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Tag: Air Pollution

Air quality picking up in quarantined countries

Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus quarantines, experts say, but it is far too early to speak of long-term change. Images by the...

Green groups want improved air quality in PH

Air pollution is a silent killer in the Philippines, and the government must take urgent steps to address the problem before it gets worse,...

Global cost of pollution $2.9 trillion a year

Paris"•The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is US$8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of the world’s GDP, an...

Home is where there’s clean air

People are always indoors. Save for those whose job requires them to be outdoors, 90 percent of our time is spent inside an enclosed...

Mongolia’s ‘cleaner’ fuel linked to deaths, illness

By Khaliun Bayartsogt One cold night in October, Gerel Ganbaatar decided to stay with her parents in one of Mongolia's traditional ger communities on the...

US firm investing P250m to improve PH air quality

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Thousands march over pollution

Madrid"•Thousands marched through Madrid on Saturday to ask the Spanish capital’s new mayor not to ditch the ambitious traffic restrictions in the center only...

A tale of two Delhis: Deadly air exposes rich poor divide

By Abhaya Srivastava Walls draped in lush vertical gardens and air filtered through purifiers insulate diners at a swanky New Delhi food court from the...

Air pollution a top driver of big-city blues in China

Paris"•Eye-watering, throat-scratching air pollution is a major driver of big city blues in China, according to a study published Monday that matched social network...

WHO lists 10 health issues to watch out for in 2019

The World Health Organization has started a new five-year strategic plan with a list of 10 issues that will demand attention from the global...

Delhi bans trucks as the city chokes

New Delhi"•Delhi authorities have imposed a three-day ban on trucks entering the world’s most polluted major city as its 20 million inhabitants wheezed in...

‘Nine out of 10 people breathing polluted air’

GENEVA"•More than 90 percent of the global population is breathing in high levels of pollutants, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, blaming poor air...

Eco group asks Duterte to act vs air pollution

An ecological group appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to immediately rescue and protect Filipinos against the clear and present danger brought about by real...

Group lauds implementation of motor vehicle inspection plan

With more than 80 percent of air pollution in the capital caused by unabated emissions of the three-million motor vehicles plying the streets of...
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