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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›
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›
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›
INSIDE THE MASS EXODUS AT THE EPA
More than 700 workers have left the rapidly shrinking Environmental Protection Agency since President Trump took office -- including more than 200 scientists, according to a report... READ MORE›
FUELING DISSENT: HOW THE OIL INDUSTRY SET OUT TO UNDERCUT CLEAN AIR
He gets a second dose at the end of the day before heading home from St John Bosco Elementary School, in San Antonio, Texas... READ MORE›
STATES SUE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR FAILING TO ENFORCE SMOG RULES
Becerra was joined by the attorneys general in Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington state... READ MORE›
14 STATES SUE U.S. GOVERNMENT OVER ALLEGED FAILURE TO ENFORCE SMOG RULES
Becerra was joined by the attorneys general in Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington state... READ MORE›
FOURTEEN STATES SUE TO ALLEGE US FAILURE TO ENFORCE SMOG RULES
Becerra was joined by the attorneys general in Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington state... READ MORE›
AS WORLD RISKS BEING SWAMPED BY TIDAL WAVE OF PLASTIC WASTE, NATIONS AGREE ON PLAN TOWARD CREATING 'POLLUTION-FREE PLANET'
Eight million tons of plastic waste is dumped into the ocean every year, killing marine life and entering the human food chain, UNEP added... 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›
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EPA WIPES ITS CLIMATE CHANGE SITE DAY BEFORE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Previously, the website housed data on greenhouse gas emissions from large polluters and reports on the effects of climate change and its impact on human health... 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›
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE, BECOMES PRIORITY UNDER TRUMP ORDER
Trump's order attempts to roll back Obama-era policies on power plant emissions limits, coal mining on federal lands, and regulations on fracking and methane... READ MORE›
TRUMP TO TAP FAST FOOD EXECUTIVE ANDY PUZDER FOR LABOR SECRETARY
Preparing to make public appearances Thursday in Ohio and Iowa, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate restaurant chain executive Andy Puzder to be labor secretary... READ MORE›
SCOTT PRUITT VOWS TO SLASH CLIMATE AND WATER POLLUTION REGULATIONS AT CPAC
Pruitt demurred when asked if the EPA should be abolished, citing the very important work it does in water and air pollution that crosses state lines... 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›
TRUMP PICKS CLIMATE CHANGE SCEPTIC SCOTT PRUITT TO LEAD EPA
Yet as attorney general, Mr Pruitt not only denied the existence of climate change, but took steps to accelerate its devastating effects on Americans... READ MORE›
BEIJING PARENTS FORCE GOVERNMENT ACTION OVER SMOG
Stop making our children sick Beijing parents force government action over smog... READ MORE›
A CIVIL RIGHTS 'EMERGENCY': JUSTICE, CLEAN AIR AND WATER IN THE AGE OF TRUMP
The roots of the environmental justice movement are diffuse, but a string of events in Houston, Texas, proved foundational... 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›
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›
CLIMATE CHANGE MAY BE INTENSIFYING CHINAS SMOG CRISIS
The effect of climate change on air pollution might extend beyond China... 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›
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›
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›
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›
'SEE YOU IN COURT': ACTIVISTS READY FOR TRUMP TO RELAX SMOG AND DRILLING RULES
With the Trump administration poised to roll back rules on smog and drilling off Alaska and the east coast, environmental campaigners are ready for legal action... 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›
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›
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›
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›