The air in Delhi

India’s new tax on car sales is a step in the right direction, but can the country address the wealth and power imbalance driving the health disaster? 

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/series/rethinking-prosperity

Air pollution in Delhi: Interview with Jim Boyce

According to recent reports in the press, an estimated 80 people a day die prematurely in Delhi on account of the rapidly deteriorating quality of the city's air. Here is a 15-minute interview with Environmental Economist Jim Boyce which sums up the situation. Jim spent four months in Delhi earlier this year:

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=14008

How to clean Delhi's air

My Phd thesis advisor from the US, Jim Boyce, has been here in Delhi since January. He has been researching air pollution and climate change for the past some years. He was shocked at the rapid worsening of air pollution in Delhi since he was here last, many years back. He proposed that we do some research and write a piece together whereby we make some concrete suggestions to the new government in Delhi - hoping like hell that they just might listen! So here is our attempt:

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/green-goals-for-the-delhi-aam-aadmi/article7159335.ece