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Asia's coal addiction puts chokehold on its air-polluted cities

Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Mar 20 09:49 AM

KUALA LUMPUR - Over the past year, the number of patients treated each day in the hospital unit where cardiologist Ade Imasanti Sapardan works in Indonesia's capital has almost doubled to about 100. Read more »

Air pollution raises diabetes risk in China: study

Catherine Lai, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 13 06:19 PM

Long-term exposure to harmful smog particles increases the risk of diabetes, a new study in China has shown, providing evidence for a link between the country's air pollution and the disease. Read more »

Air pollution deaths are double earlier estimates: study

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 10:29 PM

Air pollution causes 790,000 premature deaths every year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide, doubling recent assessments, according to a study released Monday.   Read more »

US minorities consume less but suffer more from pollution - study

Timothy Gardner, Reuters
Posted at Mar 12 06:13 AM

WASHINGTON - US air pollution is disproportionately caused by white consumers, while African-Americans and Hispanics are burdened most by the emissions, a peer-reviewed study showed on Monday.   Read more »

11 PH cities have cleanest air in Southeast Asia: report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 10:42 PM

Eleven cities in the Philippines were among the metros with the cleanest air in Southeast Asia, a Greenpeace report revealed Tuesday. Read more »

India dominates list of world's most polluted cities

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 06 07:13 PM

India dominated a list of the world's most polluted cities in 2018, taking 22 of the top 30 spots, according to a Greenpeace report. Read more »

Watch out: WHO warns against these top health threats in 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 18 04:13 PM

From outbreaks of diseases to the health impact of pollution, the world is constantly fighting different health challenges. Read more »

Thailand to make it rain as pollution chokes Bangkok

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 05:12 PM

BANGKOK - Thailand is set to deploy rainmaking planes to seed clouds in an effort to tackle the pall of pollution that has shrouded the capital in recent weeks. Read more »

ALAMIN: Pagpapakawala ng lobo, ilegal ba?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 03:30 PM

Maraming okasyon sa Pilipinas kung saan nakagawian na ang pagpapakawala ng lobo sa kalangitan, mapakaarawan man o libing ng namayapa. Read more »

'Polusyon sa hangin noong Bagong Taon, lumala'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 09:58 PM

Naitala nitong Bagong Taon ang mas malalang polusyon sa hangin kompara noong 2018, ayon sa Environmental Management Bureau. Read more »

New Year air pollution sa Kamaynilaan, tumaas - DENR

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 11:53 PM

Pagkatapos ng selebrasyon sa pagsalubong sa 2019, mas kakaunti ang naitalang mga nabiktima ng paputok ngayong taon kumpara noong isang taon. Read more »

Deadly air pollution shortens lives by nearly 2 years - researchers

Sebastien Malo, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 20 06:23 AM

NEW YORK - Air pollution, caused largely by burning fossil fuels, is cutting global life expectancy by an average of 1.8 years per person, making it the world's top killer, researchers said on Monday. Read more »

Women boxers wear masks, scarves to beat smog at world championship in India

Neha Dasgupta, Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 07:10 PM

Women boxers training for a world championship starting in the Indian capital this week are wearing surgical masks, scarves and even T-shirts across their mouths as the level of air pollution rises several times beyond the safe limit. Read more »

Air pollution plays significant role in diabetes: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 30 03:52 PM

The study estimated that pollution contributed to 3.2 million new diabetes cases globally in 2016 -- or around 14 percent of all new diabetes cases globally that year. Read more »

Nine out of 10 people breathing polluted air: WHO

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 08:27 AM

More than 90 percent of the global population is breathing in high levels of pollutants, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, blaming poor air quality for some 7 million deaths annually. Read more »

Bawal ang diesel! German court paves way for diesel driving bans

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 09:15 AM

LEIPZIG - A top German court on Tuesday ruled that cities can impose diesel driving bans to combat air pollution, a landmark decision that plunges millions of car owners into uncertainty. Read more »

LTO implements 'Tanggal Bulok, Tanggal Usok'

Manny Palmero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 08:13 PM

Land Transportation Office (LTO) personnel flag down Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJs) as part of its “Tanggal Bulok, Tanggal Usok" campaign in Quezon City on Wednesday.  Read more »

China says 28 northern cities met late 2017 anti-smog targets

Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 12:35 PM

SHANGHAI - All 28 Chinese cities in a demanding winter anti-smog campaign met their air quality targets from October to December, but weather conditions could pose challenges in early 2018, the environment ministry said on Wednesday.   Read more »

Polusyon sa hangin ngayong Bagong Taon, mas mababa sa nakaraan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 10:56 PM

Ayon sa Department of Environment and Natural Resources, bunsod ito ng pagkaunti ng nagpaputok sa pagpapalit ng taon. Read more »

New Year air pollution level in Metro Manila drops: DENR

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 05:25 PM

MANILA - The level of air pollution in Metro Manila in the early hours of 2018 went down compared to last year, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Read more »