On March 4, local time, the U.S. Department of State announced the termination of the Global Air Quality Monitoring (GAQM) program, which was launched in 2008 and relied on more than 80 U.S. embassies and consulates around the world to provide real-time air quality information to the public. The program, which was launched in 2008…

In order to promote green travel, the city of Santander in Spain has recently introduced two electric buses made by China’s Golden Dragon Bus and put them into operation. The vehicles adopt pure electric drive technology with zero emission and low noise, which can effectively reduce air pollution. The procurement was funded by the EU…

The 2025 Climate and Clean Air Conference will be held in Brasilia, Brazil, March 16-21, under the theme “Now We Can: Stronger Action on Superpollutants and Air Pollution on the Road to COP30.” The conference will bring together country delegates, global experts and others to focus on the Nationally Owned Contributions (NOC) 3.0 commitments, among…

According to the “Times of India” reported on March 1, India Delhi government announced since April 1, Delhi, the national capital area of all gas stations prohibited for the vehicle is more than 15 years old to add gasoline, but also requires Delhi’s high-rise buildings, hotels, shopping malls, airports and other places to install anti-smog…

Massive wildfires broke out in the northern state of Texas in the United States this week, covering more than 4,400 square kilometers as of March 3, making it the worst wildfire disaster in the state’s history. Several towns were evacuated and some communities were reduced to ashes. Experts have analyzed the fires as being fueled…

On February 28, 2025, at about 12:00 noon, a freight train carrying nearly 1,000 tons of the toxic chemical benzene derailed in the Hustopěče region of the eastern Czech Republic, setting 15 tank cars on fire and spreading the highly toxic benzene along with the smoke. Benzene concentration at the scene instantly exceeded 200 times…

2025 China Nanning Tobacco Company Plastic Film Recycling Public Welfare Activity was officially launched to carry out five public welfare activities, namely, river protection, plastic purification, study, river patrol and dredging, to publicize the concept of green and low-carbon. On the scene of the event, staff and volunteers cleaned up white trash along the Yongjiang…

March 1, 2025 – A massive fire in the city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has burned 1,200 hectares, the largest in Japan in more than 30 years. The fire has not only caused casualties and burned down houses, but also had many negative impacts on the local ecosystem, such as destroying vegetation and…

February 27, 2012 – The latest report on the state of water resources in the European Union (EU) shows that only 39.5 percent of surface waters in the EU are in “good ecological condition” and 26.8 percent are in “good chemical condition”. The report identified the proliferation of the chemical mercury and other toxic pollutants…

Feb. 22 – Local media in Cyprus quoted bird conservation experts as warning on Feb. 21 that the number of flamingos migrating to Cyprus during the winter months is plummeting due to wetland degradation. 2025, only about 30 flamingos were recorded at the Akrotiri Salt Lake in Cyprus, the lowest number since 1992, when systematic…