Wednesday, May 20, 2026
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Tag: Pollution

Fight pollution, climate change

"The country’s rich biodiversity is constantly under threat from human activities, including deforestation and forest degradation, illegal fishing and illicit wildlife trade" Yesterday I saw...

Disasters and pollution

"At the land of the pyramids, the United Nations chief Antonio Guterres opened Monday’s session warning that the world was ‘on a highway to...

Pollution linked to 10% of cancer cases in Europe: report

Pollution is linked to more than 10 percent of cancer cases in Europe, a report by the European Environment Agency said Tuesday.  Most of these...

Pollution behind 1 in 6 global deaths in 2019: study

By Kelly Macnamara Pollution caused some 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new global report published Wednesday, with experts raising...

California probes ‘Big Oil’ over plastic pollution

California launched a sweeping investigation Thursday into plastic pollution by major oil companies, in a probe it says will look at whether fossil fuel...

Moment to invest

The world, its different time zones notwithstanding, has just celebrated Earth Day, which aims to spread awareness about issues, including pollution, deforestation, and global...

Anti-smog teams in Pakistan target urban factories

LAHORE, Pakistan—The anti-smog squad van careens through choking traffic in Lahore, on its way to track down factories belching out smoke—a seemingly futile task...

California authorities rush to mitigate impact of major oil spill

Authorities in California's beachfront Orange County cities scrambled Sunday to mitigate the fallout from a major oil spill off the coast that caused "substantial...

QC air quality sensors soon to dot hotspots of pollution

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday ordered the city’s environmentalists to put up air quality sensors in pollution hot spots in a bid...

Cities fail to adapt to climate change, millions at risk – CDP

PARIS—Hundreds of cities have no climate adaptation plans in place despite rising threats like floods, heatwaves and pollution, according to a report Wednesday that...

Biggest sandstorm in decade turns Beijing skies yellow

Beijing was cloaked in thick yellow smog on Monday with pollution levels surging off the charts as the worst sandstorm in a decade descended...

Coca-Cola PH partners with Plastic Bank to stop ocean plastic

While the Philippines continues to battle with unprecedented times, one of the biggest concerns in the country is still the ongoing waste problem, with...

Toxic liquid leaks into Paris river from cement plant

Hundreds of litres of toxic wastewater have leaked into Paris' Seine River from a plant belonging to Franco-Swiss cement giant Lafarge-Holcim, local reports said,...

Air pollution levels rising anew as NCR enters GCQ

Air pollution levels have rebounded in the National Capital Region with the return of fossil fuel reliant transport and industry, a new report released...
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