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EVERYDAY ITEMS LIKE COLOGNES, CLEANING PRODUCTS ARE BIG SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION, STUDY FINDS
Follow-up research in Los Angeles, notorious for its air-quality problems, found that the prevalence of VOCs in the air from chemical products matched the authors' estimates... READ MORE›
LONDON HAS ALREADY REACHED ITS AIR POLLUTION LIMIT FOR 2018
London Has Already Reached Its Air Pollution Limit For The Entire Year... READ MORE›
BEIJING SEES DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN AIR POLLUTION BUT RESIDENTS WONDER IF THE CHANGE IS SUSTAINABLE
Photo In 2015, the city of Beijing reached red alert status for its high air pollution level... READ MORE›
CHINA'S CITIES STILL CHOKING ON SMOG
China's northeastern provinces saw blue winter skies for the first time in a long time, but pollution is still a problem... READ MORE›
A TOWERING FEAT: CHINA BUILDS 'WORLD'S BIGGEST AIR PURIFIER'
Launched in 2015, the Xian smog tower was announced to find a low-cost method to artificially remove pollutants from the atmosphere... READ MORE›
BEIJING WINS BATTLE FOR BLUE SKIES -- BUT THE POOR ARE PAYING A PRICE
Millions living in the region surrounding Beijing lost their coal-fired heating without receiving gas heat to replace it and have suffered through freezing weather... READ MORE›
POLLUTION APPEARS TO EASE IN BEIJING AMID CHINAS DRIVE TO CLEAR THE AIR
Greenpeace estimated that lower pollution levels resulted in 160,000 fewer premature deaths across China in 2017... READ MORE›
CHINA SAYS MORE THAN 18,000 OFFICIALS FAILED OR PERFORMED BADLY IN PRO
In one case, sewage from 150,000 residents in Jingdezhen in southern Jiangxi province was directly discharged into rivers due to a lack of treatment facilities... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 18,000 OFFICIALS FAILED OR PERFORMED BADLY IN PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT, SAYS CHINA
In one case, sewage from 150,000 residents in Jingdezhen in southern Jiangxi province was directly discharged into rivers due to a lack of treatment facilities... READ MORE›
THE ECO GUIDE TO THE CHRISTMAS WALK
The post-lunch Christmas walk is a family tradition in many households... READ MORE›
UN OFFICIAL HAILS CHINESE EFFORTS TO REDUCE CAPITAL CITY'S AIR POLLUTION
An official with the United Nations environmental agency on Saturday has hailed the Chinese government efforts in reducing the level of air pollution in Beijing... READ MORE›
UK GOVERNMENT 'BEING DRAGGED SCREAMING' TO TACKLE AIR POLLUTION
MPs say ministers are showing no confidence in tackling the illegal levels of air pollution that prematurely kill an estimated 40,000 people a year... READ MORE›
BRITONS AMONG THE INJURED AFTER DANCEFLOOR OF TENERIFE NIGHTCLUB COLLAPSES
Number of Britons injured after dancefloor of nightclub collapses in Tenerife... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 20 INJURED AFTER FLOOR COLLAPSES IN TENERIFE NIGHTCLUB POPULAR WITH BRITONS
More than 20 injured after floor collapses in Tenerife nightclub popular with Britons... READ MORE›
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DELHI BLANKETED IN TOXIC HAZE HAS BECOME A GAS CHAMBER
A thick haze has settled over New Delhi, where pollution has hit hazardous levels... READ MORE›
NEW DELHI'S 'GAS CHAMBER' SMOG IS SO BAD THAT UNITED AIRLINES HAS STOPPED FLYING THERE
An advisory on United's website said travel to New Delhi was suspended through at least Tuesday... READ MORE›
A PUSH FOR DIESEL LEAVES LONDON GASPING AMID RECORD POLLUTION
London's air pollution today is different from seven decades ago, and more insidious... READ MORE›
CHINA CHOKES ON SMOG SO BAD THAT PLANES CAN'T LAND
Officials in China's capital Beijing issued a red alert for air pollution... READ MORE›
BEIJING PARENTS FORCE GOVERNMENT ACTION OVER SMOG
Stop making our children sick Beijing parents force government action over smog... READ MORE›
NEARLY 40 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN UK AREAS WITH ILLEGAL AIR POLLUTION
In April last year, MPs said air pollution was a public health emergency... READ MORE›
STUDY LINKS POLLUTED AIR IN CHINA TO 16 MILLION DEATHS A YEAR
The Berkeley Earth paper's findings present data saying that air pollution contributes to 17 percent of all deaths in the nation each year... READ MORE›
LONDON MAYOR TO DOUBLE FUNDING TO TACKLE AIR POLLUTION
Khan said With nearly 10,000 Londoners dying early every year due to air pollution, tackling poor air quality is a public health emergency that requires bold action... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE MAY BE INTENSIFYING CHINAS SMOG CRISIS
The effect of climate change on air pollution might extend beyond China... READ MORE›
PANT BY NUMBERS: THE CITIES WITH THE MOST DANGEROUS AIR - LISTED
Tetovo in Macedonia - a city of 50,000 near the Kosovo border - has the worst PM2.5 air pollution in Europe, according to the WHO data... READ MORE›
TORY LOBBYING AGAINST AIR POLLUTION LAWS SMELLS OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION
The latest example is the covert lobbying by the British government to try to weaken European air pollution rules on behalf of the coal industry... READ MORE›
PARIS IS BANNING TRAFFIC FROM HALF THE CITY. WHY CAN'T LONDON HAVE A CAR-FREE DAY?
