カテゴリー: Pollution
As researchers, we have been shocked to find the most remote depths of the Pacific Ocean polluted by our plastic. And it will outlive us all.Another bottle. Yet another one. We are 200km from land, in the middle of the South Pacific, and this is the th…
Greenpeace finds hundreds of tonnes end up in landfill or burned at illegal factoriesThe Italian government has been urged to end the illicit export of plastic waste to Malaysia after an investigation exposed the environmental and health implications o…
Plastic bags to be banned in all major cities by end of 2020, says state plannerChina is stepping up restrictions on the production, sale and use of single-use plastic products, according to the state planner, as it seeks to tackle one of the country’s…
The Union Carbide factory explosion remains the world’s worst industrial accident – but as its dreadful legacy becomes increasingly apparent, victims are still waiting for justice The residents of JP Nagar have no way to escape their ghosts. This ramsh…
Photographer Judah Passow has documented those were affected by the Bhopal disaster 35 years ago, which killed an estimated 25,000 people ad has left more than 150,000 suffering from chronic medical conditionsJudah Passow has waived his fee for this wo…
‘Global first’ project will help tackle climate change by lowering agricultural greenhouse gasesThe New Zealand livestock industry has begun a “global first” genetic program that would help to tackle climate change by breeding low methane-emitting shee…
Judges give state governments six weeks to explain why they should not be held accountable for pollution failuresThe Indian supreme court has declared that state governments will have to pay their citizens compensation if they fail to provide clean air…
Judges give state governments six weeks to explain why they should not be held accountable for pollution failuresThe Indian supreme court has declared that state governments will have to pay their citizens compensation if they fail to provide clean air…
Government responds to judges criticising it over emergency smog levels in DelhiThe Indian government has said it intends to use hydrogen-based fuel technology to help combat pollution, as Delhi was once again enveloped in “severe emergency” levels of …
Government responds to judges criticising it over emergency smog levels in DelhiThe Indian government has said it intends to use hydrogen-based fuel technology to help combat pollution, as Delhi was once again enveloped in “severe emergency” levels of …
India’s climate movements are growing, but a unique political deadlock in the capital is creating a destructive inertiaFly out of Delhi and you can see it: a band of grey smog, so thick it blots out the sun. Tune in carefully and you’ll hear it, too: a…
Poor north Indian farmers think they are scapegoats for a wider problemThe pounding beats of bhangra music blare out of Satish’s tractor as it roars across the charred, black earth of his farm. Fresh seeds are scattered in its wake. Yet hanging thick i…
Public health emergency declared after air pollution levels go off the charts It was meant to be a ceremony to bring good health and prosperity. But the thousands of women who gathered in the waters of Delhi’s Yamuna River on the city’s most polluted d…
Pollution in Delhi has reached its worst levels so far this year, at almost 400 times the amount deemed healthy. A week on from Diwali, the thick brown smog that shrouded the city after the festival has shown no sign of shifting. One local sa…
Air pollution in capital territory 20 times higher than WHO recommended safe levelThe residents of Delhi have already begun to forget what it is like to wake up and see the sky.Almost a week on from Diwali, the thick brown smog that shrouded the city a…