With research showing that chefs in India’s commercial kitchens are regularly exposed to high levels of harmful air pollutants, calls are growing for the country’s ever-growing restaurant and catering industry to switch to cleaner cooking methods and install effective mechanical ventilation systems.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 17 April 2026
UK efforts to tackle air pollution have focused almost exclusively on public health and outdoor air quality, meaning the risks to workers from poor indoor air quality in workplaces have been seriously neglected.
By Graham Petersen, Trade Union Clean Air Network (TUCAN) on 13 April 2026
The Indian Government’s Budget included much-trumpeted funding announcements for energy and carbon reduction projects like domestic solar panels and carbon capture, utilisation and storage technology, but campaigners were disappointed by the amount of money allocated for tackling dangerous levels of air pollution and adapting to climate change impacts.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 17 March 2026
Every autumn and winter, Delhi experiences terrible air pollution that places the health of its 40 million residents at grave risk. But government measures to alleviate the problem by temporarily closing construction sites mean hundreds of thousands of daily-wage labourers are being left without wages and a means of financial support.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 01 November 2025
Public health campaigners are demanding stronger action to prevent the setting off of fireworks and the burning of agricultural stubble after levels of PM2.5 fine particulate matter air pollution exceeded the ‘safe’ threshold by around 15 times in the capital Delhi during the annual Diwali festival.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 10 November 2024
Every autumn and winter, Delhi experiences poor air quality due to factors like agriculture stubble burning, and politicians from all parties continue to trade barbs about who is responsible for tackling it.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 07 November 2023
Every winter, Delhi experiences harmful levels of air pollution, and campaigners warn the central and state governments are still not doing enough to tackle the problem.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 13 January 2022
Pollution of all forms caused over 2.3 million premature deaths in India in 2019, the highest in the world, according to a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 June 2022
Power cuts caused by a lack of coal at power stations have reignited concerns that India is not moving fast enough to expand sources of renewable energy and start reducing its contribution to climate change and air pollution.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 June 2022
