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NASA Sends World's Biggest Flying Laboratory Up In The Air. Here's Why
NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in an ambitious mission to improve the models that help to forecast and fight air pollution.
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Explainer: Key Points To Look For In China-US Climate Talks This Week
As China and the United States meet this week in Beijing, the world's two biggest carbon polluters will be looking for ways to cooperate in both domestic policy and international trade in bringing down greenhouse gas emissions.
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Top US Official John Kerry To Visit China To Restart Climate Talks
US envoy John Kerry will travel to China on Sunday, the State Department said, as the world's two biggest polluters work to restart talks on climate change.
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Please Foot The Bill: WHO Slams Tobacco Industry Over Environmental Impact
The tobacco industry is a far greater threat than many realise as it is one of the world's biggest polluters, from leaving mountains of waste to driving global warming, the WHO said Tuesday.
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"Deluge Of Waste": US "World's Biggest Plastic Polluter", Report Finds
The United States is by far the biggest contributor to global plastic waste in the world, according to a new report submitted to the federal government Wednesday that called for a national strategy to tackle the growing crisis.
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Beijing's 'Biggest Sandstorm In Decade' Leaves It Covered With Brown Dust
The Chinese capital Beijing was shrouded in thick brown dust on Monday as a result of heavy winds blowing in from the Gobi desert and parts of northwestern China, in what the metereological agency has called the biggest sandstorm in a decade.
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Carmakers Must Overhaul Production Plans To Hit Climate Goals: Report
The world's 14 biggest carmakers are on course to miss globally agreed climate targets, a leading sustainable finance think tank said on Wednesday, urging investors to do more to pressure boards to change their production plans. The report by the 2 Degrees Investing Initiative and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change looked at the fi...
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Kanpur Looks For Ways To Track Pollution, Lose "Most Polluted City" Tag
In the world's most polluted city, Kanpur, the biggest hospital is so overcrowded with patients with respiratory ailments that they are often bedded in the ophthalmology ward. Kanpur, home to 3 million people, is followed by 13 other cities in the country in a list of the places with the worst air in the world, according to rankings released this m...
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Population, Pollution, Traffic Congestion In Big Cities? China Has A Solution
Many of China's biggest cities are facing problems like overpopulation, environmental pollution, traffic congestion and a shortage of public services, including education and medical care. Chinese cities are also seeing surging house prices, stirring fears of a property bubble.
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Bengaluru Signs Up For Cleaner Air With World's Biggest Cities
Bengaluru's winter sky is still a clear and beautiful blue unlike the situation in the national capital and other north Indian cities. But there is no room for complacency. And so the city has signed up with the C40 global initiative - a network of world's mega cities - to clean up its air.
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United Nations Environment Programme Chief Urges China To Do More On Climate
The world's biggest polluter China has a "big job" ahead of it in the global fight against climate change, the United Nation's (UN) environment chief said Wednesday.
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As US Backs Away From Climate Pledges, India And China Step Up
As the United States pulls back from its commitment to fight climate change, the world's two other biggest polluters - India and China - are sounding the alarm. But neither country is in a position to fill the void left by American leadership, or to foot the bill.
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Mumbai's Air Quality Found to Be Worse Than Delhi Post Winter
In a new study done by the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), Mumbai was found to cross Delhi in terms of pollution level for February and March.
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Ill-Effects Of Air Pollution May Be Transgenerational: Experts
Adverse effects of air pollution, described as the world's biggest environmental risk by WHO, may linger on in Delhi for generations to come, experts warn.
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China To Have World's Biggest Air Purifier In Beijing To Fight Heavy Smog
China will deploy the world's largest outdoor air purifier designed by a Dutch engineer in its smog-hit capital Beijing, as the thick heavily-polluted haze returned to haunt the city, driving people indoors.
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NASA Sends World's Biggest Flying Laboratory Up In The Air. Here's Why
NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in an ambitious mission to improve the models that help to forecast and fight air pollution.
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Explainer: Key Points To Look For In China-US Climate Talks This Week
As China and the United States meet this week in Beijing, the world's two biggest carbon polluters will be looking for ways to cooperate in both domestic policy and international trade in bringing down greenhouse gas emissions.
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Top US Official John Kerry To Visit China To Restart Climate Talks
US envoy John Kerry will travel to China on Sunday, the State Department said, as the world's two biggest polluters work to restart talks on climate change.
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Please Foot The Bill: WHO Slams Tobacco Industry Over Environmental Impact
The tobacco industry is a far greater threat than many realise as it is one of the world's biggest polluters, from leaving mountains of waste to driving global warming, the WHO said Tuesday.
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"Deluge Of Waste": US "World's Biggest Plastic Polluter", Report Finds
The United States is by far the biggest contributor to global plastic waste in the world, according to a new report submitted to the federal government Wednesday that called for a national strategy to tackle the growing crisis.
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Beijing's 'Biggest Sandstorm In Decade' Leaves It Covered With Brown Dust
The Chinese capital Beijing was shrouded in thick brown dust on Monday as a result of heavy winds blowing in from the Gobi desert and parts of northwestern China, in what the metereological agency has called the biggest sandstorm in a decade.
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Carmakers Must Overhaul Production Plans To Hit Climate Goals: Report
The world's 14 biggest carmakers are on course to miss globally agreed climate targets, a leading sustainable finance think tank said on Wednesday, urging investors to do more to pressure boards to change their production plans. The report by the 2 Degrees Investing Initiative and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change looked at the fi...
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Kanpur Looks For Ways To Track Pollution, Lose "Most Polluted City" Tag
In the world's most polluted city, Kanpur, the biggest hospital is so overcrowded with patients with respiratory ailments that they are often bedded in the ophthalmology ward. Kanpur, home to 3 million people, is followed by 13 other cities in the country in a list of the places with the worst air in the world, according to rankings released this m...
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Population, Pollution, Traffic Congestion In Big Cities? China Has A Solution
Many of China's biggest cities are facing problems like overpopulation, environmental pollution, traffic congestion and a shortage of public services, including education and medical care. Chinese cities are also seeing surging house prices, stirring fears of a property bubble.
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Bengaluru Signs Up For Cleaner Air With World's Biggest Cities
Bengaluru's winter sky is still a clear and beautiful blue unlike the situation in the national capital and other north Indian cities. But there is no room for complacency. And so the city has signed up with the C40 global initiative - a network of world's mega cities - to clean up its air.
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United Nations Environment Programme Chief Urges China To Do More On Climate
The world's biggest polluter China has a "big job" ahead of it in the global fight against climate change, the United Nation's (UN) environment chief said Wednesday.
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As US Backs Away From Climate Pledges, India And China Step Up
As the United States pulls back from its commitment to fight climate change, the world's two other biggest polluters - India and China - are sounding the alarm. But neither country is in a position to fill the void left by American leadership, or to foot the bill.
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Mumbai's Air Quality Found to Be Worse Than Delhi Post Winter
In a new study done by the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), Mumbai was found to cross Delhi in terms of pollution level for February and March.
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Ill-Effects Of Air Pollution May Be Transgenerational: Experts
Adverse effects of air pollution, described as the world's biggest environmental risk by WHO, may linger on in Delhi for generations to come, experts warn.
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China To Have World's Biggest Air Purifier In Beijing To Fight Heavy Smog
China will deploy the world's largest outdoor air purifier designed by a Dutch engineer in its smog-hit capital Beijing, as the thick heavily-polluted haze returned to haunt the city, driving people indoors.
