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Tag: Pollution

Fruit company wants Filipinos to stop polluting Pacific Ocean

A massive island of plastics is forming in the Pacific Ocean, and the Philippines is pinpointed as the third biggest culprit in dumping trash...

Hanoi to ban motorbikes by 2030 to curb pollution

By Tran Thi Minh Ha HANOI, Vietnam"•Officials in Vietnam’s traffic-choked capital Hanoi vowed on Tuesday to banish motorbikes by 2030 to ease environment and congestion...

Managing Metro Manila

How do you solve the interconnected problems of a sprawling metropolis? Monstrous traffic gridlock, pollution, overpopulation, flooding and a runaway crime rate are only some...

City pools safer than dip in bay, says Erap

For the nth time, Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada on Monday reminded the public, especially Manileños, not to swim in the polluted waters of...

Revelry caused ‘very dangerous’ MM pollution

HIGH pollution levels hit major cities in Metro Manila as millions celebrated the start of the new year last Sunday, the Environment department said...

Pollution closes Tehran’s schools

TEHRAN"•Tehran officials shut schools on Monday as the first of the winter’s heavy pollution hit the Iranian capital. A blanket of choking brown-white smog descended...

300 million children breathe heavily toxic air: UNICEF

Some 300 million children live with outdoor air so polluted it can cause serious physical damage, including harming their developing brains, the United Nations...

Paris mayor bans cars along part of River Seine to fight pollution

By Gina Doggett PARIS"•Strollers and cyclists can breathe easy on the banks of the Seine after Paris on Monday approved a plan to ban cars...

‘Overcrowded jailhouse causes pollution in Lingayen Gulf’

DAGUPAN CITY—An overcrowded Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility in Barangay Bonuan Gueset here has been tagged as the main culprit behind the...
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