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Cost of cutting corners: US kids with lead poisoning
Jan 08, 2016 (AFP)
The children of Flint, Michigan, are paying the price for a cost-cutting measure that poisoned their water supply after state authorities ignored months of heal...
Tens of thousands of fish moved as Paris canal gets clean-up
Jan 07, 2016 (AFP)
Paris authorities have moved tens of thousands of fish to clean up the Canal Saint-Martin, a popular waterway commissioned by Napoleon that attracts hordes of t...
India court challenges Delhi to show car ban cuts smog
Jan 06, 2016 (AFP)
An Indian court on Wednesday challenged the Delhi city government to prove that its restrictions on cars were improving air quality in the world's most polluted...
Malaysia bans bauxite mining for three months amid pollution fears
Jan 06, 2016 (AFP)
Malaysia Wednesday announced a three-month ban on bauxite mining in its rural state of Pahang from mid-January amid mounting concern over hazardous dust and pol...
Bad air plagued Beijing for nearly half of 2015: report
Jan 05, 2016 (AFP)
Beijingers spent nearly half of 2015 breathing air that did not meet national standards, Chinese media reported Tuesday, as the city struggles to address a smog...
Italy opens bidding for polluting steel giant Ilva
Jan 05, 2016 (AFP)
Italy has launched a tender to find a buyer for the Ilva steel works, one of the most polluting industrial sites in Europe, giving national and international sh...
Indonesia to appeal rejection of $565 mn haze lawsuit
Dec 31, 2015 (AFP)
The Indonesian government will appeal a court's rejection of a $565 million lawsuit against a pulp and paper company accused of failing to prevent fires that bl...
India's smog-shrouded capital pulls cars off roads
Dec 31, 2015 (AFP)
More than a million private cars were banned from New Delhi's roads on Friday, as authorities began trialling drastic new measures to cut smog in the world's mo...
Italy approves new anti-pollution measures
Dec 30, 2015 (AFP)
Italy's centre-left government on Wednesday authorised local authorities to cut traffic speed limits by 20kph (12 mph) and office heating by two degrees in resp...
New restrictions in Tehran after 18th day of bad air
Dec 30, 2015 (AFP)
More than two weeks of heavy pollution led Iranian officials to ban all outdoor sport and impose new traffic restrictions Wednesday as persistent cold weather e...
Demining Colombia will take 'a generation': minister
Dec 29, 2015 (AFP)
Clearing the landmines from the half-century conflict in Colombia, which has the most mines of any country outside Afghanistan, will take a generation, Defense ...
Beijing pollution soars but no red alert
Dec 29, 2015 (AFP)
Parts of China's capital Beijing suffered air pollution more than 20 times recommended levels on Tuesday, but authorities refrained from issuing the highest smo...
Italy in car clampdown as freak weather creates killer pollution
Dec 28, 2015 (AFP)
Cars were partially banished from the streets of Milan and Rome on Monday as Italy battled a buildup of health-threatening pollution caused by freakishly dry an...
Toxic smog brings nightmare 'white Christmas' to Beijing
Dec 25, 2015 (AFP)
Beijing residents woke up to a white Christmas Friday morning but with the sky obscured by thick toxic smog rather than snow after more than 100 million people ...
Ten Chinese cities issue pollution red alert
Dec 24, 2015 (AFP)
More than 100 million people in China have been warned to stay indoors after at least 10 Chinese cities issued red alerts for smog, state media reported Thursda...
Delhiites urged to accept controversial car ban plan
Dec 24, 2015 (AFP)
Delhi's firebrand Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called on residents of India's capital Thursday to cooperate with his ambitious plans to clean up the toxic air...
Chinese city's purple haze blows the country's mind
Dec 23, 2015 (AFP)
Nanjing's purple haze has put a spell on Chinese social media as much of the country suffers its latest bout of choking smog. Buildings in the city loomed large...
Milan limits daytime traffic to battle smog
Dec 23, 2015 (AFP)
Drivers in Milan will face a limit on daytime travel three days next week as the northern Italian city tries to bring air pollution down from dangerous levels. ...
BHP reviewing asset freeze ruling after Brazil dam disaster
Dec 22, 2015 (AFP)
BHP Billiton said Tuesday it was reviewing a judge's decision to freeze its Brazilian assets to ensure reparations are paid for a deadly toxic dam burst, after ...
Thousands of plants cut production as Beijing smog persists
Dec 21, 2015 (AFP)
Beijing has ordered 2,100 factories to suspend or reduce production as part of its "red alert" measures to deal with smog, the government said Monday, as the ci...
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