Pollution

Austrian protest shuts key European highway

Protesters gathered on a stretch of the Brenner Pass road that crosses the Alps into Italy
The protesters at Matrei am Brenner called for an end to pollution, noise and traffic jams they say are plaguing local communities

By AFP · 30 May 2026

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Pakistan ranked most polluted country in 2025, IQAir report shows

By Reuters · 24 March 2026

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Dense toxic fog shrouds Delhi as air quality hits severe levels

By Sanjay Kumar · 18 January 2026

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Delhi ‘plant cafe’ offers residents respite from toxic smog

By Sanjay Kumar · 11 December 2025

New Delhi records over 200,000 respiratory illness cases due to toxic air

By AFP · 03 December 2025

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Delhi residents turn to air purifiers as pollution hits ‘severe’ levels

By Sanjay Kumar · 24 November 2025

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Citizens shout slogans during protest against what they called government’s lack of action to combat air pollution in New Delhi.

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Delhi residents call for government action as air pollution reaches extreme levels

By Sanjay Kumar · 18 November 2025

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Lahore, Karachi top global pollution rankings as smog chokes major Pakistani cities

By Arab News Pakistan · 31 October 2025

Hundreds protest in Tunisia’s capital over worsening pollution crisis

By Reuters · 25 October 2025

Toxic haze chokes Indian capital

By AFP · 20 October 2025

Residents in southern Tunisia protest phosphate pollution

By AFP · 10 October 2025

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People move through a dusty road, as air quality reduces ahead of the winter in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 4, 2024. (File/Reuters)

Bangladeshis lose 5.5 years of life to world’s most polluted air

By SHEHAB SUMON · 31 August 2025

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A volunteer from the Ecological Observation and Wetlands Conservation (ECOTON) collects plastic waste from a mangrove swamp.

Indonesia to make plastic recycling mandatory for producers

By Sheany Yasuko Lai · 20 August 2025

Pollution

Austrian protest shuts key European highway

Pakistan ranked most polluted country in 2025, IQAir report shows

Dense toxic fog shrouds Delhi as air quality hits severe levels

Delhi ‘plant cafe’ offers residents respite from toxic smog

New Delhi records over 200,000 respiratory illness cases due to toxic air

Delhi residents turn to air purifiers as pollution hits ‘severe’ levels

Delhi residents call for government action as air pollution reaches extreme levels

Lahore, Karachi top global pollution rankings as smog chokes major Pakistani cities

Hundreds protest in Tunisia’s capital over worsening pollution crisis

Toxic haze chokes Indian capital

Residents in southern Tunisia protest phosphate pollution

Bangladeshis lose 5.5 years of life to world’s most polluted air

Indonesia to make plastic recycling mandatory for producers

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