NPA Wins 2017 Climate and Clean Air Award For Outstanding Policy
Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority, Hassan Tampuli, has reiterated the authority’s commitment to promoting clean environment, as ...
Tag: Air pollution
German Car Giants ‘secretly Colluded Since the 1990s’
German carmakers Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, BMW and Daimler secretly worked together from the 1990s onward on issues including polluting emissions ...
Fewer ‘good Air’ Days In China Despite Official Efforts
Chinese cities had fewer "good air" days in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year ...
Pakistani Citizens Gasp For Clean Air
Furhan Hussain moved to Islamabad seeking fresher air, only to find Pakistan's leafy capital in a semi-permanent haze. Frustrated, he ...
Ghana Named In Top 10 Environmentally Negative Countries
A new study from MoneySuperMarket reveals how people impact their environment, from different countries around the world. The new research ...
Dust Storm Blows Across North China, Flights Cancelled
A major dust storm engulfed northern China and Beijing on Thursday, prompting authorities to cancel dozens of flights and urge ...
Record UK Car Sales Ahead of Tax Change
A record number of new cars were registered in March as drivers rushed to beat a new tax that came ...
India Court Bans Sale of 800,000 Cars Over Emission Levels
India's top court Wednesday banned the sale of more than 800,000 new cars which fall short of new emissions standards, ...
No End In Sight
Despite the huge public outcry against toxic diesel sold in Ghana which endangers the health of the citizens, in the ...
Climate Change ‘makes Deadly China Pollution Worse’
Global warming has boosted the frequency and severity of deadly air pollution peaks in northern China, scientists said Monday. Toxic ...
Curbing Pollution Can Prevent 3 Mn Chinese Deaths A Year
China can avoid three million premature deaths each year if it slashes a type of fine particle air pollution to ...
China Vows Blue Skies Despite Economic Challenges
China will work to clear its skies by increasing investment in clean energy and punishing polluters, Premier Li Keqiang said ...
Smog May Force U-17 Football World Cup Out of Delhi
FIFA could pull Under-17 World Cup matches out of New Delhi because of concerns over air quality in the world's ...
‘Strange Black Soot’ Blankets Nigeria’s Oil Hub
The Nigerian city of Port Harcourt used to be known as "The Garden City" because of its soaring palm trees ...
Deaths From India Air Pollution Rivals China
India's air now rivals China's as the world's deadliest, according to a new study published Tuesday amid warnings that efforts ...
Four Major Cities Move To Ban Diesel Vehicles By 2025
The leaders of four major global cities say they will stop the use of all diesel powered cars and trucks ...
Obama Administration Completes Rule To Curb Methane From Federal Oil, Gas Production
The U. S. Interior Department finalized rules on Tuesday that would prevent leaks of potent methane emissions from oil and ...
Air Pollution Killing Ghanaians
More than 17,000 people in Ghana die annually as a result of exposure to air pollution, with children and women ...
Ban Dirty Fuels
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC-GH) is demanding a total ban on all substandard fuels with a high concentration ...
Dirty Diesel Kills Thousands of Ghanaians Yearly – ACEP
Energy policy think tank, Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), has told Citi Business News that thousands of Ghanaians lose ...