Pollution

‘All being poisoned slowly’: Air purifiers offer only limited respite from India’s chronic pollution

Delhi’s has been swinging within the “severe” range of 250 to 400 in 2025, even touching a catastrophic 900 in early November

Hanoi has consistently ranked among the world’s ten most polluted cities in recent days and the forecast is for conditions to deteriorate further.

Hanoi orders urgent crackdown on toxic air as smog shrouds city

Monitoring data shows the city has hit the red ‘unhealthy’ level on the IQAir Index for 9 straight days

The new laws were passed by the ruling Labor Party after weeks of tense backdoor negotiations with the Greens, who said they had secured “significant wins to protect forests”.

Australia overhauls decades-old environmental laws

LARGE carbon-emitting projects in Australia will be required to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions as well as pollution reduction goals under new legislation overhauling decades-old environmental...

Introduced in 2023, the Emerging Enterprise Sustainability Awards recognise small and medium-sized enterprises driving growth in the green economy.
EMERGING ENTERPRISE AWARDS 2025

Creating holistic solutions for a greener future

These Emerging Enterprise Sustainability Awards finalists want to address critical gaps industries face on the way to net zero

Emissions from the world’s biggest polluter have now been flat or falling for 18 straight months, said the analysis published by climate news specialist Carbon Brief.

China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study

CHINA’S CO2 emissions remained flat in the third quarter as power generation from solar energy surged and electric car use continued to grow, a study showed on Tuesday.

China accounts for almost 30% of global emissions, meaning the speed at which it can reduce pollution has huge ramifications for efforts to limit global warming.

China climate experts see top polluter beating emissions goal

Carbon emissions from fuel combustion are likely to fall by 37% over the next decade

Pedestrians walk along the Kartavya Path near India Gate as thick smog engulfs the city skyline in New Delhi, India, Oct 22, 2025.

India trials Delhi cloud seeding to combat deadly smog

INDIA trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.

A petitioner who brought action against the MV X-Press Pearl, which sank off Colombo Port in June 2021, said he had been officially informed of the payment.

Polluting Singapore ship’s agent pays token damages to Sri Lanka

The move comes as the owners of the X-Press Pearl refused to pay the massive damages

X-Press Feeders has operated the MV X-Press Pearl that sank off Colombo Port in June 2021 after a fire, believed to have been caused by a nitric acid leak.

Singapore firm rejects US$1 billion Sri Lankan pollution damages

X-Press Feeders CEO Shmuel Yoskovitz believes paying would have wide-ranging implications on global shipping

Australia’s pledge follows the release this week of a national climate risk assessment that found rising temperatures will have “cascading, compounding, concurrent” impacts on life in Australia, home to more than 27 million people.

Australia vows to cut emissions by 62 to 70% by 2035

AUSTRALIA pledged on Thursday to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 62 to 70 percent from 2005 levels over the next decade, after warnings that homes and livelihoods are under threat.