Tag: #Pollution
‘Ghost’ fishing gear: the trash haunting ocean wildlife
ON BOARD THE ARCTIC SUNRISE, South Africa, Nov 6 (AFP/APP): Far out in the South Atlantic Ocean, invisible to the South African ...Taj Mahal gets air purifier as Indian capital chokes
New Delhi, Nov 4 (AFP/APP): New Delhi banned half the Indian capital’s private cars from its roads on Monday as city’s 20 ...Climate-fuelled flooding to imperil 300 million by 2050
Paris, Oct 30 (AFP/APP): Coastal areas currently home to 300 million people will be vulnerable by 2050 to flooding made worse by ...Hanoi pollution crises expose growth risks
Hanoi, Oct 23 (AFP/APP): A major mercury leak, tap water contamination, and “alarming” levels of haze: several pollution crises in Hanoi have ...Everest garbage given new lease of life
Kathmandu, Oct 22 (AFP/APP) :A group of tourists sip water at a five-star hotel in Kathmandu, unaware that the green glasses in ...Maritime industry seeks solutions to limit pollution
London, Oct 21 (AFP/APP): Shipowners say they are trying to cut their heavy-polluting industry’s impact on the environment by using cleaner energy ...