pollution
Remote Cape with ‘world’s cleanest air’ offers smog respite
Environment
March 18, 2019
Remote Cape with ‘world’s cleanest air’ offers smog respite
As much of Asia wheezes, coughs and sniffles its way through another smog season, one isolated and windswept corner of…
Hundreds of thousands join world youth climate demo
Environment
March 16, 2019
Hundreds of thousands join world youth climate demo
Hundreds of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on Friday to march through the streets for an…
Malaysia shuts 111 schools as toxic dumping poisons hundreds
World
March 15, 2019
Malaysia shuts 111 schools as toxic dumping poisons hundreds
Malaysia has closed 111 schools after hundreds of people, many of them children, were hospitalized following the suspected dumping of toxic…
Leaders appeal for ‘urgent action’ on environment
World
March 14, 2019
Leaders appeal for ‘urgent action’ on environment
World leaders gathered in Kenya on Thursday to lend political muscle to UN environment talks, calling for “urgent action” to…
Environment damage behind 1 in 4 global deaths, disease: UN
Environment
March 13, 2019
Environment damage behind 1 in 4 global deaths, disease: UN
A quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to manmade pollution and environmental damage, the United Nations…
Nearly 50% of transport pollution deaths linked to diesel: study
Health & Fitness
February 27, 2019
Nearly 50% of transport pollution deaths linked to diesel: study
Some 385,000 people worldwide died prematurely in 2015 from air pollution caused by vehicle exhaust emissions, a US study found…
Plastic found in deepest ocean animals
Environment
February 27, 2019
Plastic found in deepest ocean animals
Animals living in the deepest ocean trenches have been found with plastic fragments in their gut, according to new research…
Robinson Crusoe island sets example for the world in conservation
Environment
February 26, 2019
Robinson Crusoe island sets example for the world in conservation
For almost a century, the inhabitants of Robinson Crusoe — named for literature’s most famous castaway — have known that…
“Youth for the Nile” stand against the Nile river’s pollution
Environment
February 12, 2019
“Youth for the Nile” stand against the Nile river’s pollution
On Saturday February 9, Cairo saw more than 250 people volunteer for an initiative seeking to clean the river Nile…
Tipples and trash: A Japan waste plant opens its doors
Environment
January 29, 2019
Tipples and trash: A Japan waste plant opens its doors
A group of young Japanese snap selfies as they knock back a few drinks on a Friday night. But…