Air Pollution

—The recent wildfires in California, the most intense and extensive in the states recorded history, have destroyed an area of more than 674,957 hectares, filling the area with smoke during an interminable week, sending air quality indicators to worrying level…

The Indonesian government is being sued for not doing enough to tackle air pollution. Last year, a study ranked Jakarta the most-polluted city in Southeast Asia. The government has undertaken to reduce air pollution, but a group of 31 Indonesians say that i…

Indonesian environmental campaigners have filed a lawsuit against their government for the worsening epidemic of air pollution in the capital. Jakarta consistently ranks highly in lists of cities with the most dangerous air in the world. AirVisual's Air Qual…

The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2018-19 in the Parliament today. The Survey states that India continues to target and maintain its economic growth, by introducing and implementing variou…

Image copyrightNASA Last week's record breaking heatwave across much of Europe was made "at least five times" more likely to happen by climate change, say scientists. Their rapid attribution study says that rising temperatures "super-charged" the event, mak…

MADRID — Thousands protested in Madrid on Saturday against the suspension of curbs on polluting cars by the new conservative city hall, raising fears that environmental rollbacks seen in the United States may be spreading to Europe. The first reversal of env…

Media captionProtesters gathered in Madrid, furious at the suspension of an anti-pollution plan Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Madrid on Saturday to oppose the newly elected conservative mayor's decision to reverse car pollution restrictions.…

MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands protested in Madrid on Saturday against the suspension of curbs on polluting cars by the new conservative city hall, raising fears that environmental rollbacks seen in the United States may be spreading to Europe. The first reve…

While Delhi has grabbed newsprint and broadcast media attention over its deplorable air quality, citizens of Pune seem clueless about their citys deteriorating air quality and its baneful impact on health. A survey on the perception of the citys air quality …

June 28th, 2019 by Jake Richardson  Every other weekend my neighbor engages in the practice of idling his pickup truck in front of his house for what appears to be about 20-30 minutes. This vehicle I have never seen him drive anywhere, as he has a new pickup…