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Swimmers will soon be able to dive in at Pirrama Park in Pyrmont after the installation of new technology providing water quality information every 15 minutes.

Paris (AFP) - A mysterious surge in planet-heating atmospheric methane in 2020 despite Covid lockdowns that reduced many human-caused sources can be explained by a greater release from nature and, surprisingly, reduced air pollution, scientists said Wednesday.

The bright blue shipping container stood out in the snow-covered landscape of Tablyn Park in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. Inside, contractors calibrated a machine that state officials hope could help solve a decades-long pollution problem in the east metro area.

A smoky haze hangs over India's northern plains and its capital, New Delhi, every year as winter sets in, raising fears for the health of many millions of people as authorities order fixes that do little to clear the air.

MPs have launched a Commons campaign to persuade the Government to back “Ella’s Law” to tackle toxic air in London and other parts of Britain.

"During periods of High Pollution the symptoms of people with lung or heart disease may worsen"

Editorial: Allowing farmers to continue dumping slurry is short-sighted. If ministers want nature to recover, they must regulate

The local authority issued advice to those in the area to only use ‘smokeless’ fuels

In August 2010, as Delhi was getting a makeover in preparation for the 19th Commonwealth Games, Sheila Dikshit bedecked the city’s thoroughfares in the red and green colours of the then fashionable e-rickshaw, which she described as a “needed effort” towards making Delhi a “pollution-free zone”. Four years later Dikshit’s…

Air pollution kills more than four million a year across the globe and around 99% of the world’s population live in areas failing to meet WHO guidelines for air pollution

Large numbers of businesses in eThekwini on South Africa’s eastern seaboard – which includes the port city of Durban – rely heavily on tourism. It’s a popular holiday destination, only six hours by road from Johannesburg. Millions of people living inland head to the warm coastline over the country’s extended…