Air Pollution

Driving is not just an air pollution and climate change problemturns out, it just might be the largest contributor of microplastics in California coastal waters. That is one of many new findings, released Wednesday, from the most comprehensive study to date …

As of Jan 1, a new International Maritime Organisation standard will seriously restrict the kind of air pollution that shipping vessels can emit; in response, the industry has invested more than $12b in "open-loop scrubbers," which capture the sulphur from he…

Image copyrightEPA Tractor-driving farmers taking to the streets to demand greater recognition have caused the worst ever Dutch morning rush hour on Tuesday, according to motoring organisation ANWB. There were 1,136km (700 miles) of jams at the morning peak…

A woman wears a protective face mask while walking in Beijing.Credit: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Across Asia, and increasingly elsewhere, people are wearing medical masks in the street. Young and old, people are tying gauze squares over their noses and mouths…

A woman wears a protective face mask while walking in Beijing.Credit: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Across Asia, and increasingly elsewhere, people are wearing medical masks in the street. Young and old, people are tying gauze squares over their noses and mouths…

Air pollution could well be the new equivalent of smoking for heart diseases. A study, conducted by Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, which tied up with institutions such as NIMHANS and St. Johns Research Centre, Bengaluru, found…

Air pollution could well be the new equivalent of smoking for heart diseases. A study, conducted by Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, which tied up with institutions such as NIMHANS and St. Johns Research Centre, Bengaluru, found…

There has been a spike in agricultural fires a phenomenon thats known to worsen air pollution in Punjab in September, significantly more than in the same month last year. Krunesh Garg, member-secretary, Punjab Pollution Control Board, said there were 107 fir…

WASHINGTON Minnesota and New Mexico, in a rebuke to the Trump administration, plan to join 10 other states in adopting both of California's tough rules on tailpipe emissions and zero-emission vehicles. The announcements came a week after President Donald Tru…

Image caption The 50mph limits were introduced as a trial in December 2018 on the M4 near Port Talbot Speed cameras to enforce 50mph limits designed at improving air quality on the M4 and other roads have been activated. The limits were put in place as a…