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India activists back 'pollution tax' to clean Delhi air
Oct 06, 2015 (AFP)
Environmentalists called Tuesday for a pollution tax in the Indian capital after a top court ordered the city and national governments to quickly come up with a...
US tightens smog standards, environmentalists cry foul
Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)
The United States on Thursday tightened its standards on smog -- also known as ground-level ozone -- but environmental groups said the anti-pollution measures d...
Goods manufactured in China not good for the environment
Oct 01, 2015 (SPX)
In a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, scientists from three universities show that products made in China are associated with significantly...
Babies petition India's top court over pollution
Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)
Three babies have been named on a petition urging India's top court to ban air-polluting fireworks in New Delhi, saying the city's choking smog poses a "clear a...
Plastic-eating worms to ease pollution problems
Sep 30, 2015 (UPI)
Can worms eat a way out of our plastic pollution problems? Probably not all on their own, but new research suggests they can help. A new study out of Stanford U...
Polluted Paris 'car-free' for a day
Sep 27, 2015 (AFP)
Paris staged a car-free day for the first time on Sunday, with large parts of the increasingly polluted French capital taken over by cyclists, joggers and famil...
Malaysia again shuts schools as Indonesian smoke thickens
Sep 27, 2015 (AFP)
Thick white smoke from Indonesian slash-and-burn farming enveloped Malaysia's capital and other areas Sunday, triggering school closures for the following day a...
Singapore moves against Indonesian firms over haze
Sep 26, 2015 (AFP)
Singapore has launched legal action that could lead to massive fines against Indonesian companies blamed for farm and plantation fires spewing unhealthy levels ...
Singapore schools in emergency shutdown as air quality worsens
Sep 24, 2015 (AFP)
Singapore late Thursday ordered emergency school closures as air pollution reached "hazardous" levels due to suffocating smoke from agricultural fires raging on...
Singapore air quality 'very unhealthy' over Indonesia fires
Sep 24, 2015 (AFP)
Singapore's air quality reached "very unhealthy" levels on Thursday as thick smog from forest fires in Indonesia's neighbouring island of Sumatra choked the cit...
Lebanon 'You Stink' protesters stage anti-MPs demo
Sep 20, 2015 (AFP)
Scuffles broke out in the centre of the Lebanese capital on Sunday as thousands of demonstrators protested near parliament to demand that MPs be replaced in a g...
Ban on microbeads offers best chance to protect oceans, aquatic species
Sep 18, 2015 (SPX)
An outright ban on the common use of plastic "microbeads" from products that enter wastewater is the best way to protect water quality, wildlife, and resources ...
Dirty air sends millions to early grave: study
Sep 16, 2015 (AFP)
Outdoor air pollution from sources as varied as cooking fires in India, traffic in the United States and fertiliser use in Russia, claim some 3.3 million lives ...
Garbage mountains circle Beirut as crisis festers
Sep 16, 2015 (AFP)
On the outskirts of the Lebanese capital, mountains of putrid garbage are rising and tempers are flaring as a months-old rubbish collection crisis shows no sign...
World's turtles face plastic deluge danger
Sep 15, 2015 (SPX)
An international study led by a University of Queensland researcher has revealed more than half the world's sea turtles have ingested plastic or other human rub...
Indonesia declares emergency in haze-hit province
Sep 14, 2015 (AFP)
Indonesia Monday declared a state of emergency in a province choked with thick haze from forest fires, as fears mounted that worsening air quality could affect ...
Fed up Tunisians go online to fight trash, rudeness
Sep 11, 2015 (AFP)
Rubbish clutters the streets, drivers cheerfully burn red lights and coffee shops rudely spill out onto the pavement. When Tunisians overthrew a 23-year-old dic...
Shanghai to shut polluting factories for Disney park
Sep 09, 2015 (AFP)
China's commercial hub Shanghai plans to shut 153 polluting and inefficient companies near Disney's planned theme park to help improve the surrounding environme...
Poison in the Arctic and the human cost of 'clean' energy
Sep 08, 2015 (SPX)
Methylmercury, a potent neurotoxin, is especially high in Arctic marine life but until recently, scientists haven't been able to explain why. Now, research from...
Molting elephant seals add mercury to coastal seawater
Sep 08, 2015 (SPX)
As fish-eating predators at the top of the marine food chain, elephant seals accumulate high concentrations of mercury in their bodies. A new study by scientist...
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