The AirCare app shows air pollution, active fires, wind conditions and pollen levels on a map. CNBC While air quality in North America and Europe improved over the last decade thanks to stricter environmental regulations, extreme weather and record wildfires have raised new air pollution concerns. This week, smoke from wildfires in Quebec and Ontario … Read more
Smoke hangs over the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images California and other Western states are experiencing dirtier air quality due to worsening heat, drought and wildfires, and communities of color are disproportionately exposed to pollution, according to a report published … Read more
Michael Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), speaks during an event at the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it will strengthen limits on several toxic air pollutants emitted by power plants, including mercury, a … Read more
Commuters make their way along a street amid smoggy and foggy conditions early in the morning in Lahore on January 3, 2023. Arif Ali | AFP | Getty Images About 90% of the global population in 2022 experienced unhealthy air quality, and only six countries met the World Health Organization’s recommendations of safe air pollutant … Read more
Residents fetch water from a well contaminated by oil pollution at Ogale Town, Eleme in southeast Nigeria, on June 13, 2015. Afp Contributor | Afp | Getty Images Over 13,000 residents from two Nigerian communities are seeking damages from Shell in the High Court in London, calling for the energy giant to clean up residual … Read more
Around 35,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries are expected to convene in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss collective action to tackle the climate emergency. Ahmad Gharabli | Afp | Getty Images As talks at the COP27 climate summit enter the final stretch, government ministers and negotiators from nearly 200 countries … Read more
After a two-year hiatus thanks to the pandemic, the Singapore Grand Prix — Formula One’s first ever night race — is roaring back this Sunday on a circuit that Oracle Red Bull’s Max Verstappen says he’s thrilled about. “We’re always very excited to come here because the track is amazing to drive,” the defending champion … Read more
The United Arab Emirates will continue to supply the world with energy for as long as it needs it, its Minister for Climate Change and Environment Mariam Almheiri said in an exclusive interview with CNBC. “As long as the world needs oil and gas, we’re going to give it to them,” Almheiri told CNBC’s Hadley … Read more