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Scale reading for fine particulate matter crosses the 1,000 mark in Delhi for the first time this year

Africa continues to grapple with plastic pollution, a waste crisis, and limited investment, activists report, as discussions unfold at the UN climate meetings in Azerbaijan. To shed light on these overlapping challenges, RFI interviewed campaigners and negotiators from across the continent.

Residents of India's capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog Wednesday as worsening air pollution surged past 50 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum.

Eight flights were diverted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the National Capital on Wednesday due to low visibility. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dense layer of smog engulfed the National Capital Delhi with the Air quality. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dense layer of smog engulfed the national capital Delhi with the Air quality dropping down to 361 categorized as 'Very Poor' at 8 a.m., as per the Central Pollution Control Board. Read further on Dynamite News:

Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year

No clear signs yet of the urgently-needed peak in pollution to curb global warming, scientists say.

LanzaTech’s Jennifer Holmgren is calling for backup in her war against the “Ministry of No.”

Around the world, the growth of industry and consumption has escalated environmental damage through increased emissions, waste and pollution from landfills.

Newly unearthed documents contain warning from head of Air Pollution Foundation, founded in 1953 by oil interests