Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change, are on track to rise 1% in 2022 to reach an all-time high, scientists said Friday at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Emissions from oil, fuelled by the continuing rebound in aviation, will likely rise more than 2% compared to last year, […]
Pollution
Delhi stops construction as pollution set to worsen from Tuesday
NEW DELHI: Delhi has suspended most construction and demolition activities as air quality in the Indian capital is set to worsen from Tuesday because of calmer winds and other meteorological conditions, a government minister said. The city of about 20 million, the world’s most polluted capital, turns nearly unbreathable every winter as cold, heavy air […]
Lahore becomes Pakistan’s most polluted city
LAHORE: Lahore, the city of Gardens becomes Pakistan’s most polluted according to the global Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning. As per details, the Provincial capital topped the list of most polluted cities with an air quality index recorded as 241. Following Lahore, Faisalabad is ranked 2nd with Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at […]
Plastic garbage covers Central American rivers, lakes and beaches
Potonico, El Salvador: A blanket of multi-colored plastic waste flowing in from tributaries covers Lake Suchitlan in El Salvador. It is a sorry scene that has also become an all too common sight on the Caribbean beaches of Honduras, where thousands of tons of rubbish arrive from neighboring Guatemala. Fizzy drink bottles, medication packets, tattered […]
Air pollution high in capital amid soaring heat, vehicular emissions
ISLAMABAD: The air quality of the federal capital on Thursday was reported unhealthy as suspended particles were recorded high in the atmosphere along with the pollutants’ ratio also above permissible limits due to consistent dry hot weather and increased vehicular traffic on roads. The air quality data has been collected by Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency […]
World ‘sleepwalking’ to climate catastrophe: UN chief
Paris: UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday the world is “sleepwalking to climate catastrophe”, with major economies allowing carbon pollution to increase when drastic cuts are needed. The planet-saving goal of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius is already “on life support,” he told a sustainability conference in London. Keeping 1.5C in play requires […]
Lahore tops the list of most polluted cities
LAHORE: Lahore continues to top the list of the world cities having worst air quality on Tuesday. Despite scores of administrative steps taken by the city authorities and judicial monitoring of pollution, Lahore remained the most polluted city of the world with average 317 reading on the Air Quality Index (AQI). Maximum pollution with 471 […]
Lahore second most polluted city after New Delhi
LAHORE: Lahore remained the second most polluted city in the world on Saturday, after New Delhi, despite multiple steps taken by the government for improving the air quality. Lahore remained the second worst city on the Air Quality Index in the world after Indian capital New Delhi, with the particulate matter measured at 303 in […]
EU slaps VW, BMW with 875-mn-euro antitrust fine
The EU’s antitrust authority on Thursday fined German auto giants Volkswagen and BMW 875 million euros for colluding on the development of anti-pollution technology for diesel cars. Launched after anti-cartel raids in 2017, the case marked yet another blow against the German auto-making sector, which was rocked by the devastating “dieselgate” emissions cheating scandal that […]
‘Gone to hell’: The battle to save Europe’s oldest lake
Dimitar Pendoski marches to the end of a rickety walkway, skips around sunbathing youngsters and sweeps back a tarpaulin protecting his empty lakeside restaurant, recently closed by officials under pressure from UNESCO. North Macedonia’s government is scrambling to enforce environmental protection rules and shut down places like Pendoski’s self-built restaurant, to save Lake Ohrid from being […]