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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 »

Plastic straw at stirrers, ipagbabawal na

Isay Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 03:20 AM

Inaprubahan na ang pagsama sa listahan ng non-environmentally acceptable products (NEAP) ang plastic softdrinks, straw, at plastic stirrers. Read more »

Roadsides too noisy for birds to think, crickets to mate

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 03 12:21 PM

Vehicle traffic makes it much harder for at least 1 species of bird to solve problems, and sharply compromises the ability of some crickets to mate, lab experiments showed. Read more »

Economic growth has 'devastating cost to nature', review finds

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 02 10:18 AM

It showed that while global capital produced per person had doubled in the three decades since 1992, the stock of natural capital -- that is, the quantifiable benefit an individual derives from services bestowed by nature -- had plunged 40 percent.   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 »

San Juan City cleans river with 'Mabuhay Balls'

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 27 05:56 PM

As part of efforts to curb water pollution in Metro Manila, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) together with Manila Water launched the Mabuhay balls initiative Wednesday, as part of the Adopt-A-Estero project to rehabilitate waterways and rivers. Read more »

From macaques to crabs, wildlife faces threat from face masks

Sam Reeves, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 12:51 PM

Masks that helped save lives during the coronavirus pandemic are proving a deadly hazard for wildlife, with birds and marine creatures ensnared in the staggering number of discarded facial coverings littering animal habitats.   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 »

China seeks better protection of Yangtze river with landmark law

Reuters
Posted at Dec 30 02:17 PM

The Yangtze, one of China's two so-called "mother rivers", the other being the Yellow River, has been stained by years of pollution. Aquatic life has also been threatened and fish stocks depleted.  Read more »

Lights! Models! Garbage! Taiwan designer turns waste into fashion

Ann Wang, Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 09:55 AM

Inspiration for high fashion can come from strange places. For one Taiwanese designer, it's upcycling old wires and bolts from the power industry. 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 »

The face-mask seat: a S. Korean student's attempt to recycle during COVID-19

Minwoo Park, Reuters
Posted at Dec 10 02:08 PM

"Plastic is recyclable, so why don't we recycle face masks, which are made of plastic?" Read more »

Countdown begins to China’s total ban on imported waste

Guo Rui, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 28 02:15 PM

The move is part of a string of China's policies to tackle pollution and force the industry to improve processing. 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 »

Duterte proclamation declares 4th Sunday of November as National Bicycle Day

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 04:43 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the fourth Sunday of every November as "National Bicycle Day" to promote non-motorized transportation.  Read more »

New Delhi's air quality at worst levels this year, residents complain of breathlessness

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 07:02 PM

Delhi's overall air quality index, which measures pollutants including PM2.5 particles, rose to 488, its highest level in a year, according to government data. That was up from 477 on a scale of 500 on Monday. Read more »

New York nightmare: Man falls through sidewalk into rat-filled chasm

Mihir Zaveri, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 30 02:18 PM

The episode brought together two sources of perpetual anxiety for many New York City pedestrians: the general danger posed by malfunctioning infrastructure and the city’s robust rat population.   Read more »

Duterte: Sept. 8 is 'National Green Building Day'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 10:50 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared Sept. 8 of every year as the "National Green Building Day," according to a document made public on Wednesday.  Read more »

Used car exports drives pollution to developing world: UN

Taimaz Szirniks, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 04:48 AM

PARIS - Getting rid of old cars is helping clean the skies over developing nations, but many clunkers are ending up in developing countries where they are add significantly to air pollution, a UN report warns. Read more »

Air pollution linked to 15 percent of coronavirus deaths: study

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 08:45 AM

Long-term exposure to air pollution may be linked to 15 percent of COVID-19 deaths globally, according to research published Tuesday that highlights the health risks posed by greenhouse gas emissions. Read more »