Faced with high smog levels, Milan to ban cars on Sunday
MILAN, Italy (AFP) - Milan will ban cars from driving within the city on Sunday, a measure aimed at tackling…
6 years ago
Pollution
Researchers to conduct major Japan ocean microplastics survey
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Scientists will begin a two-year survey of microplastics in the coastal waters of Japan from April, a…
6 years ago
Volkswagen in Canada ordered to pay CAN$196.5 million over emissions scandal
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) - A court in Toronto on Wednesday ordered Volkswagen to pay a fine of Can$196.5 million (US$150…
6 years ago
India leads world in pollution linked deaths: study
India leads the world in pollution-linked deaths followed by China and Nigeria, according to a report published Wednesday that estimated…
7 years ago
First commercial electric plane takes flight in Canada
by Alia DHARSSI Agence France-Presse VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) -- The world's first fully electric commercial aircraft took its inaugural test…
7 years ago
Bangladesh to shut brick kilns as air quality soars to world’s worst
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Bangladesh said Tuesday it will shut hundreds of soot-belching brick kilns around its capital Dhaka as…
7 years ago
Delhi suffocates under toxic smog but millions go without masks
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- A thick grey smog choked New Delhi for…
7 years ago
Air pollution shuts schools in Iran’s capital
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Schools in Tehran were ordered to be closed on Wednesday after the Iranian capital was cloaked…
7 years ago
Bangladesh opt to bowl against India in pollution-hit Delhi
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah Riyad won the toss and elected to bowl in the opening Twenty20…
7 years ago
Merkel urges Delhi to go green amid smog emergency
by Aishwarya Kumar NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel urged greater efforts to clean up New Delhi's…
7 years ago
Ocean plastic waste probably comes from ships, report says
by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse Most of the plastic bottles washing up on the rocky shores of Inaccessible Island,…
7 years ago
Thousands of dead fish wash up on drought-stricken Greek lake
https://youtu.be/RN8bYpnBgtg THESSALONIKI, Greece (AFP) -- Thousands of fish washed up dead on the shores of Lake Koroneia in northern Greece…
7 years ago
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