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Newspaper Articles
[1] U.S. EPA and OpenAQ air quality data now available in BigQuery http://bit.ly/2v0K3hC [Here is a profile of OpenAQ from the archives]
[2] Combating Air Pollution in North India: The Path Forward http://bit.ly/2s4qtz6
[3] ISM to submit details of pollution control measures http://bit.ly/2tUmk2t
[4] Operations at 12 Sonshi mines remain suspended http://bit.ly/2roIaZv
[5] Experts Debate Way Ahead For Environmental Regulations in India http://bit.ly/2tU6dCi
[6] Diesel vehicle emissions could be twice as much as what companies claim, says study http://bit.ly/2tBWOhX
[7] Behind India’s cheapest eco-stove http://bit.ly/2rTlWiv [Website]
[8] 10 लाख तक की आबादी वाले हर शहर में होगी अब वायु प्रदूषण की ऑनलाइन निगरानी http://bit.ly/2tuvReY
[9] Bosch unveils air quality monitoring system http://bit.ly/2uF4orW
[10] Concrete may help curb air pollution http://bit.ly/2t8cubm
[11] Low-Cost Nanosensors by IISc Can Help Monitor Air Pollution While Saving Time! http://bit.ly/2tYOXhv
[12] The CHAI Project http://bit.ly/2tbMuRa [Video] [Website]
[13] Energy/Power
India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green http://nyti.ms/2rNIy8p
Ease of getting power: India’s rank up by 73 http://bit.ly/2r7x0sT
India’s air pollution could decrease solar power generation by 17%, study says http://bit.ly/2u4PED7
In India, critics assail proposal to build 100 waste-fueled power plants http://bit.ly/2uiYTTj
[14] Bharat Stage Standards
Impact of BSVI roll out on Indians victim to hazardous air quality http://bit.ly/2vm9h9A
[15] Niti Aayog forms four task forces, seeks roadmap to reduce pollution http://bit.ly/2uoxkbo
[16] National Green Tribunal [NGT]
Set up panel to study harmful effects of petcoke: NGT to MoEF http://bit.ly/2rvBwVE
NGT asks MoEF to clarify stand on banning charcoal as fuel http://bit.ly/2raMtc2
Finalise emission norms for diesel locomotives: NGT to MoEF http://bit.ly/2rvGJwM
[17] Karnataka
Why Bengaluru may never top India’s cleanest cities list http://bit.ly/2pNvtdr
Air Pollution: Bengaluru Going The Delhi Way? http://bit.ly/2sgEMQs [Video]
[18] Tamil Nadu
Toxic Air From Industrial Units Set up Away From Chennai’s Affluent Is Literally Blowing Back http://bit.ly/2tRzFuj
Coming, zonal office of pollution board in Nellai http://bit.ly/2tczgUB
[19] Haryana
Despite real-time monitoring, no data on Gurgaon’s air quality for 10 days http://bit.ly/2unUuxX
Gurgaon’s second pollution monitor at Cyber City http://bit.ly/2uiAdKt
Gurugram’s air worse than Delhi’s most polluted areas http://bit.ly/2qu4MZq
Gurugram: Dust, gensets make May most polluted month of 2017 http://bit.ly/2tnLBR2
Dust storms raise pollution levels in Gurugram http://bit.ly/2qq3Bw2
Alarmed over poor air quality, Gurgaon schools install purifiers http://bit.ly/2rgV402
[20] Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow more polluted than Kashi: CAG http://bit.ly/2rYLvPw
In this UP village, stone quarries are the only source of livelihood – but they’re taking lives http://bit.ly/2sFX0vH
[21] Goa
Goa raises voice against coal pollution in public hearing http://bit.ly/2r2uLcy
[22] Delhi NCR
After 9 months of pollution, Delhi has a ‘good’ air day on Thursday http://bit.ly/2tovIJY
What It’s Like to Live in the World’s Most Polluted City http://bit.ly/2tbDcok
ARAI, TERI study ambient air quality in Delhi and NCR http://bit.ly/2s9OzJd
Dwarka e-way tops pollution study chart http://bit.ly/2unB5x1
Badarpur coal-fired power plant to shut by July 2018: EPCA http://bit.ly/2q7uK4d
Delhi, NCR hit alarming levels of Ozone pollution; 77 percent of days in May exceed CPCB prescribed limits http://bit.ly/2tbWxWt
Noida gets its first automatic air ambient quality monitoring station http://bit.ly/2rAnyhi
Great Delhi Smog of Nov 2016 may have caused deaths: Experts http://bit.ly/2q7YHAS
