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LONDON CANNOT BID FOR NATIONAL CLEAN AIR FUNDING, MAYOR SAYS
The government's new air quality plan doesn't commit to doing very much at all... READ MORE›
BREATHLESS IN DELHI: A TASTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ARMAGEDDON | BRIGID DELANEY'S DIARY
We monitored the air pollution compulsively on something that looked like an egg-shaped portable lava lamp, as well as various apps... READ MORE›
'MY EYES ARE BURNING': DELHI HOLDS HALF MARATHON DESPITE POLLUTION WARNING
The US embassy website on Sunday showed levels of the smallest and most harmful airborne pollutants hovered near 200... READ MORE›
UK GOVERNMENT '10 YEARS LATE' ON AIR QUALITY TARGETS
The cost of health impacts from air pollution, including fine particulate matter and nitrogen oxides, is estimated at ?20bn... READ MORE›
'DON'T PANIC' SAYS INDIAN MINISTER AS SMOG CRISIS DEEPENS
Delhi is now the world's most polluted capital according to the WHO, with pollution levels that regularly exceed those of Beijing... READ MORE›
'DON'T PANIC' SAYS INDIAN MINISTER AS SMOG CRISIS DEEPENS
Delhi is now the world's most polluted capital according to the WHO, with pollution levels that regularly exceed those of Beijing... READ MORE›
PARENTS ANGRY AS DELHI SCHOOLS REOPEN DESPITE SMOG
Doctors say children are particularly vulnerable to air pollution and this can cause long-term damage to their lungs... READ MORE›
PARENTS ANGRY AS DELHI SCHOOLS REOPEN DESPITE SMOG
Doctors say children are particularly vulnerable to air pollution and this can cause long-term damage to their lungs... READ MORE›
NEW DELHI'S POLLUTION IS OFF THE CHARTS -- AND IT'S MAKING RESIDENTS ILL
Delhi air pollution levels Toxic smog blankets India's capital, forcing schools to close and making residents ill... READ MORE›
INDIA TO SPRAY CAPITAL FROM ON HIGH AMID DEEPENING SMOG EMERGENCY
Illegal crop burning largely to blame for smog levels 10 times the acceptable level in delhi... READ MORE›
IN LAHORE PAKISTAN SMOG HAS BECOME A FIFTH SEASON
One is Mr. Omar, who installed air monitors in Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Karachi, where he lives... READ MORE›
INDIAN CAPITAL TO ROLL OUT 'ODD-EVEN' FORMULA FROM NEXT WEEK TO CHECK POLLUTION[1]
The decision to impose the formula was made in the wake of rising air pollution levels in the national capital... READ MORE›
'I FEEL HELPLESS': DELHI RESIDENTS ON THE SMOG CRISIS
Smog, respirator masks and 'business as usual our readers share their experiences of Delhi's public health emergency... READ MORE›
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›
DELHI PANICS AS DEADLY SMOG RETURNS
Delhi sees pollution levels soar in winter due to farmers in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana states burning stubble to clear their fields... 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›
UK GOVERNMENT SUED FOR THIRD TIME OVER DEADLY AIR POLLUTION
The UK government is being sued for a third time over the widespread illegal levels of air pollution, which cause 40,000 early deaths every year... READ MORE›
CHINA OCTOBER FACTORY OUTPUT RISES AT WEAKEST PACE IN FOUR MONTHS
Stringent winter air pollution curbs could add to business costs and force companies to throttle back production further in coming months, one analyst said... READ MORE›
POLLUTANTS FROM FRACKING COULD POSE HEALTH RISK TO CHILDREN, WARN RESEARCHERS
Pollutants released during fracking processes could pose a health risk to infants and children, according to researchers studying chemicals involved in shale gas operations... 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›
WORLD POLLUTION KILLS MORE PEOPLE THAN WARS, DISASTERS OR HUNGER
One out of every 4 premature deaths in India in 2015, or some 2.5 million, was attributed to pollution, the study found... READ MORE›
POLLUTION KILLS MORE PEOPLE THAN WARS, DISASTERS, HUNGER
Photo India has the highest rate of pollution-related premature deaths... READ MORE›
POLLUTION KILLS 9 MILLION A YEAR, COSTS $4.6 TRILLION
Areas like Sub-Saharan Africa have yet to even set up air pollution monitoring systems. Soil pollution has received scant attention... READ MORE›
TRUMPS PRO-COAL AGENDA IS A BLOW FOR CLEAN AIR EFFORTS AT TEXAS' BIG BEND PARK
In 2009, the state enforcer, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, issued a plan that would restore natural visibility to Big Bend by the year 2155... READ MORE›
SADIQ KHAN ASKS CAR MANUFACTURERS TO GIVE FUNDS TOWARDS TACKLING LONDONS TOXIC AIR
