South Africa faces an escalating environmental crisis as plastic waste overwhelms communities and landfills, with recycling ...

Dec. 17, 2024 — New technology could remotely identify various types of plastics, offering a valuable tool for future monitoring and analysis of oceanic plastic pollution. A new hyperspectral ...

Dec. 18, 2024 — Tires and degrading garbage shed tiny pieces of plastic into the air, creating a form of air pollution that researchers suspect may be causing respiratory and other ...

JHARSUGUDA: Residents of Bhurkamunda under Katikela panchayat staged a demonstration in front of the main gate of Vedanta’s ...

Delhi-NCR's air quality has taken a turn for the worse amid the cold wave, prompting the Centre's air quality panel to invoke Stage III of anti-pollution measures. As of 2 pm, Delhi's Air Quality ...

Delhi-NCR has implemented GRAP-3 due to a spike in pollution levels. Restrictions include a ban on non-essential construction and strict vehicle regulations. The Centre’s air quality panel has ...

Pune: Indian homes are among prime contributors to worsening air quality in cities alongside pollution by usual suspects such as transport and power sectors, two studies using different ...

Delhi remains the most polluted city in India, as of December 20. Air pollution in the capital is over 17 times the limit prescribed by the World Health Organization, according to official data.

Houston — Donna Thomas is a pollution warrior in Houston, Texas. She wears a mask because she believes a lifetime of breathing polluted air in her community contributed to a stroke four years ago.

NEW DELHI, Dec 17 (Reuters) - India has tightened restrictions aimed at helping the public cope with pollution twice in 24 hours for New Delhi and its surrounding regions after a deterioration in ...

Stringent anti-pollution measure GRAP-4 has been revoked in Delhi and the neighbouring region amid a dip in pollution levels. The air quality index or AQI of Delhi has been "continuously improving ...