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Chennai's air quality worsens as residents burn waste during Bhogi celebrations, leading to smog and high pollution levels.

Oil and natural gas companies would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a new rule proposed by the Biden administration

Discover how the U.S. achieved a 2% reduction in emissions, the lowest in 30 years, and the challenges it faces in transitioning to cleaner energy sources....

Britons exposed to polluted air more likely to sit or lie down, researchers find

After decades of underinvestment, the debt-ridden, polluting industry is in crisis. Experts share their views on how to reverse the tide

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on January 10, 2024

The Centre’s ambitious attempt to improve air quality in some of India’s most polluted cities suggests that a majority of Indian cities are far from making significant progress. In 49 cities whose particulate matter numbers were consistently available for five years, 27 cities showed a decline in PM 2.5 —…

Political row as Galicia says central government kept news of spill quiet for weeks

Lobbyists from major polluting industries were out in force at the recent UN climate summit, COP28. Groups representing the livestock industry, which is responsible for around 32% of global methane emissions, want to increase their use of a new way of measuring these emissions that lets high polluters evade their…