Oil Slump Heightens Pollution Challenge From Delhi to Shanghai
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A brisk walk in India’s capital New Delhi on Christmas Eve was rated ‘hazardous’ to health, while a similar stroll in the Chinese city of Shanghai was ranked ‘unhealthy.’ Two of Asia’s biggest cities with the same problem: Air pollution.
This year, it could get worse. As the plunge in oil prices filters through to lower costs at the gasoline and diesel pump, more cars, buses and trucks will be on the roads adding to the smog, warns researcher Anumita Roy Chowdhury, executive director at the Centre for Science and Environment in New Delhi.