pollution

Pollution increases in Angola due to mining and oil industry

Published on: January 31, 2023
00:45

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Luanda, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) Mining and oil companies in Angola continue being among the most polluting in the country, National Director of Environment Sandra Ferreira do Nascimento warned in an interview published by Angop news agency.

Canada issues steps to curb plastic pollution

Published on: December 20, 2022
16:03

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Ottawa, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Production and import of some single-use plastics were banned as of Tuesday in Canada, whose environmental policies seek to curb plastic pollution by the end of this decade.

COP27: More blah, blah, blah

Published on: November 25, 2022
00:45

By: Juan M. Garcia

Havana, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) There is no climate change! There is an ecological disaster caused by the capitalist model.

Pollution increases in Afghanistan

Published on: November 16, 2022
12:10

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Kabul, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) Faced with the increase of pollution, residents of this capital asked the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to reduce the high prices of wood and gas.

New Delhi’s air is getting worse every day

Published on: November 5, 2022
01:45

By: Ana Luisa Brown

New Delhi, Nov 5 (Prensa Latina) The air in New Delhi is getting worse every day and on Friday several locations in the capital reached an Air Quality Index (AQI) above 600, considered very serious for health.

Air quality in New Delhi degrades to “dangerous”

Published on: October 30, 2022
10:28

By: Luis Linares Petrov

New Delhi, Oct 30 (Prensa Latina) The quality of the air breathed in New Delhi downgraded to the "dangerous" category as a blanket of toxic fog intensifies over India's capital.

Researchers warn of ozone pollution to pollination

Published on: September 29, 2022
18:42

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) Over the past decades, rising levels of ozone pollution have been interrupting pollination, impacting the livelihood of both plants and the animals that pollinate them.

Report reveals pollution in waters of Lebanese capital (+ Photo)

Published on: July 22, 2022
12:04

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Beirut, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) The waters of Beirut are currently listed among the most polluted in the Mediterranean country, the 38th annual report on the Environmental Reality of the Lebanese Coast revealed.

Environmental factors highly predict risk of death – Study

Published on: June 27, 2022
15:54

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Along with high-blood pressure, diabetes and smoking, environmental factors including air pollution are highly predictive of people´s chances of passing away, especially from heart attack and stroke, a new study showed.

Air pollution and climate change impact children’s health

Published on: June 16, 2022
17:04

By: Pavel López Lazo

London, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) It is well established that air pollution and climate change –two linked environmental and public health crisis- are increasingly wrecking children´s health, physically and mentally, according to a study reported on Thursday by the New England Journal of Medicine.

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