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Tag: Pollution

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Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Vietnam capital to improve air quality by banning motorbikes

by Asia Times staff August 3, 2018February 18, 2020
People throw stones during the rally against plans to expand a controversial copper smelter run by Vedanta Resources in Tamil Nadu, southern India. This is an image from video footage shot on May 22. Photo: ANI via Reuters TV.
Posted inAT Finance, India, South Asia

Future of Indian copper smelter uncertain after 13 deaths in protests

by Kriti Singh May 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Coal is loaded onto ships in Nakhodka Harbor. Photo: Peruanec/Wikipedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Russian ports pay a heavy price for coal shipments to Asia

by Giovanni Pigni May 6, 2018February 18, 2020
Mercury enters rice through local industrial activities and through burning coal. Photo: David Woo, CC BY-ND
Posted inAT Finance, China, Chongqing, South Asia, World

Coal dust is tainting China’s rice with mercury

by Noelle Eckley Selin and Sae Yun Kwon May 5, 2018February 18, 2020
SWAT team members take part in a hostage taking drill a day before the temporary closure of the holiday island Boracay, in the Philippines April 25, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro
Posted inAT Finance, China, Macau, Philippines, South Asia, World

No vacation under Duterte’s strongman rule

by Bong S Sarmiento April 27, 2018February 18, 2020
A Thai tuk tuk driver wears a face mask as air quality deteriorates in the national capital, Bangkok, December 17, 2017. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Bangkok’s bad air driven by car-making success

by Peter Janssen April 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Tourists walk amongst trash washed up on Bali's Kuta beach pushed to shore by seasonal winds. Photo: Reuters/Wira Suryantala/Antara Foto
Posted inAT Finance, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

SEAsia tourism a victim of its own success

by Alan Boyd April 19, 2018February 18, 2020
Backed up traffic bathe in the glow of neon lights in  Hong Kong. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, South Asia, World

Road transport policy runs into a dead end in Hong Kong

by Gordon Watts and Sherry Lee March 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Heavy smog in the Chaoyang district of Beijing in November last year. Photo: AFP
Posted inBeijing, China, Northeast Asia, Tianjin, World

China acts to clear the smog of war against pollution

by Gordon Watts January 11, 2018February 18, 2020
A Vietnamese farmer in water-logged fields at sunset. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, China, Laos, Middle East, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Climate change refugees imperil Vietnam’s growth

by Alan Boyd January 11, 2018February 18, 2020
China hopes to solve its traffic and pollution problems by turning to green vehicles. Photo: Reuters
Posted inBeijing, China, France, World

China shows its green roots on road to contradictions

by Pepe Escobar December 20, 2017February 18, 2020
A coal-fired power plant is pictured in New Delhi, India, on July 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Adnan Abidi
Posted inIndia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

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

by Aruna Chandrasekhar December 12, 2017February 18, 2020
Boys play football in a public park on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 2, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Posted inChina, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

Religious traditions play role in India’s pollution problem

by Jeremy Luedi December 12, 2017
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

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

by Nivedita Khandekar November 20, 2017February 18, 2020
Boys play football in a public park on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 2, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Posted inIndia, South Asia, World

As governments squabble, poisonous smog grips North India

by Nivedita Khandekar November 14, 2017February 18, 2020
Air appears to be escaping the property bubble. Photo: Reuters
Posted inBeijing, China, World

Chinese chill: property, industrial data cooler for October

by Reuters and Asia Times November 14, 2017February 18, 2020
A coal fired electric generation plant in China. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Carbon cloud hangs heavy over India, Southeast Asia

by Alan Boyd November 4, 2017February 18, 2020
A man smokes on a very small bicycle in Beijing on December 22, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Stringer
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, World

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

by Kevin Yao and Meng Meng October 23, 2017February 18, 2020
Representational image: News18
Posted inIndia, South Asia

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

by Asia Times staff September 12, 2017February 18, 2020
Vietnamese display placards reading "Give back the clean ocean to us" as they demonstrate outside the Formosa Plastics Corporation headquarters on August 10, 2016.Photo: AFP/ Sam Yeh
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Oceania, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Green resistance mounts in communist Vietnam

by David Hutt September 10, 2017February 18, 2020

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