By Mahamadou Tounkara Jun 5 2019 – (GGGI) – Air pollution has become the number one environmental problem affecting people’s health, impacting 300 million children worldwide and contributing to the premature death of 600 thousand children every year. Indoor air…
Mexico City declared an air pollution alert for the second straight day Wednesday, urging people to stay indoors, canceling school and moving the semi-finals of the first-division football league to another city. The capital, whose sprawling metropolitan area is home…
It’s a puzzle that has perplexed scientists for years: humanity dumps millions of tonnes of plastics into the world’s oceans annually, yet only a tiny fraction remains visible on the surface. Now an international team of researchers believe they may…
New Delhi suffered a rare summer air pollution alert Monday as dust storms and heat over northern India took smog to hazardous levels. The world’s most polluted capital city is blanketed in a toxic smog of car fumes, agricultural smoke…
Dhaka, Feb 2 – Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Saturday said a policy on managing e-waste was at its final stage. “It is currently with the law ministry,” he said at a roundtable discussion on ‘E-waste…
Washington, Dec 6 (AP/UNB) — After several years of little growth, global emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide experienced their largest jump in seven years, discouraging scientists.
The International Energy Agency says each year about 6.5 million deaths worldwide are linked to air pollution and warns that the number will grow unless the energy sector steps up its efforts to slash emissions.
Islamabad – Experts and government representatives have pledged to jointly tackle degradation of marine and coastal ecosystems, caused by environmentally-damaging and unsustainable ship-recycling activities. They were speaking at a two-day national policy workshop on “Hazardous waste assessment for environmentally-sound management…
Dhaka – Though the extended deadline for the relocation of tanneries from the city’s Hazaribagh area expires on Sunday, no sign was seen on Saturday to move those to the designated leather industrial park in Savar. Industry insiders said it…
The Committee to Protect Homestead and Graveyard here on Friday threatened to lay a siege to the Banshkhali upazila administration on Sunday if the government does not cancel the Gandamara coal-fired power plant by 6pm on Saturday.
Dhaka – As part of its anti-pollution drive, the Department of Environment has fined four factories a total of Tk 1.40 crore for harming the environment in Dhaka and Narayanganj.
Dhaka – Police on Friday stopped rawhide supply to the city’s Hazaribagh areas as the tannery owners ignored the deadline to shift their factories to the designated estate in Savar, UNB news agency reported. “We stopped rawhide supply to Hazaribagh…
Dhaka – One in every four children of the city faces abnormal lung functioning due to ambient air pollution, says a new study, UNB news agency has reported. Collecting 500 samples from four different age groups, mostly from the 10-20…
AFP , Sydney – Aerial surveys of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have revealed the worst bleaching on record in the icon’s pristine north, scientists said Tuesday, with few corals escaping damage. Researchers said the view was devastating after surveying some…
Northern Europe is one of the few regions to have achieved the coveted ideal of near zero-waste. Ahead of the 2016 Macao International Environmental Co-Operation Forum & Exhibition, Eco-Business speaks to Danish waste management expert Torben Kristiansen on how Asia…
The National Committee formed to monitor the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Project has asked the Economic Relations Division (ERD) to complete the Inter Governmental Credit Agreement (IGCA) with Russia as the government wants quick implementation of the project.
Official says “no concern of radiation” as five-month search for device ends in southern town of Zubair. Radioactive material that went missing in Iraq has been found dumped near a petrol station in the southern town of Zubair, ending speculation…
Jonathan Amos More than 5.5 million people worldwide are dying prematurely every year as a result of air pollution, according to new research. Most of these deaths are occurring in the rapidly developing economies of China and India.
New figures to be released from the World Health Organization show some incredibly alarming statistics on global pollution.
Blaming the government for its lack of political commitment to save the country’s rivers, green activists here on Wednesday said the highly polluted rivers surrounding Dhaka city could be revived within five years if proper steps are taken.
By Tamara Khandaker It may have started out in jest, but two Canadians are now profiting off a smog “red alert” in Beijing, as Chinese people buy canisters of fresh air from the Rocky Mountains. From December 8 to December…
Department of Environment, Chittagong wing sealed off six industrial units in Patiya upazila of chittagong for alleged environment pollution. With the directives of a court in chittagong DOE conducted raid in that industrial zone on Monday. The industrial units are-…
Alina Paul Floods followed by drought have led to a 30 per cent reduction in Malawi’s maize harvest and left the country facing its most severe food crisis for over ten years. Between now and March, more than two million…
Kelle Louaillier and Bill McKibben Boston – Over the last few years, a growing number of people have been taking a hard look at what is happening to our planet – historic droughts, rising sea levels, massive floods – and…
By Jessica Cheam Singapore: Air pollution brought about by illegal fires raging in Indonesia hit new hazardous records in Southeast Asia this past week and even triggered the closure of schools in Singapore for the first time last Friday. Apart…
Switzerland has temporarily banned the sale of Volkswagen (VW) diesel-engine models which could have devices capable of tricking emission tests. It said the move could affect 180,000 cars – not yet sold or registered – in the Euro5 emission category.…
More than 3 million people a year are killed prematurely by outdoor air pollution, according to a landmark new study, more than malaria and HIV/Aids combined. Wood and coal burning for heating homes and cooking is the biggest cause, especially…
The government has fixed specific points in the capital and the port city of Chittagong for sacrificing animals during Eid-ul-Azha to avoid pollution and filthiness. Muslims have been requested to slaughter sacrificial animals at 493 spots in two city corporation…
Trash is a big problem at the moment for Lebanon – and for governments all over the world. It can lead to major environmental problems. But there are solutions – if the authorities are ready to take them on. Tons…
by Mahesa Abeynayake Head of quality/ management representative/consultant, Marine Engineering, Fiji Maritime Academy. The tuk-tuk (motorised rickshaw) buzzed down the main street of Chittagong, Bangladesh, with the animated ship’s agent tucked in beside me, hands in the air and talking…