World Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai tops world’s most polluted cities Chiang Mai – Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai was blanketed by hazy smog Friday, as residents and visitors to... Read more 15 Mar
World Thai court orders emergency plan to improve air quality Bangkok – A Thai court on Friday ordered the government to come up with an urgent plan to curb air... Read more 19 Jan
Countries South Africa should tackle ‘environmental racism’ – UN expert Johannesburg — South Africa should increase its effort to tackle the “environmental racism” that has plagued the country since... Read more 13 Aug, 2023
World Smoke from Canadian wildfires cloaks eastern US with haze Washington – Smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouded US cities in a noxious haze again on Thursday, delaying flights and... Read more 9 Jun, 2023
World Fungi and plants clean up California pollution Los Angeles — In an industrial wasteland in Los Angeles, Kreigh Hampel is uprooting California buckwheat with a pitchfork... Read more 31 May, 2023
World Plastic pollution: treaty talks get into the nitty-gritty Paris — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that global plastics pollution was a “time bomb”, as diplomats began... Read more 29 May, 2023
Countries Out of Nile, into tile: Young Egyptians battle plastic plague Cairo – Entrepreneurial young Egyptians are helping combat their country’s huge plastic waste problem by recycling junk-food wrappers, water... Read more 18 Jan, 2023
Countries Nigeria has a coastal litter problem: it’s time to clean up Oluniyi O. Fadare, Obafemi Awolowo University Bottles. Plastic bags. Surgical facemasks. These are just some of the 29,029 items... Read more 30 Dec, 2022
Countries Shell to pay 15 million euros to Nigerian farmers over pollution The Hague – Shell said on Friday it will pay 15 million euros to Nigerian farmers to compensate them... Read more 24 Dec, 2022
Countries Dirty Durban ocean waters vex South Africa tourist trade Johannesburg – Untreated sewage flowing into the Indian Ocean has hoteliers in tourist hotspot Durban up in arms as... Read more 14 Dec, 2022