Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars, people are mostly to blame

The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change, a new study

Talks advance on a treaty to end plastic pollution

Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution as their fourth round of talks finished yesterday in Canada. For the first time in the

World carbon dioxide emissions increase again, driven by China, India and aviation

The world this year pumped 1.1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than last year because of increased pollution from China and India, a team

2005 Kyoto Protocol comes into force

The Kyoto accord, which aims to curb the air pollution blamed for global warming, has come into force seven years after it was agreed. The accord

WHO says 99% of world’s population breathes poor-quality air

The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to

Hong Kong | Gov’t warns public to avoid outdoors as pollution soars

The pollution index reached 10+ at monitors in Central, Mong Kok and Causeway Bay, the city’s main business and entertainment districts, at 5:00 p.m. local time, according to the Environmental

Pollution 
| Beijing marathoners don face masks to battle smog

Despite heavy pollution blanketing Beijing yesterday, an international marathon went ahead, with face masks and sponges among the equipment used by competitors to battle the smog. The 34th Beijing International Marathon

CLIMATE CHANGE | Mainland surpasses EU in per-capita pollution for first time

The findings led by scientists at two British universities show the scale of the challenge of reining in emissions damaging the climate. They estimate that humans already have spewed into

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