Pollution
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The plastic we use unthinkingly every day is killing our planet – and slowly but surely killing us | Andrew Paris
As researchers, we have been shocked to find the most remote depths of the Pacific Ocean polluted by our plast…
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Italy told to stop using Malaysia as plastics dumping ground
Greenpeace finds hundreds of tonnes end up in landfill or burned at illegal factoriesThe Italian government ha…
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China moves to phase out single-use plastics
Plastic bags to be banned in all major cities by end of 2020, says state plannerChina is stepping up restricti…
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‘Bhopal’s tragedy has not stopped’: the urban disaster still claiming lives 35 years on
The Union Carbide factory explosion remains the world’s worst industrial accident – but as its dreadful legacy…
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The Bhopal disaster victims still waiting for justice 35 years on – in pictures
Photographer Judah Passow has documented those were affected by the Bhopal disaster 35 years ago, which killed…
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New Zealand begins genetic program to produce low methane-emitting sheep
‘Global first’ project will help tackle climate change by lowering agricultural greenhouse gasesThe New Zealan…
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Indian states must provide clean air and water or pay damages, supreme court rules
Judges give state governments six weeks to explain why they should not be held accountable for pollution failu…
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Indian states must provide clean air and water or pay damages, supreme court rules
Judges give state governments six weeks to explain why they should not be held accountable for pollution failu…
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India says it plans to use hydrogen-based fuel to tackle air crisis
Government responds to judges criticising it over emergency smog levels in DelhiThe Indian government has said…
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India says it plans to use hydrogen-based fuel to tackle air crisis
Government responds to judges criticising it over emergency smog levels in DelhiThe Indian government has said…
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Delhi’s toxic politicians must be held to account for this deadly pollution | Aruna Chandrasekhar
India’s climate movements are growing, but a unique political deadlock in the capital is creating a destructiv…
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Delhi’s smog blamed on crop fires – but farmers say they have little choice
Poor north Indian farmers think they are scapegoats for a wider problemThe pounding beats of bhangra music bla…
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Delhi residents engulfed in pollution blame authorities for inaction
Public health emergency declared after air pollution levels go off the charts It was meant to be a ceremony to…
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‘It’s suffocating’: Delhi residents react as toxic smog blankets city – video
Pollution in Delhi has reached its worst levels so far this year, at almost 400 times the amount dee…
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Five million pollution masks to be handed to Delhi residents
Air pollution in capital territory 20 times higher than WHO recommended safe levelThe residents of Delhi have …