Majority of the world’s population breathes dirty air, report says
Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of global cities meeting WHO air pollution guidelines, a report Tuesday found.
The list of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities is out. All but one are in Asia
All but one of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities last year were in Asia, a new study shows. The majority of these ...
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From the U.S. to China: How Columbia Prepares Students to Tackle Global Climate and Sustainability Challenges
M.S. in Sustainability Management Professor Dong Guo believes that cities—from New York to Shanghai—are at the heart of ...
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Science and Technology Daily: China's Tech Leap in Foreign Experts' Eyes
BEIJING, March 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's eyes are once again on China as the annual sessions of the National People ...
State Dept. suspends reporting air quality levels staff relied on overseas
State Department staff were taken aback this week by a department directive instructing embassies and consulates to stop ...
State Department Halts Air Pollution Monitoring at U.S. Embassies and Consulates
The Trump administration has halted an international air quality monitoring program that sampled pollution levels at more ...
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State Department says it will stop publishing global air pollution data
The U.S. State Department said it would stop publishing global air pollution data as part of attempts to shrink federal spending. The program set a worldwide standard for measuring air quality.
Scientists raise concerns as the US stops sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide
The U.S. government’s decision to stop sharing air quality data from embassies and consulates worldwide is worrying some ...
US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
The initiative helped pressure the Chinese government to clean up the air in Beijing and was later expanded to dozens of ...
China’s Congress Pledges to Fix Overproduction of Steel and Fuel
China pledged to address the overproduction crippling its steel and oil sectors, two of the country’s worst-performing and ...
China Vows to Expand Carbon Market in Push to Control Emissions
China’s top leaders pledged to expand the nation’s emissions trading system to cover more industries amid a wider push to ...
U.S. State Department Shuts Down Pollution Monitoring Abroad
Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was ...