Air Pollution

Nepal's tourism industry is reeling after the coronavirus forced an early end to the Mount Everest climbing season.Over 1 million workers in Nepal, from Sherpas to cooks, rely on tourism, which brings $700 million to the economy each year.A lengthy lockdown has put thousands of people in financial difficulty.View more…

NGT asks govt. to frame action plan The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given the Kerala government three months to come up with a proper action plan on making the State pollution-free. The Bench of Justice K. Ramakrishnan and expert member Saibal Dasgupta has asked the…

NORCO, LOUISIANA - NOVEMBER 09: Steam rises from the smokestacks of a Shell petroleum refinery on ... November 9, 2019 in the town of Norco, Louisiana. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images Here's a neat political trick: if you want to introduce a new law,…

It’s becoming clear that black and Latino communities in the U.S. suffer disproportionately from the novel coronavirus. The COVID-19 mortality rate for black New York City residents, for example, is twice that of white residents, and a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report has suggested that black Americans in…

EPA published a proposal in the Federal Register yesterday that critics described as an assault on minority communities coping with the public health legacy of structural racism. The agency's plan would mandate changes to the way future rules under the Clean Air Act would weigh the costs and benefits of climate and…

By Mie Olsen  •  last updated: 09/06/2020 Langelands Square   -   Copyright  Mie OlsenA square in Copenhagen is using a groundbreaking design to fight back against air pollution.The tiles of Langelands Square, in the Frederiksberg district of the Danish capital, have a special coating that helps absorb nitrogen dioxide (NO2).NO2 is one of the harmful…

NASA has announced four projects that will study the effects of the coronavirus on our planet. From air pollution to the economy, NASA’s Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science will lead the studies. More from SlashGear:The coronavirus pandemic caused an unprecedented, and incredibly rapid, change in human activities.…

By: Education Desk | New Delhi | Updated: June 8, 2020 8:46:12 pm An app has been created by a student under observation of faculty. (Express Photo by Narendra Vaskar)In a bid to raise awareness around air pollution, a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati…

Police officers wearing riot gear shoot rubber bullets at demonstrators outside of the White House, June 1, 2020 in Washington D.C., during a protest over the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man.Photo: GettyThe U.S. has erupted in protests over the brutal killing of George Floyd by police.…

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