polluted city, says NCAP report
-PTI/ The Hindu Delhi in 2nd spot with highest PM 2.5 level Delhi and most of the other non-attainment cities under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)have shown only a marginal improvement, said a new analysis released on Monday. Some of the cities have even recorded an increase in Particulate Matter (PM) levels, it said. Cities are declared non-attainment if they consistently fail to meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) over...
More »Environment ministry finalises coal thermal power plant categories: What does it say about emission norms compliance -Anubha Aggarwal
-Down to Earth The Union ministry releases list of coal thermal power plants and their categorisation in line with its April 2021 notification Nearly 78 per cent of the electricity generated in India from coal will not meet emission norms before 2024. The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has released a draft list of the coal thermal power plants and their categorisation in line with the ministry’s April 2021...
More »Explained: How Surat's Emissions Trading Scheme Works To Reduce Air Pollution -Nikhil Ghanekar
-IndiaSpend.com Under emissions trading systems, it pays for companies to install pollution-reducing technology. Surat's pilot scheme enabled participating industrial units to reduce particulate emissions by 24%, an initial analysis has found. Now Ahmedabad and Ludhiana plan to follow suit New Delhi: Last week, China, the world's top greenhouse gas emitter, announced it was opening a national carbon market, a type of emissions trading system. Under the system, industrial units that cannot meet...
More »Delhi is the most polluted capital city globally, says report
-The Hindu In 2020, 84% of all monitored countries observed air quality improvements Delhi remained the most polluted capital city in the world but India, on the whole, had improved its average annual PM 2.5 (Particulate Matter) levels higher in 2020 than in 2019, according to a report from IQ Air, a Swiss air quality technology company, specialising in protection against airborne pollutants, and developing air quality monitoring and air cleaning products. Delhi’s...
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