Tag: pollution
Asia’s new coal plant plans jeopardize climate targets, report says
A report said 92% of planned coal projects in the five Asian countries would not be economical, wasting up to US$150 billion
Nepal chokes on smoke and ash as drought-worsened wildfires rage
Hundreds of fires have been spreading across the country since November, in the worst wildfire season seen in a decade
Watch: India’s Ganges River faces a slow death
Unplanned urban and industrial growth have led to the river system's abuse
‘We’re dying a slow death’: New Delhi’s poisonous air a perennial...
For a sprawling metropolis of 18 million, there are only 40 field staff to enforce environment standards
Plastic piles up in Thailand as pandemic efforts sideline pollution fight
Environmentalists fear Thailand is simply a pointer for the situation elsewhere in Southeast Asia
China’s incentive to pollute: Global warming is big business
China profits on selling the solution to the pollution problem it creates
More ‘collaborative action needed’ by Southeast Asia to tackle dangerous haze
Southeast Asian human rights officials have urged governments to step up cross-border collaboration to end harmful haze drifting across the region.
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