Full Coverage: Pollution

28.03.2008 MELBOURNE, Mar 28 (IPS) - Organisers of Earth Hour 2008 estimate that in excess of 30 million people worldwide will take action on Saturday to raise awareness of how small changes can make big differences when it comes to climate change.

25.03.2008 YK:n ympäristöohjelma UNEPin uusi Vihreä passi -kampanja kannustaa matkailijoita pienentämään ekologista jalanjälkeään. Tämä käy esimerkiksi valitsemalla vastuullinen palveluntarjoaja ja pienentämällä matkan sekä asumisen kuluttamaa energiamäärää.

24.03.2008 Kabul’s deteriorating environment is posing serious health risks to its population, according to Afghanistan ’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA). The use of sub-standard car fuel and poor waste management has worsened the city’s air quality leading to an increase in respiratory disorders.

11.03.2008 WASHINGTON, Mar 11 (OneWorld) - Air quality concerns in Beijing have prompted the world's record holder in the marathon to pull out of the premiere long-distance running event at this year's Olympic Games.

10.03.2008

05.03.2008 Over a hundred survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy are marching to the Indian capital to demand clean-up of toxic wastes around the factory, rehabilitation of victims and legal action against responsible companies. Leakage of methyl isocyanate from a Union Carbide’s plant in 1984 is known as one of the worst industrial disaster ever.