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Air pollution identified as Europe’s main environmental health hazard

Air pollution remains a leading cause of premature deaths in 41 European countries in spite of progress in reducing emissions, the European Union’s environment...

Used car exports from developed countries cause air pollution, says UN

A report by the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) published on Monday, October 26, 2929 said millions of used vehicles exported from Europe, U.S. and...

Expert calls for stiff policies on combustion

An environmental expert has urged governments at all levels to formulate stringent policies to control and monitor the rate of combustion produced by industries...

Fed up with the fumes

Dirty air in Nigeria takes a huge toll on lives and livelihoods. But civil society is not short of ideas for change, as Michael Simire finds...

World Environment Day: CSE unveils eight-point charter for blue skies, clean lungs

During the pandemic-induced lockdown period, PM 2.5 levels across six major Indian cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru – dropped a...

Foundation to sue Dangote Group over Kogi pollution

The Mona Audu Foundation, an NGO, says it will institute a legal action against the Aliko Dangote Group of companies for polluting the environment...

California launches legislation to reduce air pollution

Governor Edmund Jerry Brown, Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on Monday, July 10, 2017 in Sacramento announced...

India bans sale of inefficient, highly polluting vehicles

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 banned the sale and registration of Bharat Stage (BS)-III emission norm-complaint vehicles from Saturday,...

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Methane data and transparency continue to improve, but emissions remain far too high

Measures to tackle methane emissions are often very cost-effective and could have brought an extra 100 billion cubic metres...
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US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters,...

African govts urged to reverse privatisations in water, electricity, waste sectors

African governments, especially those of Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda, have been told to immediately reverse all existing privatisations in...

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Methane data and transparency continue to improve, but emissions remain far too high

Measures to tackle methane emissions are often very cost-effective...

US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will...
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