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Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities
LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities. Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly …
Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog
MULTAN, Pakistan — Pakistani authorities introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals to treat the nearly 70,000 patients received daily with respiratory-related diseases as hazardous smog continued to …
California fuel standards shouldn’t be changed right now
At every level of government, there are times when the left hand seems to have no clue what the right hand is doing. Nov. 8 might become one of those …
Toxic smog cloaks India’s capital as Diwali firecrackers push air pollution to hazardous levels
A thick layer of toxic smog is cloaking India’s capital as smoke from firecrackers used to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, pushes air pollution to hazardous levels NEW …
Global forest fire carbon emissions jumped 60% in 20 years
By Coco Liu, Bloomberg News Carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have surged 60% globally since 2001, as more and bigger blazes tore through fast-warming regions outside the tropics, according to …
California Democrats want to slash gas prices, a state climate policy will raise them
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday aimed at easing spikes in California’s already high gasoline prices, a key consumer protection that he’d sought from a special legislative session. Whether Newsom’s …
Chemical smoke spewing from a Georgia factory is projected to spread toward Atlanta as winds shift
MARIETTA, Ga. — Heavy smoke was causing low visibility Wednesday along Interstate 20 east of Atlanta as chemicals continued spewing from a beleaguered chlorine facility, and emergency officials warn that …
The climate peril that America keeps on overlooking
Our planet has just endured its hottest summer on record, with 2024 on track likewise to become the hottest year since recordkeeping began. We see the impact of this heating …
EPA OKs California rule to slash pollution from warehouse-bound trucks
A 3-year-old rule targeting air pollution linked to Southern California’s logistics industry won approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, federal officials announced Wednesday, Sept. 11. The EPA’s OK of …