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Air pollution killed seven million people in 2012: WHO
Mar 25, 2014 (AFP)
Air pollution by sources from cooking fires to auto fumes has become the globe's worst environmental health problem, contributing to a shocking seven million de...
France opens criminal probe into air pollution
Mar 24, 2014 (AFP)
French prosecutors have opened a preliminary probe after an environmental group filed a criminal complaint over this month's spike in air pollution, a judicial ...
'Smog insurance' offers to help Chinese breathe easier
Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese companies have offered up a fresh idea to help pollution-weary travellers while cashing in on public concerns over dirty air at the same time -- smog in...
Polluted Paris prepares for partial car ban
Mar 16, 2014 (AFP)
Paris on Monday launches alternate driving days for the first time in nearly 20 years to tackle dangerous air pollution levels amid controversy on whether the b...
Paris makes public transport free to tackle severe pollution
Mar 13, 2014 (AFP)
Paris authorities said Thursday they would make public transport free for three days to encourage drivers to leave their vehicles behind due to severe pollution...
Japan's Panasonic to give China expats 'pollution pay'
Mar 13, 2014 (AFP)
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic said Thursday it would give employees sent to China a wage premium to account for the country's hazardous air pollution, in...
Cold nights, warm days trigger pollution alerts across France
Mar 12, 2014 (AFP)
Nearly a third of the 22 regions in mainland France on Wednesday were on a maximum pollution alert including a swathe of the country's north, centre-east and th...
Greeks protest against Syria chemical weapon destruction at sea
Mar 09, 2014 (AFP)
Two thousand demonstrators gathered on the Greek island of Crete on Sunday to protest against the planned destruction of Syria's chemical weapons in the eastern...
Maize Plus Bacteria: One-Two Punch Knocks Copper Out of Stamp Sand
Mar 06, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have known for years that together, bacteria and plants can remediate contaminated sites. Ramakrishna Wusirika, of Michigan Technological University,...
China promises cleaner air, steady 7.5 percent growth
Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)
China on Wednesday declared "war" on the lethal pollution that has blighted its stunning industrial transformation, as it unveiled a steady economic growth targ...
China's premier 'declares war' on pollution
Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday said he is "declaring war" on pollution, describing it as a "red-light warning" against inefficiency as he sought to add...
Nepal to force Everest climbers to collect rubbish
Mar 03, 2014 (AFP)
Climbers on Mount Everest will be forced to bring back eight kilograms (17.6 pounds) of garbage, an official said Monday, to clean up a peak that has become the...
Reforms slow in Bangladesh's toxic tanneries
Mar 02, 2014 (AFP)
Standing knee deep in toxic chemicals, Mokter Hossain loads animal hides into huge drums filled with still more dangerous liquids at a tannery in the Bangladesh...
Haze-hit Indonesian province declares emergency
Feb 27, 2014 (AFP)
An Indonesian province at the heart of a Southeast Asian smog crisis last year has declared a state of emergency after being blanketed in thick haze from forest...
Jailed Sochi ecologist sent to far-flung colony: group
Feb 27, 2014 (AFP)
Russian environmentalist Yevgeny Vitishko, who was sentenced to three years in prison during the Sochi Olympic Games, has been transferred to a penal colony alm...
Haze heavier around Beijing
Feb 27, 2014 (XNA)
Thick smog shrouding Beijing and its surrounding areas becomes heavier as the capital has raised its four-tiered alert system to "orange". The smog covered abou...
China smog drives masks out of stock
Feb 26, 2014 (AFP)
China's biggest online face-mask sellers were running out of stock Wednesday as consumers rushed to protect themselves from smog that has shrouded large swathes...
China's Xi breathes Beijing smog on surprise outing
Feb 25, 2014 (AFP)
China's President Xi Jinping paid a rare visit to one of Beijing's smog-hit streets Tuesday, drawing praise from Internet users for his latest apparent attempt ...
Air purifier rush as smog shrouds northern China
Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)
Dangerous smog which has blighted swathes of northern China in recent days has prompted a spike in air purifier sales, local media reported Monday, as pollution...
Bulgaria chokes on air pollution fuelled by poverty
Feb 22, 2014 (AFP)
The smokestacks of Kremikovtzi steel mill on Sofia's outskirts may have shut down years ago, but ancient cars ensure that Bulgaria's capital is still the most p...
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