Boston's aging pipeline network leaks about $90 million worth of natural gas each year, marking a sizeable financial loss and a threat to the environment, according to a study released on Thursday by Harvard
Hong Kong has dropped out of the world’s top 30 most-livable cities because of poor air quality and social unrest caused by the Occupy Central movement, according to consulting firm ECA International.
China's pollution crisis has inspired an environmental regulator in a smog-blanketed northern province to write a novel whose extracts have gone viral online, spurring plans for two more books. Environmental
Beijing fell short of reaching its air pollution reduction target last year and faced major difficulties before the issue could be controlled, the capital’s mayor said. Wang Anshun, speaking at the
BEIJING - The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) on Thursday said air quality checks would be intensified in 2015. According to the MEP, 14 inspections were made by the ministry in 2014, including
Air pollution inside the home is putting people at risk of developing heart disease, cancer and breathing problems, experts have today warned. Toxic Home Syndrome, which affects around 15.3 million
CHONGQING - Residents in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality have been banned from making smoked bacon, a traditional method of preserving pork, as it is blamed for causing foul air in the city.
The Times of India newspaper carried a cartoon this month of U.S. President Barack Obama wearing a gas mask when he attends the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on Jan. 26. Next to it was table showing
After drafting a comprehensive action plan to rid transport offices of agents, transport commissioner Mahesh Zagade has now targeted mobile and stationary PUC centres. Zagade was recently in for a shock
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a settlement with threecompanies affiliated with Shell Oil Company to resolve Clean Air Act violations, including selling gasoline and diesel
