Tag: pollution
Work-from-home order issued as Thai city chokes on pollution
Smoke from forest fires and farmers burning crop stubble has blanketed the popular tourist destination in recent weeks
Health warnings as Bangkok chokes on pollution
The Thai capital has been blanketed for days by a yellow-grey mix of vehicle fumes, industrial emissions and smoke from agricultural burning
Countries meet to halt wide-ranging threats against oceans
Some 600 leaders of government, the business sector, green groups and academics will discuss expanding marine protected areas
China’s rare earth mining in Myanmar fuels rights abuses, pollution, says...
Global Witness found that China had outsourced much of its industry across the border to a remote corner of Kachin state
After Lao rivers run red, authorities order iron mine to stop...
The water turns red when the mines wash iron and release waste into the river, a resident said
Air pollution dims India’s solar energy potential
Between 2001 and 2018 India lost 29 percent of its solar energy potential as a result of atmospheric pollution
Delhi’s choked roads worsen India’s toxic smog crisis
The sprawling megacity of 20 million people is regularly ranked the world's most polluted capital
Toxic smog chokes Indian capital during Diwali celebrations
People across the sprawling city woke to find themselves enveloped in a grey-yellow blanket of haze
Climate ‘reality check’: 2021 global CO2 emissions near record levels
Emissions from gas and highly polluting coal will rise this year by more than they dropped in 2020 due to the pandemic
In Pakistan, green scheme for polluting bus owners inches along
Peshawar hopes to lower its carbon emissions by paying bus owners to give up their exhaust-spewing vehicles