Delhi has more than one crore registered vehicles, data reveals http://bit.ly/2unqwuf
Delhi breathed easier from January to April http://bit.ly/2vlKAdn
Delhi residents are ready to change their ways to combat air pollution. Yes, really http://bit.ly/2sT0eNe [Video]
Delhi to get 20 new pollution monitoring stations by October this year http://bit.ly/2s9ajpg
Ban on burning waste to keep city’s air clean http://bit.ly/2unXsmm
Delhi air pollution study: Forget peak hour, now Nitrogen oxide level spikes to unacceptable levels throughout the day http://bit.ly/2sZlGzO
एनसीआर में वायु प्रदूषण कम करने के लिए हुआ मंथन http://bit.ly/2usEk6o
[23] Kerala
Over 80% schools in Kerala still use firewood http://bit.ly/2tbgo8v
[24] Bihar
Winter air quality in Patna was worse than Delhi http://bit.ly/2qqgIh3
[25] Gujarat
Sensors to monitor Rajkot’s air quality http://bit.ly/2rRcejz
Gujarat Environment Management Institute to fund 35 studies each year http://bit.ly/2r9INGC
SAFAR (System for Air Quality Forecasting and Research) launched in Ahmedabad! [More about SAFAR]
Union minister Harsh Vardhan launches ‘Safar-Air’ Ahmedabad services http://bit.ly/2tSowtj
India’s first air pollution warning system in Ahmedabad hopes to reduce deaths, health hazards http://bit.ly/2v1cuMt
SAFAR to monitor air quality in Ahmedabad http://bit.ly/2mgkpjK
India’s first early warning system in Ahmedabad aims to reduce health impact of air pollution http://bit.ly/2riXOqz
Ahmedabad gets air quality monitors to battle pollution http://bit.ly/2uiJemW
What to believe? Air pollution data on LED screen not in sync with app http://bit.ly/2r9NIYr
Suhana Safar at Pirana! http://bit.ly/2vml0VG
The launch also prompted some fierce discussions on why Delhi couldn’t do this:
Delhi failed where Ahmedabad scored: Why capital is not able to ‘close pollution loop’ http://bit.ly/2re9UTv
[26] Maharashtra
What are you breathing today in Maharashtra? http://bit.ly/2rsGQYD
Burning trash along road causing pollution http://bit.ly/2rTjUPM
Star Power: Maharashtra Starts Rating Industries By Emissions http://bit.ly/2sGH2UC ; http://bit.ly/2unFWhZ
[27] Himachal Pradesh
Air quality in Shimla, Manali declines due to tourist influx http://bit.ly/2vlSi7F
[28] Telangana
Hyderabadis rank city as most polluted place to live http://bit.ly/2vmmhfo
Journal Articles
[1] Impact of agricultural emission reductions on fine particulate matter and public health
Journal: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Link: http://bit.ly/2q9rNkn
[2] Association of atmospheric pollution and instability indices: A detailed investigation over an Indian urban metropolis
Journal: Atmospheric Research
Link: http://bit.ly/2uiyHID
[3] AOD distributions and trends of major aerosol species over a selection of the world’s most populated cities based on the 1st version of NASA’s MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis
Journal: Urban Climate
Link: http://bit.ly/2stMCru
[4] A Comparative Study on Fog and Dew Water Chemistry at New Delhi, India
Journal: AAQR
Link: http://bit.ly/2tokGEv
[5] Size-segregated particulate matter and its association with respiratory deposition doses among outdoor exercisers in Dhanbad city, India
Journal: Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
Link: http://bit.ly/2sjwlsB
[6] Modeling of air pollutants using least square support vector regression, multivariate adaptive regression spline, and M5 model tree models
Journal: Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health
Link: http://bit.ly/2unPF7I
[7] Indoor air quality of non-residential urban buildings in Delhi, India
Journal: International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment
Link: http://bit.ly/2tUJnKV
[8] Assessment of spatio-temporal variations in air quality of Jaipur city, Rajasthan, India
