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Patients exposed to dirty air spent four days longer in hospital, the same impact as if they had been a decade older

Exposure to air pollution increased hospital stays and risk of death, equivalent to being a decade older, research shows.

As California residents, we are all too familiar with the orange skies that plagued the East Coast last week from Canadian wildfires and just hit the Midwest. And we have faced the plague of poor outdoor air quality many times while doing extensive public health work in cities, such as…

As the blocks in the culvert at Stadium Junction in the city were painstakingly removed over the last week, activists see a clear violation of human rights in using manual labour for the activity.

New York was ranked as the world’s most polluted city after smoke billowing in from Canadian wildfires left residents choking on a thick cloud of smog.  

Green groups call on ministers to add environmental baseline to post-Brexit bill, fearing future laws could weaken protections

Karnataka tops the country in monitoring lakes and waterbodies, but when it comes to offering fresh and relevant data of water quality, neighbouring Telangana beats the former, found a nation-wide analysis conducted by ActionAid Association.

Between encroachments by big trawlers, lethal pollution levels and a cost-of-living crisis, life is harder than ever.

As the eastern U.S. reeled from days of thick wildfire smoke in early June, millions of people faced the reality of climate change for the first time.