Tag: Pollution
Punjab government takes measures to tackle smog issue
LAHORE: The Punjab Government in its efforts to combat and reduce smog in the province has announced a crackdown against those causing air and environmental...
Greenhouse gases surge to new highs worldwide in 2017: US report
NEW YORK: Planet-warming greenhouse gases surged to new highs as abnormally hot temperatures swept the globe and ice melted at record levels in the...
Whale dies in Thailand after swallowing 80 plastic bags
BANGKOK: A whale has died in southern Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, officials said, ending an attempted rescue that failed to...
Taj Mahal turns yellow and green due to pollution
AGRA: India’s white-marble Taj Mahal is turning yellow and green as the 17th-century mausoleum weathers filthy air in the world’s eighth-most polluted city.
One of...
CJP holds Sindh govt responsible for Karachi’s pollution rise
KARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday remarked that the Sindh government has put poor measures in place to control the...
Researchers accidentally develop enzyme which eats plastic
LONDON: Researchers in the US and Britain have accidentally engineered an enzyme which eats plastic and may eventually help solve the growing problem of...
Pakistan experiences steepest increase in air pollution levels
ISLAMABAD: 95 percent of the world's population, Pakistanis among them, breath dangerous air, a report published by the Health Effects Institute had revealed.
According to...
Limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius will not prevent deadly...
PARIS: Limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius will not prevent destructive and deadly climate impacts, as once hoped, dozens of experts concluded in...
CJP asks for recommendations on resolving Rawal Lake pollution
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) ordered the authorities concerned to submit by next Tuesday recommendations on resolving the issues of Rawal Lake, while issuing...
Pacific plastic dump larger than feared
AMSTERDAM: The vast dump of plastic waste swirling in the Pacific ocean is now bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined, far larger than...
Man-made water crisis hits India’s ‘Silicon Valley’
BANGALORE: Every day more than 1,000 water tankers rumble past Nagraj's small plywood store in Bangalore, throwing up clouds of dust as they rush...
Researchers create a protein ‘mat’ that can soak up pollution
LOS ANGELES: In a breakthrough, scientists have created novel protein mats that can soak up and trap chemical pollution. Despite years of effort to...
EPD negligent as brick kilns add to air pollution menace
LAHORE: While the dearth of technology at the brick kilns has resulted in an increased amount of smoke and subsequently the spread of viral diseases,...
EPA silent as housing schemes dispose untreated sewage water into water...
LAHORE: A large number of housing schemes located in the provincial capital are disposing their untreated sewage water into the water bodies while the Punjab...
Air pollution in Pakistan causing more than 20,000 premature deaths: report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s urban air pollution situation is causing more than 20,000 premature deaths among adults each year, reported by The Express Tribune.
According to a...
Plastic slowly destroying coral reefs
Plastic is one of the biggest threats to the future of coral reefs after ocean warming, say scientists.
"Plastic is one of the biggest threats...
PHC orders govt to manage traffic, pollution by Feb 15
PESHAWAR: Expressing discontent over the environmental and traffic mess created by the ongoing construction of the Bus Rapid Transit project in the city, Peshawar...