Londoners will be baffled by the double standards of these car manufacturers... READ MORE›
SADIQ KHAN TRIGGERS ALERT FOR HIGH AIR POLLUTION IN LONDON
Today's alert has been triggered by high levels of air pollution... READ MORE›
CHINA PLANS 2ND NATIONAL CENSUS OF POLLUTION SOURCES
China's State Council has released a plan for the country's second national census on pollution sources, with the results to be published in 2019... READ MORE›
POOREST LONDON CHILDREN FACE HEALTH RISKS FROM TOXIC AIR, POVERTY AND OBESITY
The study found that schools in the capital worst affected by the UK's air pollution crisis were also disproportionately poor, with high levels of obesity... READ MORE›
US PEOPLE OF COLOR STILL MORE LIKELY TO BE EXPOSED TO POLLUTION THAN WHITE PEOPLE
We have policies in place to reduce pollution in general but we don't have policies in place on environmental justice, said Marshall... READ MORE›
NEW 'REAL WORLD' DIESEL TESTS FAIL TO PREVENT RUSH HOUR POLLUTION PEAK
New real world emissions tests fail to prevent high levels of pollution from diesel cars during rush hour, according to new data... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Dr Benjamin Barratt
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›
POLLUTION RESPONSIBLE FOR A QUARTER OF DEATHS OF YOUNG CHILDREN, SAYS WHO
It found that 300 million of these children live in areas with extreme air pollution, where toxic fumes are more than six times above the health guidelines... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP 'TAKING STEPS TO ABOLISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'
President Trump said during the campaign that he would like to abolish the EPA or 'leave a little bit'... READ MORE›
INDIAS AIR POLLUTION RIVALS CHINAS AS WORLDS DEADLIEST
The United States and Europe have made good progress in cutting fine particulate air pollution since 1990... READ MORE›
INDIAS AIR POLLUTION RIVALS CHINAS AS WORLDS DEADLIEST
The United States and Europe have made good progress in cutting fine particulate air pollution since 1990... 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›
NINE-YEAR-OLD SUES INDIAN GOVERNMENT OVER CLIMATE CHANGE INACTION
It calls on the tribunal to direct the government to take effective, science-based action to reduce and minimise the adverse impacts of climate change ... 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›
CHINA BLOCKS WEB ACCESS TO DOCUMENTARY
The video was made by Chai Jing, a former investigative reporter for China Central Television, with help from other former employees of the state network... 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›
EUROPE ESCALATES ACTION AGAINST UK FOR BREACHING AIR POLLUTION LIMITS
UK fails to apply environmental law on air quality, water standards, and the conservation of several species, EU review reveals... 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›
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›
SERIOUS FARM POLLUTION BREACHES RISE IN UK - AND MANY GO UNPROSECUTED
Environment Agency figures show severe incidents are weekly occurrence as farms struggle with cost of pollution prevention despite subsidies... 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›
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›
TREES MAY INCREASE AIR POLLUTION ON CITY STREETS
It is not always true that trees reduce air pollution... READ MORE›
'WE WILL MAKE OUR SKIES BLUE AGAIN,' CHINA PREMIER PLEDGES
Official data show an improvement in China's air quality since 2013, when the government brought out its air pollution action plan... READ MORE›
LONDON TAKES 5 DAYS TO BREACH 2017 AIR POLLUTION LIMIT
It's estimated that nearly 10,000 Londoners die prematurely every year as a result of air pollution... READ MORE›
DIESEL CAR 'DEMONISATION' CONDEMNED
However, newer diesel vehicles that adhere to the Euro-6 emission standard would be exempt... READ MORE›
HOW CONNIVING CARMAKERS CAUSED THE DIESEL AIR POLLUTION CRISIS
By the mid-2000s, however, it was clear to air pollution experts that something was very wrong... READ MORE›
CHINA TOPS WHO LIST FOR DEADLY OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION
China is the world's deadliest country for outdoor air pollution, according to analysis by the World Health Organisation WHO ... READ MORE›
POLICE FORCE TO COMBAT TOXIC SMOG
The police will look for local sources of air pollution, including open-air barbeques and dusty roads, Cai Qi says, according to Xinhua state news agency... READ MORE›