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Delhi schools shut indefinitely as smog worsens

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 01:16 PM

Delhi shut down schools until further notice, urged people to work from home and banned non-essential trucks from entering due to dangerous levels of air pollution. Read more »

Air pollution in Europe still killing 300,000 a year

Camille Bas-Wohlert, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 15 09:03 AM

Heart disease and strokes cause most premature deaths blamed on air pollution, followed by lung ailments including cancer. Read more »

Diwali leaves Delhi wheezing in dangerously unhealthy air

Neha Arora and Mayank Bhardwaj, Reuters
Posted at Nov 05 03:07 PM

The morning after Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, residents of New Delhi woke up under a blanket of toxic smog. Read more »

Group supports Pasig River Expressway construction

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 07:37 PM

A think-tank is in favor of the construction of the Pasig River Expressway (PAREX), saying it will help ease congestion in Metro Manila. Read more »

Expressway a 'death sentence' for Pasig River: group

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 10:25 AM

A transport group is opposing the construction of the Pasig River Expressway (PAREX), saying it will not improve the traffic situation in Metro Manila. Read more »

WHO says air pollution kills 7 million people every year

Stephanie Nebehay and Andrea Januta, Reuters
Posted at Sep 23 01:31 PM

Air pollution kills at least 7 million people prematurely each year. Even at very low levels, research has shown 'air pollution affects all parts of the body, from the brain to a growing baby in a mother's womb,' WHO said. Read more »

Indonesia court finds president negligent in pollution lawsuit

Kate Lamb and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Posted at Sep 16 06:57 PM

An Indonesian court ordered President Joko Widodo and other government officials to improve the hazardous air quality of Jakarta. Read more »

Air quality improved slightly in 2020 during lockdowns, UN agency says

Reuters
Posted at Sep 03 11:35 PM

Key air pollutants temporarily plunged by unprecedented levels during coronavirus lockdowns last year, a UN agency said on Friday. Read more »

COVID SCIENCE: Dirty air makes COVID worse, beta variant deadlier than original

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 07:59 AM

Dirty air contributes to COVID-19 severity, according to a study from one of America's most polluted cities.  Read more »

Amid smog in capital region, gov't urged to improve 'outdated' air quality monitoring

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 10:25 PM

MANILA (UPDATED)— Environment group Greenpeace on Wednesday urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to upgrade its “outdated” air quality monitoring system, as volcanic smog from Taal reached the Metro Manila and other provinces. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 29, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:11 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Smog blankets parts of Metro Manila

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN New
Posted at Jun 29 06:17 PM

Smog continues to cover the Metro Manila skyline seen from Manila City on Tuesday. Read more »

TINGNAN: 'Haze' sa ilang bahagi ng Metro Manila

Bayan Mo, I-Patrol Mo
Posted at Jun 29 04:05 PM

Kita sa mga larawan ng ilang mga netizens ang “haze” o malabong kapaligiran sa ilang mga lugar sa Metro Manila nitong Lunes. Read more »

Phivolcs: 'Haze' in capital region due to 'human activities,' not Taal volcanic smog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 02:53 PM

"As such, the haze that is being experienced in the NCR may be mainly due to smog, or industrial air pollution, rather than vog, although we cannot completely rule out additional [sulfur dioxide] albeit very minor at this point," Phivolcs said. Read more »

Fed up with toxic air, Jakarta residents holding breath for court ruling

Kate Lamb and Heru Asprihanto, Reuters
Posted at May 19 05:30 PM

JAKARTA - Born and raised in the bustling megacity of Jakarta, Indonesia's densely populated, traffic-choked capital, environmentalist Khalisah Khalid has long anguished over the city’s toxic air. Read more »

Air pollution caused 160,000 deaths in big cities last year: NGO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 18 01:16 PM

Serious pollution caused around 160,000 premature deaths in the world's five most populous cities last year, even as air quality improved in some places due to coronavirus lockdowns, an environmental group said Thursday. Read more »

GM aims to end sale of gasoline, diesel-powered cars, SUVs, light trucks by 2035

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jan 29 09:39 AM

GM, which also said it plans to become carbon neutral by 2040, made the dramatic announcement just over a week after President Joe Biden took office pledging to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and boost sales of electric vehicles (EVs). Read more »

DENR: Metro Manila air pollution drops significantly as it enters 2021

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

In a statement, the DENR said Metro Manila mayors’ support for the firecracker ban and limiting its use to community display only was a factor. Read more »

Air pollution from coal-fired PH power plants causing hundreds of deaths per year, says think tank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 05:28 AM

Isabela Suarez, analyst at Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, said air pollution in the country is a “health crisis in the making.”  Read more »

New Delhi's poisonous air a perennial crisis of its own making

Mayank Bhardwaj and Neha Arora, Reuters
Posted at Nov 26 01:39 PM

Critics say Delhi's fight against pollution is ad-hoc and based on quick fixes. When the air quality plummets as happened soon after the Hindu festival of Diwali earlier this month, the city administration dispatched fire trucks to spray water on the streets to stop dust from flying.   Read more »