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Malaysia closed schools in several states and the capital Kuala Lumpur on Monday due to choking smoke from Indonesian slash-and-burn farming that has smothered...
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In an editorial for the journal Nature, a call for global standards for the disposal of pharmaceutical waste is made. The journal notes there...
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German auto giant Volkswagen said Tuesday it would slash its annual investment budget by one billion euros ($1.13 billion) for its main VW brand...
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A player’s complaint that the smog made him vomit and the unflattering sight of fans in face masks have put Beijing’s notorious air pollution...
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Environmentalists called Tuesday for a pollution tax in the Indian capital after a top court ordered the city and national governments to quickly come...
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars registered in Europe in 2014 were 40 percent higher on average than their manufacturers claimed, said a report...
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Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo,who along with Mayors from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Brussels and Bristol kicked off the initiative, said she is hoping the car-free...
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Air pollution in Malaysia’s capital spiked to “very unhealthy” levels on Sunday as acrid smoke billowing from Indonesian agricultural fires intensified, in an environmental...
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Singapore slammed “shocking” statements from Indonesian officials over the haze crisis as it closed all schools and distributed protective face masks Friday in emergency...
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Shares in the top-of-the-range carmaker BMW fell nearly 10 percent on the Frankfurt stock exchange on Thursday on a newspaper report that one of...