India biggest emitter of sulphur dioxide: report using NASA data | Explained News, The Indian Express

India biggest emitter of sulphur dioxide: report using NASA data | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |Beijing |Updated: August 20, 2019 8:18:06 am

India biggest emitter of sulphur dioxide: report using NASA data

The vast majority of coal-based power plants in India lack flue-gas desulphurisation technology to reduce air pollution.

Air pollutant emissions from power plants and other industries continue to increase in India, Saudi Arabia and Iran, the report says.

A new report by Greenpeace India shows the country is the largest emitter of sulphur dioxide in the world, with more than 15% of all the anthropogenic sulphur dioxide hotspots detected by the NASA OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument) satellite. Almost all of these emissions in India are because of coal-burning, the report says.