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Benefits would quickly follow reductions in air pollution from traffic and home heating, argues European Environment Agency

Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, which have many pilgrim and tourist destinations that attract thousands, struggle to dispose of mounds of waste. While locals are more easily convinced to keep their environs clean, the floating population poses a problem often. The local bodies here are trying to evolve solutions.

People in areas of high PM2.5 concentrations had higher amounts of amyloid plaques in brain

Attorney general’s attempt to end climate protesters’ use of consent defence is slippery slope, says KC

Rules hailed as once-in-a-generation chance to improve air quality but loopholes will let member states delay by up to a decade

Stricken by drought and depleted by upstream dams, Iraq's once mighty rivers the Tigris and Euphrates are suffocating under pollutants from sewage to medical waste.

A quarter of Americans are exposed to air pollution deemed "unhealthy," which may damage the lungs, heart and brain. A free app from Redfin shows if your property is at high risk.

A blanket of smog covers Milan, empty reservoir bake in Sicily and wine production is down in Piedmont as a lack of rain across Italy exacerbates pollution and sparks droughts.

IQAir labelled Milan ‘unhealthy’ over PM 2.5 levels, triggering limits on daytime traffic