Air Pollution

Back in 2011, Germany decided that it was done with nuclear power. The Fukushima Daiichi plant had just melted down in Japan, and the threat of disaster seemed overwhelming. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government, which had intended to keep Germany’s plants open, did an about face and voted to shut down…

Mapping invasive species on New Orleans Bayou Bienvenue In May 2010 I set out early one morning with a small group of concerned Gulf Coast residents, headed to meet a boat captain who would take us to the Chandeleur Islands, a chain of barrier islands in sou…

The Indonesian capital of Jakarta experienced some of the worst flooding in nearly a decade as the new year began this week. At least 43 people have died and nearly 400,000 have been left displaced. More rains are expected in the coming week, further adding…

By Adam Vaughan Air pollution can come from cooking indoors using solid biomass fuels Towfiqu Photography/Getty Images The number of health effects linked to air pollution keeps growing. We already know dirty air is associated with problems in the lungs, h…

Barcelona imposed a ban Thursday on older, more polluting vehicles during most of the day in a bid to reduce air pollution in Spain's second largest city. Gasoline-powered cars registered in Spain before 2000, and diesel-powered cars registered before 2006 a…

One of the primary problems, he said, is that the E.P.A., in an unusual move, used a flawed economic model that had not been reviewed either internally by federal agencies or in the academic literature. That model found what Mr. Wilcoxen described as the real…

At least 17 people have died of respiratory infections in Kabul over the past week due to hazardous levels of air pollution, Afghanistan's health ministry said. Over 8,800 patients have visited government hospitals in a week, suffering from health conditions…

Australia is grappling with massive bushfires fuelled by record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought. In the worst-affected state, New South Wales, fires have burned more than 4 million hectares (9.9m acres) destroying more than 900 houses. …

Coal may continue to reign in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed to skip a carbon tax on this dangerous fossil fuel, according to documents Reuters reviewed. Given how urgent the climatecrisisisbecoming, the world simply cannot afford any more h…

Afghan officials have begun cracking down on local businesses thought to be the main contributors to air pollution in the capital to battle a crisis that has reached "hazardous" levels. The owners of wedding halls, public baths, and property management offic…