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It’s Deadly, and It’s Blowing In the Wind
It takes more than just having breakfast to keep you healthy. If you didn't live in a countryside far away from the industries, then know this: The air you’re breathing is toxic air.
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A Call From The Deep Blue
Take a deep breath. Every second breath you take comes from the oceans. Oceans cover over 70 percent of the expanse on Earth and afford shelter to a multitude of lifeforms
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Boom and Bust 2017 – Tracking the global coal plant pipeline
A Greenpeace report explaining how construction is currently frozen in over 100 locations in China and India.
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India’s Efforts to Tackle Air Pollution – Mere Tokenism
Thermal power plants are one of the major causes of air pollution in the country, especially in the Indo Gangetic Plain region (IGP). In December 2015, the Indian Government came out with a strict emission notification to control emissions from thermal power plants. According to the rules, all power plants are required to install emission…
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India’s Efforts to Tackle Air Pollution – Mere Tokenism
According to the rules, all power plants are required to install emission control equipments by the end of 2017. Reports indicate that, most power plants are yet to take the basic steps towards compliance
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Smothered in Smog
Air pollution has become the biggest environmental concern globally. It has rapidly taken over the space once occupied by issues of poor sanitation and lack of clean drinking water.
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Airpocalypse – Assessment of Air Pollution in Indian Cities
This report shows that deadly air pollution is not a problem restricted to Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) or even to India’s metros.
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Not just Delhi, air in most Indian cities hazardous – Greenpeace India report
Damning information obtained by Greenpeace India through online reports and Right to Information applications from State Pollution Control Boards across India, shows that none of the Indian cities comply with standards prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Coal and dirty development in China & India leads to 1.6 million extra air pollution deaths a year
Millions around the world are dying from polluted air, but as countries get richer they usually clean up their air.
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Join Greenpeace India for a Clean Air Nation
“Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.” If Swami Vivekananda was still around, he might have repeated those famous words to get us to deal with air pollution. Delhi has been choking on toxic air, and alarmed residents want solutions. Our leaders and officials have started scrambling around to find quick remedies.…