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The site of a former lead and zinc mine in Kabwe, Zambia. Thirty years after the closure of the mine,
New Delhi CNN — Inside Delhi’s first ever clinic dedicated to pollution-related illnesses, Deepak Rajak struggles to catch his breath. The 64-year-old’s asthma has worsened in recent days, and his daughter rushed him to the clinic, anxious about his rapidly deteriorating health. Sitting in the waiting room, Rajak tells CNN he has become “very breathless” …
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Iraq: Officials vow action as Baghdad ranked among most polluted cities on Earth As a sulphurous smog infests the Iraqi
CNN — China, the world’s top carbon polluter, is at risk of falling short on its climate targets after approving dozens of new coal plants, according to research published Thursday. In an effort to bring planet-heating pollution to a peak by 2030, China has vowed to “strictly control” new coal-fired generation capacity, and has also …
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CNN — The major gas leak from the sabotaged Nord Stream pipeline last year pushed Sweden’s annual planet-heating emissions up by seven percent, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency reported Thursday. The agency’s estimates show the largest part of the 2022 leak occurred within Denmark’s economic zone, but a whopping 5.8 million tons of climate pollution …
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CNN — Lahore has become the latest megacity to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia, where nearly 50 million people have been breathing toxic air for nearly a week. Pakistan’s second most populous city – of more than 13 million people – has shut schools and closed public parks, malls and offices …
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Australians are worried about the mounting costs of climate change and overwhelmingly want fossil fuel industries to pay for it, new research has found. Some 74 per cent of Australians … Continued
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In June, Australia’s assembled environment ministers decided to make packaging recycling guidelines mandatory, which was described by the industry as “historic”, and a “watershed moment”. I would describe it as … Continued
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Last year may have seen a record growth of wind and solar power but planet-heating fossil fuels continued to provide most of the world’s energy, according to a new analysis. Oil, coal and gas made up 82 percent of global energy consumption last year, according to the Statistical Review of World Energy report by the …
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CNN — Swiss voters have approved a new law to cut the use of fossil fuels and significantly reduce levels of planet-heating pollution, as the country faces alarming levels of glacier melt. The law, which was approved by just over 59% of voters during a referendum held on Sunday, requires that the country reach net …
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