Pollution News

Pungesti - US energy major Chevron, shielded by barbed wire, under police protection and under fire from egg throwers, is in trouble in Romania with villagers angry at its drive to drill for shale gas.

Zhengzhou - In an attempt to promote tourism, a travel company in China's Henan province shipped 20 bags of fresh mountain air to its notoriously smog-ridden capital, Zhengzhou.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 7 million people died in 2012 due to air pollution. This makes air pollution number-one environmental risk on the planet.

Geneva - Air pollution by sources ranging from cooking fires to auto fumes contributed to an estimated seven million deaths worldwide in 2012, the UN health agency said Tuesday."Air pollution, and we're talking about both indoors and outdoors, is now the bigges...

Geneva - Air pollution by sources ranging from cooking fires to auto fumes contributed to an estimated seven million deaths worldwide in 2012, the UN health agency said Tuesday."Air pollution, and we're talking about both indoors and outdoors, is now the bigges...

Geneva - Air pollution by sources ranging from cooking fires to auto fumes contributed to an estimated seven million deaths worldwide in 2012, the UN health agency said Tuesday."Air pollution, and we're talking about both indoors and outdoors, is now the bigges...

Beijing - US businesses in China are increasingly concerned about Internet censorship, data security and air pollution in the world's second-largest economy, according to a survey.

Beijing - Chinese companies have offered up a fresh idea to help pollution-weary travellers while cashing in on public concerns over dirty air at the same time -- smog insurance.The country's top online travel agency Ctrip.com and the leading insurer Ping An hav...

Beijing - Chinese companies have offered up a fresh idea to help pollution-weary travellers while cashing in on public concerns over dirty air at the same time -- smog insurance.The country's top online travel agency Ctrip.com and the leading insurer Ping An hav...

Paris - Thousands of cars will be banned from Parisian roads on Monday as the city tries to curb dangerous pollution levels by introducing alternate driving days for the first time in nearly two decades.