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Hazepocalypse sets Singapore’s social media alight

By Tue, Jun 18, 2013 8:06PM UTC South East Asia active fire areas on Google Earth (last 48 hrs). Screen capture from earthdata.nasa.gov/ by acroamatic (Flickr CC)

Forest fires in Indonesia have been blanketing nearby Singapore in a smoky haze, causing air pollution levels on Tuesday to hit a 16-year peak. Although the current situation is particularly bad, forest fire pollution in Singapore and Malaysia by way of Indonesia is nothing new. Slash and burn agriculture –

Singapore fumes as pollution hits 16-year high

By Tue, Jun 18, 2013 2:23PM UTC Singapore fumes as pollution hits 16-year high

SINGAPORE (AP) — Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work Tuesday after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 years. The Pollutant Standards Index, Singapore’s main

China: The No. 1 destination for global waste

By Mon, Jun 17, 2013 9:09PM UTC Plastic bottles in Tibet. Pic: Carsten ten Brink (Flickr)

China is a massive importer of plastic and paper waste, and scrapped electronic products like mobile phones and old computer hard drives. As with jobs, manufacturing and carbon emissions, it’s often cheaper for highly developed countries to outsource their waste management. So is China becoming a global “dept of waste”?

Australia: Activists converge on Canberra for wind power protests

By Sun, Jun 16, 2013 9:39PM UTC Australia: Activists converge on Canberra for wind power protests

Supporters and detractors of the Julia Gillard Government’s clean energy plans will converge into the Australian capital Canberra Tuesday to hold  two separate rallies in a showdown of rhetoric on wind power turbines. The Green bloc led by Friends of the Earth and citizens’ watchdog GetUp! are rallying supporters nationwide to join the march to Garema

China announces new measures to curb air pollution

By Sun, Jun 16, 2013 12:53PM UTC In this May 7, 2013 photo, a foreign tourist wearing a mask walks in front of Tiananmen Gate on a polluted day in Beijing, China. China's Cabinet has announced Friday, June 15, 2013 measures to curb the country's notorious air pollution, one of the many environmental challenges facing the country that are increasingly angering the public. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Cabinet has announced measures to curb the country’s notorious air pollution, one of the many environmental challenges facing the country that are increasingly angering the public. The broad measures approved by the State Council include putting strict controls in place for industries that produce large amounts

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