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Tackling Plastic Waste with Sustainable Construction

As the world grapples with the growing problem of plastic waste, one Karachi-based startup has taken a unique approach to tackle the issue while...

Dia Mirza opens up against plastic pollution with reenactment video

The video of Bollywood actor Dia Mirza reenacting the lyrics of the song 'Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh' to speak against plastic pollution is going...

EU agrees law to make airlines pay more to pollute

BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) reached a deal in the early hours of Wednesday on a law to increase the price that airlines have...

Lahore again becomes Pakistan’s most polluted city

LAHORE: Lahore, the city of Gardens again became Pakistan's most polluted according to the global Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning As per details,...

‘Pollution causing more deaths than COVID’

Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a UN environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for "immediate...

Lahore has worst air quality in world, New Delhi close 2nd

LAHORE: Smog continuing to haunt Punjab with bad air quality as Lahore remains on the top of the list of world cities having worst...

Lahore second most polluted city on Air Quality Index after New Delhi

LAHORE: Lahore remained the second most polluted city in the world on Saturday, after the New Delhi, despite various government steps for improving the...

PM wants strategy to ‘save major cities from pollution’

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday a sustainable environment protection plan is need of the hour to fight pollution, especially in major...

India’s top court orders ‘work from home’ over pollution in New Delhi

India's Supreme Court told authorities on Monday to shut offices in New Delhi and nearby cities, allowing millions to work from home as officials...

Stray dogs turn shiny blue in Russia

The strange coloring of the animals is thought to have been caused by chemical waste near an abandoned Soviet-era factory in Dzerzhinsk.
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Determined Abdul Hameed Dagia, a 74-years-old citizen, on a mission to clean Karachi

Abdul Hameed Dagia, a 74-year-old Chartered Accountant, has taken retirement to protest against what he thinks authorities' failure to resolve Karachi's civic issues especially...

Uber may contribute more transport pollution than solution: study

Transport & Environment, which groups NGOs in Europe to promote sustainable transport solutions, said Uber revolutionised the once heavily regulated taxi sector, attracting thousands of new Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) drivers

‘Pollution in Lahore caused by abysmal environmental conditions in India’

Fawad Chaudhry said the reason behind the pollution in Lahore was the environmental conditions of India

Karachi’s seashore littered with dead sea creatures, fish

Karachi's seashores faced with worst kind of pollution, thousands of dead sea creatures wash up on shore, rotting, dead carcasses start to stink.

Jakarta curbs private cars in bid to cut choking pollution

Jakarta has consistently ranked among the world’s most polluted cities, based on data from Air Visual, a Swiss-based group that monitors air quality

This country will be imposing green tax on plane tickets

The French government is to impose a tax of up to 18 euros ($20) on plane tickets for all flights from airports in France to fund less-polluting transportation projects

30 percent vehicles to be converted to electric cars by 2030: PM’s advisor

In an effort to make the atmosphere pollution free, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam claimed that 30 per cent of the vehicles in the country would be converted to electric vehicles by the year 2030.

Plastic microparticles threaten unique Galapagos fauna

Those microparticles, often from waste discarded in big cities from other countries and even continents, are perhaps one of the greatest threats to the iguanas, tortoises, birds and fish of the Galapagos

Cape with ‘world’s cleanest air’ offers smog respite

An isolated and windswept corner of Australia is serving as the global standard for clean air

Seeking thrifty ways to cut pollution, Rotterdam links up with hybrid BMW owners

Rotterdam and BMW looking to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce traffic pollution - without breaking the bank

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