The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

As smog thickened, Haryana’s air quality network went dark

As air quality levels dipped across north India this week, Haryana’s pollution monitoring system faltered, leaving many parts of the state without real-time data.

Newslaundry · Oct 31, 2025

Tackle wood burning and road traffic to improve Europe’s air quality, study finds

Researchers measure toxicity of air samples across continent to advise on ‘efficient’ policies to reduce harm

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2025

Delhi AQI ‘fraud’: Water sprinklers cleaning the data, not the air?

Newslaundry had earlier reported how several of Delhi’s air quality monitoring stations were themselves in violation of basic norms, placed behind trees, beside walls, or hemmed in by buildings that obstruct airflow within the mandatory 20-metre radius. But it seems even that wasn’t enough. As the city’s air turned poisonous…

Newslaundry · Oct 30, 2025

163 hours of missing Diwali AQI data: TOI slams India’s pollution policy

A week after The Times of India flagged the absence of pollution data during peak hours on Diwali night, the paper followed it up with a scathing editorial asking a simple and searing question: How serious is India about its air?

Newslaundry · Oct 28, 2025

Reality check of the Yamuna ‘clean-up’: Animal carcasses, a ‘pond’, and open drains

The Rekha Gupta government in Delhi claims that it has reduced pollution in the Yamuna ahead of the Chhath festival. The water may not be fit to drink, but it’s supposedly clean enough for devotees to bathe in and perform rituals. From Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to her ministers –…

Newslaundry · Oct 27, 2025

Ground still wet, air stays toxic: A reality check at Anand Vihar air monitor after water sprinkler video

Amid allegations of data manipulation by AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj and reports of water sprinklers circling air quality monitors, Newslaundry visited the Anand Vihar air monitoring station – one of Delhi’s most polluted spots – to verify the claims.

Newslaundry · Oct 27, 2025

The Yamuna PR wash: Anchors interview Delhi CM next to ‘pond’, no question on pollution data

This weekend, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta sat for interviews with DD anchor Sudhir Chaudhary and Aaj Tak’s Anjana Om Kashyap at Vasudev Ghat. The backdrop of these interviews wasn’t the river. It was apparently a man-made pond, which the AAP claims was filled with filtered water from the Sonia…

Newslaundry · Oct 27, 2025

Trump Rolls Back Biden-Era Emissions Rule, Grants Two-Year Exemption To Copper Smelters

President Donald Trump on Friday reversed an air pollution regulation introduced during the Biden administration. The rule, which was aimed at reducing emissions from copper smelters, has been overturned, providing a two-year compliance exemption for affected stationary sources.

Benzinga · Oct 27, 2025

Blood tests show highest levels of forever chemicals in those living near New Mexico plume

About 99% of Americans have PFAS chemicals in their blood, but state health and environmental officials have found higher concentrations in one corner of New Mexico

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025

India trials Delhi cloud seeding to clean air in world’s most polluted city

Bharatiya Janata party launches first test flight as brown haze blankets city after Diwali – but experts decry ‘gimmick’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025