air pollution

The smog problem in Beijing China just seems to be getting worse. From the article: "China’s toxic air pollution resembles nuclear winter, say scientists" By Jonathan Kaiman: "Early this month, the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences claimed in a report that Beijing’s pollution makes the...

I'm in Chiang Mai, Thailand, planning to stay 5 or 6 weeks. Around this time of year, and especially in March and April, there's a smoke problem with farmers burning their crops; plus smog from cars and tuk-tuks. More info here...

A somewhat surreal end to the G8 Summit in Japan as George W Bush makes a bizarre joke about being "the world's biggest polluter," apparantly something that pleases him mightily: ETA: Is Bush drinking again?

I bicycle on a regular basis to work and consider it the most superior form of transportation yet available for 90% of uses. There's one problem though - while in a car I usually can barely ever notice car exhaust, when biking I often get a lung full of car exhaust when certain vehicles go by...

When I recently visited London I was shocked by what seemed like a significant increase in air pollution from the last time I visited. I have been living in the U.S. for many years and was just knocked over by the smell of diesel fumes coming from London's buses, taxis and lorries. I know that...