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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered free public transport in Bangkok for one week, starting today, in response to worsening air pollution as dust levels have surged across all districts of the capital.

On his first day in office on Monday, President Donald Trump declared war on the electric car. In an executive order, Trump signaled his intention to roll back the $7,500 subsidy for clean-car purchases, loosen tailpipe pollution regulations and, broadly speaking, take a hatchet to Biden-era policies that are helping…

Flying through Bangkok's cloudless blue skies, a small aircraft sprays a white mist over a thick haze of pea soup smog below.

Iraqi grocery store owner Abu Amjad al-Zubaidi is grappling with asthma, a condition his doctor blames on emissions from a nearby power plant that fills his Baghdad neighbourhood with noxious smoke.

Existing policies to tackle environmental challenges fail to take into account that biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution are intertwined crises and produce compounding and intensifying impacts.

India’s capital of over 33 million people has long suffered from toxic air, but this has never really registered as a key political issue. That’s changing this election season, as Stuti Mishra reports from Delhi

The UK-made film has been hailed as an inspiring piece of creative activism and aims to boost a campaign for an area of the River Avon to get Designated Bathing Water Status

Amandeep Garg (IAS: 1999: HP), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, has been entrusted with additional charge of Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Read further on Dynamite News:

Air pollution forced nearly 200 schools in Bangkok to close on Thursday, local authorities said, as officials urged people to work from home and restricted heavy vehicles in the city.