Category Archives: World News

‘Delhi air pollution higher than Beijing’ report denied

The head of an environment measurement index has denied media reports suggesting it found air quality in the Indian capital, Delhi, to be worse than the China’s capital, Beijing. The Environmental Preference Index did not rank cities as it did … Continue reading

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Hot day prompts Sydney air pollution alert

Sydneysiders are being urged to avoid the outdoors on Friday due to poor air quality caused by high ozone levels. It is anticipated that Friday’s hot temperatures and lack of wind will exacerbate air pollution caused by car exhaust and … Continue reading

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Why is Provo air pollution so much worse than Salt Lake?

The volume of pollution in the air over Utah Valley is regularly at least double that of Salt Lake Valley, according to local monitoring data. Yet Salt Lake County’s population is double Utah Valley’s, and the population per square mile … Continue reading

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Iran’s government finding ways to end air pollution

Iran’s transportation and fuel center is teaming with the country’s traffic police, department of motor vehicles and Iran’s Environmental Protection Organization (IEPO) to remove aged vehicles to assist in solving the country’s air pollution crisis. According to TIME Magazine Iran … Continue reading

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Dust storms affecting Iran may be contaminated with uranium

Dust storms which repeatedly affect Iran come from such countries as Iraq, which in parts, suffers from depleted uranium contamination, the Chancellor of the Iranian University of Environment, Asghar Mohammadi Fazel said, Iran’s Asriran news portal reported on Jan. 28. … Continue reading

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Initiative to reduce air pollution

The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers is set to launch an initiative to reduce air pollution at the Lumbini World Heritage Site. A high-level meeting held under Bhola Prasad Siwakoti, acting secretary of the OPMCM, has … Continue reading

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Davos report highlights worsening global air quality

Air quality around the world is plummeting, according to the latest version of an annual report, issued at the Davos Summit over the weekend. Produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks performance in … Continue reading

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India and China, Besieged by Air Pollution

The United States space agency published a map in September that showed how rates of premature deaths from air pollution vary around the world. It indicated that northern China has one of the worst rates, attributed to the density of … Continue reading

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