Climate change ‘makes deadly China pollution worse’
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Global warming has boosted the frequency and severity of deadly…
9 years ago
Pollution
Curbing pollution can prevent 3 million Chinese deaths a year: study
PARIS, France (AFP) -- China can avoid three million premature deaths each year if it slashes a type of fine-particle…
9 years ago
Face masks for kids to counter toxic city air
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A London-based designer has developed pollution-busting face masks to protect children from the English capital city's…
9 years ago
Global Warming videographics
Once global warming was exclusively a naturally-occurring process. The Earth’s atmosphere is made up of gases, some of which absorb…
9 years ago
Proximity to clogged highways could increase risk of Alzheimer’s, dementia
(Reuters) -- The closer a person lives to a source of pollution, like a traffic dense highway, the more…
9 years ago
Pollution even in Earth’s farthest reaches: ocean study
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Banned chemicals are tainting tiny crustaceans that inhabit the deepest…
9 years ago
Smog chokes coal-addicted Poland
by Mary SIBIERSKI Agencce france Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) -- The soupy grey smog shrouding Polish cities this winter is…
9 years ago
China tells local meteorological bureaus to stop smog alerts
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China is suspending local meteorological bureaus from issuing smog alerts, media reported Wednesday, raising suspicions the…
9 years ago
China chokes under heavy smog with worse ahead
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Hospital visits spiked, roads were closed and flights cancelled Monday as China choked under a vast…
10 years ago
Carbon neutral city (videographics)
Welcome to Carbon Neutral City! This urban development -- with its own smart grid -- runs entirely on locally-produced, clean…
10 years ago
CO2 emissions level off, still too high to save climate: report
by Mariëtte Le Roux MARRAKESH, Morocco (AFP) --Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels have been nearly flat for three years…
10 years ago
Mexico cracks down on capital’s car pollution
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP)--Mexico's government announced Tuesday measures to reduce smog in the capital by preventing corruption at emission inspection centers that…
10 years ago
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