{"id":129152,"date":"2021-08-27T16:53:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T11:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=129152"},"modified":"2021-08-28T17:33:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T12:03:02","slug":"smog-control-another-symbol-over-substance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/smog-control-another-symbol-over-substance\/","title":{"rendered":"Smog control: Another symbol over substance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.livemint.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=278acc027fb&amp;imageview=0\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Livemint<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"><b>What is the news?<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Earlier this week, Delhi installed Anti-smog tower in the city to purify the polluted air in the city. The step has received both positive and negative responses. <span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">There are concerns surrounding the Anti-smog tower as an effective tool to address the air pollution.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f7f2f2;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Must read<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/delhis-new-smog-tower-the-technology-the-impact-the-evidence\/\">Delhi&#8217;s New Smog Tower: the technology; the impact; the evidence<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong> Global experience<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>China<\/strong>&#8211; China made a minor show of a 7-metre high anti-smog tower erected in Beijing. It promised to use green energy to clean up 70% of the locality\u2019s breathable particles. However, the <strong>concept was trashed by experts<\/strong> there for its lack of efficacy in a megacity. So, China\u2019s policy focus shifted to emission clamps and reforestation efforts such as great green wall.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Los Angeles<\/strong>&#8211; It took similar measures and is now focusing on improving energy efficiency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Way forward<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Clearly, Anti-smog towers are not a solution for air pollution. Smog requires reduction at source. We need a broad action plan that includes incentives at the level of farm stubble.<\/li>\n<li>Equitable coverage is needed to make anti-smog tower work effectively<\/li>\n<li>We must move beyond this small approach to actual mitigation of the crisis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Livemint What is the news? Earlier this week, Delhi installed Anti-smog tower in the city to purify the polluted air in the city. The step has received both positive and negative responses. There are concerns surrounding the Anti-smog tower as an effective tool to address the air pollution. Must read: Delhi&#8217;s New Smog Tower:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/smog-control-another-symbol-over-substance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smog control: Another symbol over substance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10330,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[380,9377,8659,9296,9376],"class_list":["post-129152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-air-pollution","tag-anti-smog-towers","tag-environmental-pollution","tag-pollution-mitigation","tag-smog-pollution","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704643324},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10330"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}