Journal: The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science
Link: http://bit.ly/2uiCeGF
[9] Biomass burning in Indo-China peninsula and its impacts on regional air quality and global climate change-a review
Journal: Environmental Pollution
Link: http://bit.ly/2tc5XBj
[10] High ozone episodes at a semi-urban site in India: Photochemical generation and transport
Journal: Atmospheric Research
Link: http://bit.ly/2ushw7Q
[11] Development of driving cycles for passenger cars and motorcycles in Chennai, India
Journal: Sustainable Cities and Society
Link: http://bit.ly/2tbUCkK
[12] Integrated assessment of exposure to PM2.5 in South India and its relation with cardiovascular risk: Design of the CHAI observational cohort study
Journal: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
Link: http://bit.ly/2unGbK1
[13] Predictors of Daily Mobility of Adults in Peri-Urban South India
Journal: International Journal of Environmental Health and Public Health
Link: http://bit.ly/2usklFK
[14] Organic aerosols over Indo-Gangetic Plain: Sources, distributions and climatic implications
Journal: Atmospheric Environment
Link: http://bit.ly/2lTh0vN
[15] Characterization, sources and health risk analysis of PM2.5 bound metals during foggy and non-foggy days in sub-urban atmosphere of Agra
Journal: Atmospheric Research
Link: http://bit.ly/2unhq0j
[16] First results from light scattering enhancement factor over central Indian Himalayas during GVAX campaign
Journal: Science of The Total Environment
Link: http://bit.ly/2tonWzH
[17] Producing a CO2-neutral clean cooking fuel in India – Where and at what cost?
Journal: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Link: http://bit.ly/2sZDHxU
[18] Modal analysis of real-time, real world vehicular exhaust emissions under heterogeneous traffic conditions
Journal: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
Link: http://bit.ly/2v0ZNBg
[19] Household air pollution and under-five mortality in India (1992–2006)
Journal: Environmental Health
Link: http://bit.ly/2uiEA8s
[20] Compositional and surface characterization of HULIS by UV-Vis, FTIR, NMR and XPS: Wintertime study in Northern India
Journal: Atmospheric Environment
Link: http://bit.ly/2uo3bbL
[21] Impacts and mitigation of excess diesel-related NOx emissions in 11 major vehicle markets
Journal: Nature
Link: http://go.nature.com/2rUJd4I
[22] Temporal Characteristics of Brown Carbon over the Central Indo-Gangetic Plain
Journal: Environmental Science and Technology
Link: http://bit.ly/2usBK1g
[23] Chemical composition of fine mode particulate matter (PM2.5) in an urban area of Delhi, India and its source apportionment
Journal: Urban Climate
Link: http://bit.ly/2uiX3Sv
[24] Assessment of interstate freight vehicle characteristics and impact of future emission and fuel economy standards on their emissions in India
Journal: Energy Policy
Link: http://bit.ly/2tSBmaO
[25] Asthma Insights and Management in India: Lessons Learnt from the Asia Pacific – Asthma Insights and Management (AP-AIM) Study
Journal: Journal of The Association of Physicians of India
Link: http://bit.ly/2toyor3
[26] Spatio-Temporal Variation and Futuristic Emission Scenario of Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide over an Urban Area of Eastern India Using GIS and Coupled AERMOD–WRF Model
Journal: PLOS One
Link: http://bit.ly/2usA08c
[27] Asthma Insights and Management in India: Lessons Learnt from the Asia Pacific – Asthma Insights and Management (AP-AIM) Study
Journal: Journal of The Association of Physicians of India
Link: http://bit.ly/2toyor3
Audio-visual resources
[1]Air Pollution and Mortality http://bit.ly/2urZSAX [Video]
[2] Deadly Impact of Airborne Particles http://bit.ly/2uiSyr4 [Video]
[3] Arie Jan Haagen-Smit and the history of smog http://bit.ly/2tbOmcV
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