Nexhare and her five young children have lived next to Power Plant A in the Kosovan town of Obiliq for a decade. Poor air ...

The Reimagining Central Asian Cities study highlights sustainable urban strategies for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, ...

Swiss ambassador to Tehran, Nadine Olivieri Lozano, in a meeting with the president of Tehran Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization (TDMMO), Ali Nasiri, has voiced Switzerland's readiness to ...

A recent report has revealed a startling truth about global air pollution: only seven countries ... Pakistan, India, Tajikistan, and Burkina Faso. These nations recorded some of the highest ...

Due to this indoor air pollution, mortality rates from lung diseases are the highest in the world in Kyrgyzstan. In Tajikistan, many households rely on burning coal, dung and wood for winter heating, ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over single-use plastics.

Most of those deaths are from exposure to fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, coming from dust, smoke, and exhaust. But tens of thousands are due to nitrogen dioxide from the burning of fuel, as ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — New research has found exposure to outdoor air pollution and extreme temperatures during pregnancy may increase the risk of prolonged pregnancy, offering new insights into the ...

More than 350 schools in Bangkok have been forced to close due to air pollution, authorities in Thailand’s capital have said. The Thai capital has been struggling with hazardous air quality ...

For the past two years, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and BMC have pushed for recalibration and relocation of SAFAR AQI monitoring stations, while the latter has defended its ...

Satellite data over 15 years reveal persistent air pollution inequalities linked to industrial swine facilities in Eastern North Carolina, affecting Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous communities.

Flying through Bangkok's cloudless blue skies, a small aircraft sprays a white mist over a thick haze of pea soup smog below. This is Thailand's desperate, unproven attempt at reducing the ...