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Malaysia’s capital topped a global pollution ranking on Wednesday and nearby Singapore came in third, with smoke from wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia blamed for the unhealthy conditions. A milky haze has shrouded the cities for more than a month as smoke drifted from fires on Borneo and Sumatra islands. Kuala Lumpur was the world’s most polluted major city early on Wednesday, according to Swiss monitor IQAir, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 166. Singapore ranked third at 155. The...
A slew of measures, including staggered office timings, doubled parking charges, and weekly hotspot inspections, will remain in force from November 1, 2026, to January 31, 2027
One of the endemic species, Dawkinsia tambraparniei, has already been categorised as endangered
Toxic foam has once again become a concern around Kelavarapalli Dam in Krishnagiri district, with farmers raising concerns over the impact on agriculture, livestock and local communities. The dam receives water from Karnataka during the monsoon. Farmers allege that sewage discharge from Karnataka is contributing to the persistent foam and pollution in the water. Despite repeated demands for action, the problem continues. In this ground report, we speak to farmers and residents about the polluted water, its impact on their lives and livelihoods, and their demand for a lasting solution from the Water Resources Department and the Tamil Nadu Government.
The waste generated in just the first five months of this year far exceeds the total waste produced in any single year over the preceding three years
The multilingual actor says he will return on October 31 when agitation completes a year
Pervasive, persistent and poisonous: How one US company helped pollute the world with forever chemicals.
Malaysia’s haze crisis has flared again just weeks after emergency measures and cloud-seeding operations brought temporary relief, with experts warning that smoke from Indonesian fires could continue drifting across the country until monsoon winds change. All 108 schools in Serian, a district in the state of Sarawak on Malaysian Borneo, were ordered to close on Thursday after the air pollutant index (API) breached 200 on Wednesday night, forcing pupils back to home-based learning. By noon,...
Sentini BioProducts Pvt. Ltd. has sued farmer M. Muralidhar Reddy of Gandepalli village, near Keesara in the NTR district, requesting that he be directed to issue a public apology and perpetual injunction restraining the farmer from making any misleading and malicious statements in the future
Several half-immersed idols were seen floating amid discarded garlands, wooden frames, and other decorative materials; officials urged the pandal organisers and public to opt for eco-friendly idols from next year
Presence of total coliform and faecal coliform detected in samples
Ghana’s EPA ordered Empire Cement to shut its Weija plant on 14 September 2026, citing five permit conditions and missing monitoring returns. The post Ghana EPA Shuts Empire Cement Weija Plant Over Pollution Breaches appeared first on The Rio Times.
The untreated sewage was discharged into natural streams and water bodies through 39 public drains leading to various water bodies
In the aftermath of the May 2025 accident, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) initiated short term (rapid) and long term (two years) impact assessment studies through Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute (SDMRI) in Thoothukudi.
Russia’s MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC is talking with a new Chinese partner about a copper processing deal that would enable it to shut down a heavily polluting plant in the Arctic city of Norilsk.
Singapore was shrouded in haze on Tuesday, with smoke from wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia raising island-wide pollution to levels that pose a health risk. All five regions of the city state recorded unhealthy air quality levels, the first time that has happened since September 2019, according to the National Environment Agency. Singapore’s air currently ranks among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, according to IQAir data, with the capitals of Malaysia and Indonesia also among the...
Winter brings weaker winds, more stable atmospheric conditions and, in many places, temperature inversions that restrict the dispersion of pollutants; the World Resources Institute India study also attributes increased waste burning partly to its use for warmth, alongside seasonal waste disposal practices
Schools in the capital of Indonesia’s South Sumatra province switched to remote learning on Wednesday as worsening haze from forest and peatland fires pushed air pollution to unhealthy levels, adding to disruptions that had already affected more than 1.4 million students across the country, officials said. Indonesia has been plagued by forest and land fires for decades but an intensifying El Nino pattern and a prolonged dry season made the impact of the fires especially dire this year. Toxic...
Assessment done by International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation on the vessel’s containers that fell into the sea in June 2025 incident
Indore, which topped the list with a score of 200 out of 200 in the 2025 survey, fell just one point short of Lucknow and failed to retain its position
The petitioner’s counsel argued that the timeline for complying with the mandate to install flue gas desulphurisation systems in thermal power plants has been extended from time to time, and people are facing health hazards due to pollution
Carbon credit financing is making clean cooking affordable and accessible to households across Africa, boosting efforts to reduce pollution.
Official statistics confirm that half of the pollution in Rajamahendravaram city comes from the APL, he says in a post on X, while referring to the alleged evasion of ₹21.34 crore tax by the company to the local bodies since 2016
Malaysia declared an emergency on Friday in a town in Sarawak state on Borneo Island after air pollution breached the country’s emergency-level threshold linked to fires in neighbouring Indonesia. The Air Pollutant Index in Serian, a small agricultural town of just under 90,000 near the border of Indonesia’s Kalimantan province, surged to 521 on Friday, according to Malaysia’s environment department. Sarawak’s much larger capital, Kuching, also showed a hazardous reading of 311. Malaysia’s King...
Foreign minister demands top three polluting nations compensate Nepal for recent disaster.
The notice issued based on earlier inferences of suspected discharge of a white gel-like foam into the river, say PCB officials