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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›
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›
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›
'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›
'MAYBE THE SMOG CAN BRING US TOGETHER'
Parts of Pakistan have been enveloped by deadly smog in recent weeks, with the city of Lahore suffering almost as badly as the Indian capital Delhi... READ MORE›
NEW DELHI'S POLLUTION PROBLEM IS SO BAD THAT SOME DIPLOMATS ARE PACKING THEIR BAGS
Indian pedestrians walk near the India Gate monument amid heavy smog in New Delhi on Oct. 20, the day after the Diwali Festival... 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›
PUSH TO OUTLAW BAD AIR AS DELHI SLUM DWELLERS CHOKE
Nimrita Sharma is a teacher at a daycare center in Delhi's Ravidass slum... READ MORE›
NEW DELHI ENGULFED BY POLLUTION SO BAD UNITED AIRLINES HALTS FLIGHTS
Britain's government has issued an advisoryA to travelers thatA severe air pollution is a major hazard to public health in Delhi... READ MORE›
UNITED AIRLINES HALTS FLIGHTS TO NEW DELHI ON POOR AIR QUALITY
Other airlines were still flying to the national capital and it was not clear if they will follow United Airlines' move to suspend flights... READ MORE›
DELHI'S 'GAS CHAMBER' IS TRIGGERING A HEALTH CRISIS
Air Quality Index AQI recordings have consistently hit the maximum of 999... 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›
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›
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›
BRITISH ROYAL COUPLE MISS SCHOOL VISIT IN SMOG-HIT NEW DELHI
New Delhi authorities closed schools to protect children from the soaring air pollution... 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›
DELHI SMOG: SCHOOLS CLOSE OVER HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION
The heavy smog resulted in a huge pile-up of vehicles on an expressway just outside Delhi, Indian broadcaster NDTV reported... 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›
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›
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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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
'CANCER ALLEY' RESIDENTS SAY INDUSTRY IS HURTING TOWN
In Louisiana's industrial heart, the shadow of Trump's deregulation push looms as St James residents fight chemical plants, pipelines and laissez-faire policies... 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›
SHOCK FIGURES TO REVEAL DEADLY TOLL OF GLOBAL AIR POLLUTION
We have a public health emergency in many countries from pollution... READ MORE›
'EVERY BREATH IS AN EFFORT': DELHI RESIDENTS SUFFER AMID SMOG CRISIS
Using the hashtags Delhismog and DelhiChokes, locals are voicing concern over heavy pollution shrouding the city... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP CAN STRENGTHEN AMERICA BY DUMPING PARIS AGREEMENT
The Paris Agreement was a false promise from the start, committing the United States to an unattainable 26-28 percent reduction by 2025... 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›
THE HIDDEN RISKS OF TRUMP'S EPA CUTS
The White House's proposed budget would shrink the program from 7.5 million to 445,000, to be spent shutting down the work, according to the Environmental Protection Network's report... READ MORE›
DETROIT INCINERATOR IS HOTSPOT FOR HEALTH PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS CLAIM
And since the beginning of that year, the incinerator has been fined for persistently violating an earlier agreement with the state for alleged state violations... READ MORE›
AMID SMOGGY DAYS IN LONDON, GROWING CALLS TO CLEAN UP EUROPE'S TOXIC AIR
It's a complete policy failure, said Gary Fuller, who directs an air-quality-study center at King's College London... READ MORE›
BEIJING MARATHON RUNNERS DON MASKS TO COPE WITH SMOG
Daily pollution levels should not exceed an average of 25 micrograms per cubic metre of fine particulate matter... READ MORE›