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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 5d

CREA's September 2025 ambient air quality monthly snapshot for India is now available:

energyandcleanair.org/india-monthl...

India monthly ambient air quality snapshot: September 2025 – Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air

By Manoj Kumar N and Nandikesh Sivalingam

energyandcleanair.org

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 5d

🏅 🌿 Karwar, in the state of Karnataka, was the cleanest city in India in September 2025, with a monthly average PM2.5 of 4 µg/m³

💡 All megacities, such as Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bangalore, had monthly average PM2.5 below NAAQS

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 5d

🏅 💨 Nandesari ranked as most polluted city in India in September 2025, recording a monthly average PM2.5 concentration of 89 µg/m³

⚠️ It exceeded the daily NAAQS limit of 60 µg/m³ on 96% of the days of the month

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 5d

💡 The monthly average PM2.5 levels in all 93 National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) cities with more than 80% of days with data complied with India's daily NAAQS for PM2.5, while 88 cities exceeded the WHO's daily guideline

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 5d

🇮🇳 NEW | #India ambient #AirQuality monthly snapshot for September 2025 is out!

📉 With monsoon season receding, number of cities with ‘Good’ air quality declined

💡 231 of 235 cities wi/data for over 80% of days recorded PM2.5 below India’s national standards

⚠️ Only 32 cities complied w/the WHO

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 7d

🇹🇼 📄 CREA's report on Taiwan's imports of Russian naphtha is now available here:

energyandcleanair.org/publication/...

energyandcleanair.org

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 7d

🇷🇺 🪨 Taipower and Taiwan Cement Corporation successfully ended Russian coal purchases, but other companies maintained imports at USD 41 mn monthly in H1 2025

💡 Russian coal destination by port from start of full-scale invasion till end of June 2025:

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 7d

🇺🇸 US-sanctioned Novatek supplied 72% of Taiwan’s Russian naphtha

❌ Continued purchases could hurt Taiwan’s image as a reliable partner & undermine diplomatic relations with the US, EU, and other strategic allies

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 7d

🛑 The EU, US, and UK imported petrochemicals made from naphtha at the Formosa Petrochemical Corporation’s Mailiao refinery

❗These shipments likely contain Russian molecules due to the refinery’s heavy reliance on Russian-supplied naphtha

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 7d

❗🇺🇸 Continued Russian fossil fuel dependence may also put Taiwan at risk of increased US secondary tariffs whilst also raising supply security risks

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 7d

📱❌ Over-reliance potentially affects availability of essential materials for chipmakers like TSMC, Nvidia, AMD, & Intel, making Taiwan vulnerable to geopolitical disruptions or strategic manipulation by Russia and its allies

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 7d

🇷🇺🛢️NEW | Report: Taiwan's average monthly imports of Russian naphtha spiked nearly 6x between 2022 and H1 2025 to USD 1.3 bn, making Taiwan the world’s top importer

W/ Isaac Levi, Luke Wickenden, Hsin Hsuan Sun, Mark Pojen Hsu, Vladimir Slivyak

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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 13d

Xi Jinping announced China's new climate targets personally, a positive gesture, but the targets brought little clarity on China’s future emission pathway. Targeting a 7-10% emission reduction by 2035 from an undefined "peak level" undersells China's current clean energy boom.

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 14d

🇯🇵 📅 Japan Beyond Coal Symposium 2025 | Ammonia co-firing: A false solution?

🎤Join Dr Jamie Kelly, Air Quality Scientist at CREA, as he unpacks the air quality implications of ammonia co-firing

📅 30 Sept. 2025
🕗 08:00 CEST | 15:00 JST
📍 Online: beyond-coal.jp/en/news/jbc-...
📣 Host: @beyond-coal.jp

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 20d

🇮🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: #India’s power-sector #CO2 falls for only second time in half a century

The sector's CO2 could peak before 2030

Anubha Aggarwal
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/
@carbonbrief.org

carbonbrief.org/analysis-indias-power-sector-co2-falls-for-only-second-time-in-half-a-century/

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 22d

🇨🇳 CREA's September 2025 #ChinaMonthlySnapshot of China's energy & air pollution trends is now available in EN & CN👇

energyandcleanair.org/china-energy...

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 22d

💨 In August, China's northern & central provincial capitals led the country in PM2.5

🚨 Hebeiʼs capital ranked highest in both PM2.5 & ozone levels

🚨 Guangdong ranked highest for NO₂

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 22d

🔋 In August, EV production rose 23%, while gasoline / diesel vehicle output was flat YoY

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 22d

🏗️ In August, crude steel output fell to the lowest in 2025 with a straight 4 month drop after China announced production cuts & new capacity caps for 2025-26

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 22d

🇨🇳 NEW | #China monthly #energy & #airpollution snapshot is out now in EN & CN👇

💡In Aug 2025, coal & gas power generation rose by 2.2% and 15.4%, respectively due to hot & dry weather; year-to-date, power generation from coal & gas down 0.6%

☀️💨Solar & wind up 46.2%, 35.2%

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 26d

⚕️ 📄 CREA's health impact assessment (HIA) fact sheet on trucks in Latin America is now available on the main page of the Heavy Duty Harm global trucks HIA report here:

energyandcleanair.org/publication/...

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 26d

❗Truck pollution is responsible for a death toll comparable to some of the worst environmental hazards globally & demands urgent policy action

🏛️ Manufacturers & policymakers must ensure electrification applies globally and is affordable & accessible for all, not only in wealthy markets

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 26d

❔ How does CREA find these estimates?

💨 Emissions estimates are based on annual sales data & regulatory limits, and are used to model contributions to atmospheric pollutants, including NOX, PM2.5 & O3

🔗 These pollution levels are then linked to health impacts & their associated economic costs

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 26d

❗💲 CREA research finds that Volvo, Daimler & Traton trucks sold over the last decade will lead to estimated air pollution health costs totalling USD 1.9, 2.0, & 6.6 billion

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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 26d

❗ ☠️ CREA finds that between 2014 & 2040, NOX emissions from Volvo, Daimler & Traton trucks sold over the last decade will lead to estimated 236, 239 & 821 deaths

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