Thursday, 21 November , 2024

Air Pollution

The world’s 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia — and...

By Helen Regan Mar 19, 2024 All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to...

Wildfires: Black smoke covered the Acropolis – Smell of burnt wood...

The smell of burning all the way to Faliro Αθγ 23, 2023 The sky of Athens has been covered by smoke from the fire burning at...

After their attacks on climate science, industrial lobbyists target the scientific...

A nebulous coalition of industry-sponsored players, deregulation lobbyists and the far right has formed to deny or downplay the health impacts of air pollution,...

Redlining’s Legacy Endures as 45 Million Americans Breathe Polluted Air: Study

"Racism from the 1930s, and racist actions by people who are no longer alive, are still influencing inequality in air pollution exposure today," the...

The most dangerous air in Europe

The West Balkans Dec 11, 2021 In Tuzla, Bosnia, a coal-fired power plant has long posed a danger both to the surrounding environment and to the...

Greece battles deadly wildfires near Athens and on Evia island

Aug 6, 2021 Greece carried out mass evacuations overnight in the northern suburbs of Athens and on the nearby island of Evia as wind whipped...

‘Invisible killer’: fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research...

Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals By Oliver Milman ...

After their attacks on climate science, industrial lobbyists target the scientific...

by Olivier Petitjean 6 February 2018 A nebulous coalition of industry-sponsored players, deregulation lobbyists and the far right has formed to deny or downplay the health...

Planetary boundaries

Planetary boundaries is a concept involving Earth system processes which contain environmental boundaries, proposed in 2009 by a group of Earth system and environmental...

U.N. warns of millions of premature deaths by 2050 due to...

March 13, 2019 NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Environmental damage caused by man-made activities is having a devastating toll on human health, the United Nations...