Pollution

Vantage | How smog could affect India's growth story

Pollution isn't just a health hazard; it affects economic output, investor confidence, and the nation's global image

Pakistan: Pollution forces closures of businesses, schools in Lahore

In the provincial capital of Lahore, air quality was the worst in the world on Wednesday according to Swiss group IQAir, with the air quality index at a "hazardous" 432, followed by India's capital Delhi at 302 and the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi at 204

What happens when you breathe polluted air?

Long-term exposure to pollution can raise the risk of various diseases. Symptoms include coughing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, irritation of the eyes, nose and throat

World's Most Polluted City: Delhi residents losing 11.9 years of life to pollution

The study said fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens an average Indian's life expectancy by 5.3 years, relative to what it would be if the 5 g/m3 pollution limit set by (WHO) was met

Environmental activists pile up 6 lakh cigarette butts to raise awareness on pollution

David Figueira, who participated in the project, urged people to discard the cigarette butts in designated bins or use pocket ashtrays, rather than littering them on the ground.

Japan proposes to cut auto carbon emissions by 50 % in draft G-7 statement

According to the International Energy Agency, carbon dioxide emissions from road vehicles such as cars accounted for some 17% of global energy-related carbon emissions as of 2020.

Explained: The countries putting a brake on cars with internal combustion engines

The 27-nation bloc joins more than a dozen other nations which have set deadlines for ending sales of new cars with internal combustion engines (ICE), which emit toxic gasses that are a major driver of climate change

'All this rubble': Turkey fears rising levels of pollution after earthquake leaves hazardous waste

In total, more than 118,000 buildings were destroyed or severely damaged by the earthquake, which killed more than 42,000 people in Turkey, and nearly 46,000 in total including neighbouring Syria

Brazil scuttles decommissioned aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite pollution concerns

The decision to scuttle the six-decade-old Sao Paulo, announced Thursday, came after Brazilian authorities had tried in vain to find a port willing to welcome it

Explained: 3 ways countries can make single-use plastic bans more effective

Single-use plastic bans can inspire wider changes to social systems. But without planned access to alternatives, a phased introduction, and efforts to nurture public support, product bans have a limited effect on plastic pollution