Asean plans smog fund
South-East Asia is to set up a special fund to finance the fight against devastating forest fires in Indonesia of the kind that choked the region with smog last year, Singapore's environment minister
South-East Asia is to set up a special fund to finance the fight against devastating forest fires in Indonesia of the kind that choked the region with smog last year, Singapore's environment minister
Dense smog from forest fires has forced two airports to shut on Borneo Island, local reports said today. The Brunei international airport in Bandar Seri Begawan cancelled all flights last morning, it
Dense smog from forest and bush fires has forced Brunei to order government offices and schools to open late and prompted a travel warning from the United States, authorities said on Tuesday. The
Govt : Just as Singaporeans were bracing for a spell of hazy weather, the Meteorological Service of Singapore has announced that Singaporeans will escape the smog emanating from the forest fires in
The United Nations today said it would help fight wildfires in Indonesia that have blackened at least 150,000 hectares of jungle on the island of Borneo and threaten to bring back choking smog to
The forests are ablaze again in East Kalimantan, part of Indonesian Borneo. As a result, the poisonous smog which cloaked a large area of South East Asia last year may return sooner than had been
Singapore's leading newspaper said on Wednesday Southeast Asian governments should accept no excuses from Indonesia for fires threatening to engulf the region in smog. In a bluntly-worded editiorial
Hong Kong concedes its smog-filled skies are a menace to public health and to its attractiveness as a place to do business. But devising a broadly accepted solution isn't easy. Besides vehicle fumes,
Ontario based company Ontario Power Generation (OPG) have announced plans to begin a CA$200million project to reduce its emission of smog causing agents by 80%. They plan to install four Selective
A planned coal burning power plant near Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky could release thousands of tons of haze and smog forming pollutants each year. The state of Kentucky has issued a draft
What do Belgium's Meuse valley incident, Donora catastrophe, London smog and Bhopal gas tragedy have in common, besides leaving a trail of death? The causal agent for these incidents was the same air
American Electric Power Co Inc , the biggest U.S. operator of coal-fired power plants, said it will spend $346 million to reduce smog-causing emissions at a West Virginia facility. The new
The environmentalists call it a nightmare. They must be jocking : it's a dream come true. The big brown cloud of smog over Asia which a United Nations team has announced could be a threat to the
The establishment of a coal power plant in Sri Lanka could add to the problem of the brown smog over the South Asian region, warned environmental scientist Dr. Ajantha Perera. Dr. Perera pointed out
A vast blanket of smog has been documented over much of Asia and the Indian Ocean, with alarming implications for the global climate, regional weather patterns, agricultural crops and economic
Thick smog blanketed Hong Kong last week, a clear sign that the territory and southern China are still a long way from cleaning up their bad air. The government urged people with respiratory problems
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The quality of air in Delhi, going through one of its worst smog spells this season, largely fell in the 'very poor' category with the National Air Quality Index recording 'severe' level of pollutants
Temperatures are falling, Diwali is around the corner and in many parts of the country people are finding it difficult to breathe. Delhi is choked, full of smog, dust and smoke as a result of crop burning
A thick layer of smog has enveloped the locality close to which a mountain of waste keeps catching fire due to methane emissions. The smoke has left many people with lung disorders and caused other health