Tag Archives: Russia

The global air pollution ‘blindspot’ affecting 1 billion people

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

More than 100 of the world’s poorest and most poorly governed countries have no or limited monitoring of the polluted air their citizens are breathing More than 1 billion people live in countries that do not monitor the air they … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Air Quality, Asia, Iran | Tagged Africa, Air Pollution, Asia, Caribbean, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Lagos, Nigeria, PM - Particulate Matter, Russia, Soviet Union, World Heath Organization (WHO), Zabol | Leave a comment

Farms a major source of air pollution, study finds

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Emissions from farms outweigh all other human sources of fine-particulate air pollution in much of the United States, Europe, Russia and China, according to new research. The culprit: fumes from nitrogen-rich fertilizers and animal waste combine in the air with … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asia, Europe, USA & Canada | Tagged Air Pollution, China, Europe, fine particle pollution, Research, Russia, USA | Leave a comment

World Pollutionwatch: Fire can kill – far from the flames

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Vancouver is normally one of the world’s cleanest cities but this July its air resembled that in Beijing due to smoke and ash from forest fires over 200 kilometres away. Further fires along the western side of the US and … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Singapore, USA & Canada | Tagged Air Pollution, Canada, forest fire, Greece, HAZE, Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur, Portugal, Russia, SGhaze, Singapore, Spain, Vancouver, wildfires | Leave a comment

INFOGRAPHIC: Pollution profile

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

China expects its carbon dioxide emissions to peak around 2030. At the same time, China will work to increase the non-fossil-fuel share of its energy use to 20 per cent by 2030 On November 12 last year, China and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asia | Tagged Air Pollution, carbon dioxide emissions, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, USA | Leave a comment

World pollutionwatch: Slow progress on the exhaust front

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Travel the world and you will see many of the same types of lorries, buses and cars on the roads but what comes from their exhaust can be very different. The US, Japan and Europe were the first to set … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asia, Australia & Oceania, China, Europe, India, Japan, Latin America, Mexico, USA & Canada, World News | Tagged Air Pollution, Australia, China, Europe, India, Japan, Mexico, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Russia, USA, vehicle emissions, World Heath Organization (WHO) | Leave a comment

Air Pollution Now Threatening Health Worldwide

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Humanity is losing the battle for clean air. Despite decades of efforts to combat it, air pollution is taking a growing toll on human health, the environment, and the economy, according to a new Worldwatch Institute study. Once primarily an … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Health Effects of Air Pollution, Iran | Tagged Air Pollution, Brazil, China, Europe, France, Health Effects of Air Pollution, Iran, Italy, Korea, Madrid, Milan, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Russia, Seoul, Shenyang, Spain, Tehran, USA, World Heath Organization (WHO) | Leave a comment

Which city has the world’s worst traffic jams?

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Respro® UK Ltd

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta has the world’s worst traffic jams according to a new survey by Castrol, its 2014 Magnatec Stop-Start Index. Have sympathy for the city’s drivers, who were recorded as suffering 33,240 stop-starts per year, meaning they spent 27.22% of … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Asia, Europe, Italy, Latin America, Mexico, World News | Tagged Air Pollution, Argentina, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Guadalajara, Indonesia, Istanbul, Italy, Jakarta, Mexico, Mexico City, Moscow, Rome, Russia, St. Petersburg, Surabaja, Thailand, traffic jams, Turkey, World Heath Organization (WHO) | Leave a comment

Moscow Air Pollution Reaches Especially Dangerous Levels

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Moscow’s air pollution is expected to reach especially hazardous levels on Wednesday as temperatures in the city climb to 32 degrees Celsius 90 Fahrenheit. The warning was triggered after the morning temperature exceeded the expected norm by about 5 C, said the federal agency in charge of monitoring the environment, RosHydroMet. An unexpectedly … Continue reading →