Nagpur: In a major step toward continuous environmental monitoring, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has ...

Last June, an anti-noise advocacy group, Quiet Communities, sued the Environmental Protection Agency for not doing its job to limit the loud sounds people are exposed to in everyday life. The group is ...

LawnStarter reports that quieter weekends are emerging as municipalities ban loud gas-powered mowers, promoting electric and ...

We can control what people hear in specific areas without adding to general noise pollution—a challenge that traditional public address systems often struggle to overcome.” Directional sound ...

Last June, an anti-noise advocacy group, Quiet Communities, sued the Environmental Protection Agency for not doing its job to limit the loud sounds people are exposed to in everyday life. The group is ...

In 2023, the state government raised the permissible noise limit for green crackers from 90 decibels to 125, measured at a ...

Two hundred and eighty five drivers have been held by the Environmental Police Unit of the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) during a noise pollution control programme carried out recently, CEA ...

April 22 is Earth Day—a time to celebrate nature and protect the earth from pollution. An often neglected form of environmental pollution is noise. Americans are constantly bombarded by excessive ...

It may be no surprise that New York City is America's noisiest city. But one possible solution to decrease noise pollution may come as a surprise: introducing more park space in urban environments.

Systemic gaps compound the problem. Noise monitoring is sparse, enforcement weak, and responsibility scattered across ...