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Tag: Pollution

Future of Indian copper smelter uncertain after 13 deaths in protests

by Kriti Singh May 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Police shot and killed 13 people during large protests in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu against a copper smelting plant, which has allegedly been polluting groundwater in Thoothukudi, also known as Tuticorin, city. Residents have been calling for a complete shutdown of Sterlite Copper, a subsidiary of multinational mining company Vedanta Ltd, which […]

Russian ports pay a heavy price for coal shipments to Asia

by Giovanni Pigni May 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Coal dust is tainting China’s rice with mercury

by Noelle Eckley Selin and Sae Yun Kwon May 5, 2018February 18, 2020

No vacation under Duterte’s strongman rule

by Bong S Sarmiento April 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Bangkok’s bad air driven by car-making success

by Peter Janssen April 22, 2018February 18, 2020

SEAsia tourism a victim of its own success

by Alan Boyd April 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Road transport policy runs into a dead end in Hong Kong

by Gordon Watts and Sherry Lee March 22, 2018February 18, 2020

China acts to clear the smog of war against pollution

by Gordon Watts January 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Climate change refugees imperil Vietnam’s growth

by Alan Boyd January 11, 2018February 18, 2020

China shows its green roots on road to contradictions

by Pepe Escobar December 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Industry’s policy on new Indian pollution curbs: ignore them

by Aruna Chandrasekhar December 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Religious traditions play role in India’s pollution problem

by Jeremy Luedi December 12, 2017

Lack of action and strict regulation prolongs India’s poisonous smog

by Nivedita Khandekar November 20, 2017February 18, 2020

As governments squabble, poisonous smog grips North India

by Nivedita Khandekar November 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese chill: property, industrial data cooler for October

by Reuters and Asia Times November 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Carbon cloud hangs heavy over India, Southeast Asia

by Alan Boyd November 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Winter is coming, but China growth ‘on track’ despite smog war

by Kevin Yao and Meng Meng October 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Supreme Court lifts ban on sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR

by Asia Times staff September 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Green resistance mounts in communist Vietnam

by David Hutt September 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Hell is an Asian city

by Alan Boyd September 3, 2017February 18, 2020

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