Toxic smog smothering India’s capital smashes WHO limit
New Delhi — Residents of India’s capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog Wednesday as worsening air... Read more
13 Nov, 2024
Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector
MJ (Thinus) Booysen, Stellenbosch University and Joubert Van Eeden, Stellenbosch University In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter... Read more
11 Nov, 2024
Indian capital chokes as ‘hazardous’ air pollution returns
New Delhi — Acrid clouds engulfed India’s capital on Wednesday as air pollution fuelled by fireworks and farm stubble... Read more
23 Oct, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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
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
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
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
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