Greenwich, in south-east London, also looks set to get occasional car-free days... READ MORE›
HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARED, POLLUTION SOARS IN NEW DELHI
Crop burning and industrial pollution from adjoining states add to the bad air in New Delhi, according to experts... READ MORE›
YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM AIR POLLUTION IN INDIA THAN CHINA, STUDY SAYS
Indians face greater health risks from air pollution than people living in China, a new study has found... READ MORE›
MONGOLIA'S AIR POLLUTION IS FIVE TIMES WORSE THAN BEIJING'S
The air pollution protest next week was being organized for Sukhbaatar Square, the capital's central plaza... READ MORE›
MONGOLIA'S AIR POLLUTION IS FIVE TIMES WORSE THAN BEIJING'S
The air pollution protest next week was being organized for Sukhbaatar Square, the capital's central plaza... READ MORE›
LONDON TO INTRODUCE ?10 VEHICLE POLLUTION CHARGE, SAYS SADIQ KHAN
His plan to cut air pollution includes extending the ultra-low emission zone beyond central London to the North and South Circular roads from 2019... READ MORE›
UK GOVERNMENT SUED FOR THIRD TIME OVER ILLEGAL AIR POLLUTION FROM DIESELS
The law requires the final plan to bring air pollution down to legal levels in the shortest time possible... READ MORE›
BEIJING SMOG EFFORT CLOSES SCHOOLS AND LIMITS TRAFFIC
The red alert is a welcome sign of a different attitude from the Beijing government, said Dong Liansai, a climate and energy campaigner... READ MORE›
CRUISE SHIPS SHOWED CONTEMPT FOR CUSTOMERS BY BREAKING CLEAN AIR PLEDGE, REPORT SAYS
Nabu is calling on all cruise ships worldwide to ban their use of heavy fuel and to install particulate filters on all ships... READ MORE›
GLOBAL POLLUTION IS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST KILLER AND A THREAT TO SURVIVAL OF MANKIND, STUDY FINDS
Air pollution deaths in Southeast Asia are on track to double by 2050, he added... READ MORE›
WHAT'S PM 2.5 AND WHY IS NEW DELHI, LAHORE SMOG SO BAD?
In New Delhi, smog levels of PM 2.5, the particles most damaging to health, have reached 40 times the World Health Organization's safe limit... READ MORE›
UK CITIZENS ARE TAKING AIR POLLUTION MONITORING INTO THEIR OWN HANDS
Residents in Lancing and Shoreham, West Sussex, have also teamed up to explore air pollution levels... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT FAILS TO COMMIT TO DIESEL SCRAPPAGE SCHEME IN UK CLEAN AIR PLAN
This feeble plan won't go anywhere near far enough in tackling this public health emergency... READ MORE›
CHINA-BUILT AIR-CLEANING BIKES HEADING FOR BRITAIN'S STREETS
The smog-free bikes will first roll out in China, before they are made available in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe... READ MORE›
BEIJING ISSUES FIRST RED SMOG ALERT
China pollution Beijing issues first red smog alert... READ MORE›
AIR POLLUTION LAWSUIT SET TO GO AHEAD DESPITE DELAYED GOVERNMENT PLAN
Nitrogen dioxide causes 23,500 of the 40,000 premature deaths caused by air pollution each year, according to the government's own data... READ MORE›
WIDE RANGE OF CARS EMIT MORE POLLUTION IN REALISTIC DRIVING TESTS, DATA SHOWS
Diesel cars made by Renault, Nissan, Hyundai, Citroen, Fiat and Volvo among others emitted far more NOx in more rigorous tests, research shows... READ MORE›
NEW DELHI'S 'GAS CHAMBER' SMOG IS SO BAD THAT UNITED AIRLINES HAS STOPPED FLYING THERE
Some parts of New Delhi have pollution 40 times the World Health Organization-recommended safe level... READ MORE›
TREES MAY INCREASE AIR POLLUTION ON CITY STREETS
It is not always true that trees reduce air pollution... READ MORE›