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CHINA'S CLEAN AIR MARKET COULD REACH US$3.19 TN
Nation poised to become the world's largest market for clean air technology in several key areas report... READ MORE›
AIR POLLUTION: UK GOVERNMENT'S FAILED LEGAL BATTLES COST TAXPAYERS A?500,000
The judge ruled the government's 2017 air quality plan so poor as to be unlawful... READ MORE›
DROP IN PLASTIC BAGS LITTERING BRITISH SEAS LINKED TO INTRODUCTION OF 5P CHARGE
Ireland and Denmark were the first two countries to bring in levies for plastic bags from shops in 2003, followed by slew of other European countries... READ MORE›
CHINA 'ENVIRONMENT CENSUS' REVEALS 50% RISE IN POLLUTION SOURCES
China 'environment census' reveals 50 percent rise in pollution sources... READ MORE›
WORLD'S COLDEST CAPITAL SEEKS TO KICK ITS DEADLY COAL HABIT
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Mongolians have long relied on folklore to explain how miserably cold their winters are... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO TACKLE AIR POLLUTION ARE UNLAWFUL, COURT RULES
Government plans to tackle air quality are unlawful and do not go far enough, a senior judge has ruled... READ MORE›
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›
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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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
NEW INHALER PROTECTS LUNGS AGAINST EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION
The impact of air pollution costs 5tn a year, according to a World Bank report published last week... 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›
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›
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›
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›
ELECTRIC VEHICLES COULD GO FIRST AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS UNDER UK CLEAN AIR ZONE PLANS
Local authorities should be supported - including financially - to introduce clean air zones across the country... READ MORE›