Indonesia’s capital named world’s most polluted city
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters Indonesia’s capital Jakarta topped the list as the world’s most polluted city on Wednesday, having consistently ranked among the 10 most polluted cities globally since May, according to data by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir. Jakarta, which has a population of over 10 million, registers unhealthy air pollution levels nearly every day, […]
Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries – survey
New Delhi, IndiaReuters Lahore in Pakistan jumped more than 10 places to become the city with the worst air in the world in 2022, according to an annual global survey by a Swiss maker of air purifiers. The report published on Tuesday by IQAir also said that Chad in central Africa had replaced Bangladesh as […]
Toxic smog: Iran criticised for winter “air pollution catastrophe”
Environmental analysts say air pollution is worsening in Iran and that the government is not doing enough to tackle the problem. SANAM MAHOOZI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
“Burn everything”: Poland chokes on the smog of war
MAREK STRZELECKI and KUBA STEZYCKI, of Reuters, report on concerns over air quality in Poland as citizens burn more polluting brown coal just to keep the lights on…
Essay: Seventy years on from London’s Great Smog, we still need cleaner air to protect health
On the 70th anniversary of London’s Grewat Smog, SUZANNE BARTINGTON and WILLIAM BLOSS, of the University of Birmingham, say more work still needs to be done to improve air quality in the UK…
“A common goal”: How St Louis churches are revealing the disparities in the air we breathe
BRITNY CORDERA, of Religion News Service, reports on how congregations in St Louis are working with local scientists to monitor the air quality in communities affected by industrial pollution…
Pollution killing nine million people a year, Africa hardest hit – study
Reuters Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated nine million per year since 2015 – countering modest progress made in tackling pollution elsewhere, a team of scientists reported Tuesday. Air pollution from industry processes along with urbanisation drove a seven per cent increase in […]
EU citizens may sue countries for health-damaging dirty air, top court adviser says
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Citizens in European Union countries may be able to sue their governments for financial compensation if illegal levels of air pollution damage their health, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Thursday. The adviser’s opinion follows a string of rulings at the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the EU in recent years, […]
Air pollution: Indian workers blind to toxic risks in the world’s “most polluted” city
ANNIE BANERJI reports from Bhiwadi in India, named as world’s worst city for air pollution…
New Delhi to consider curbing private vehicles to fight dangerous smog
New Delhi, IndiaReuters New Delhi will consider restricting private vehicles to driving on alternate days from next week if severe air pollution continues to plague India’s capital, its environment minister told Reuters on Thursday. As choking smog enveloped the city of 20 million people this month, its government initiated a clutch of measures such as […]