The London Assembly environment committee have said the “hidden costs” of HS2, such as the impact on health and the environment, have been underestimated and should...
China is set to offer financial rewards to companies in an effort to encourage them to clean up their operations, after setting up a $1.65 billion...
New research has linked air pollution with a higher risk of heart attacks and other coronary events. The study also found that exposure to particulate matter below...
People in Beijing have been told to stay indoors, as dangerous levels of air pollution are recorded in the city. Pollution levels were said to be...
China’s former health minister Chen Zhu has estimated that up to 500,000 premature deaths are caused each year by air pollution – now the fourth biggest...
The Chinese government has revealed that 3.33m hectares of its land – an area nearly as large as Belgium – is too polluted to grow crops,...
China has embarked on a new project that will see the country double the number of wind turbines it uses to generate electricity over the next...
Car manufacturer Nissan has unveiled its new range of London black cabs, which will be made fully electric by the end of next year in an...
The European Commission has unveiled a clean air package, aimed at reducing air pollution across Europe that costs the economy, health and environment. The Commission said...
Mark Wilson looks back at the events of December 1952, when the Great Smog descended upon London, and at how air pollution has worsened globally in...
As eastern China suffered record high levels of air pollution, Chinese fossil fuel shares slid whilst environmental protection stocks received a boost. Authorities in Shanghai ordered...
Particulate pollutants in Shanghai have reached unprecedented levels, with authorities telling citizens to stay indoors and wear masks if outside. China’s financial hub has been swallowed...
Beijing, Shanghai and Mexico City have each kickstarted carbon credit schemes in an effort to boost clean technologies and push companies towards less polluting practices. Over...
The electric superbike, Saietta R, has been selected to represent British innovation in clean technology during a trade mission to Colorado, US. The motorcycle, which was...
A Dutch artist has designed a system that he says could solve China’s air pollution problem, using what is essentially a giant static vacuum cleaner. Daan...