Since the start of the year, air pollution in major cities in India and Pakistan has reached levels well beyond what is considered hazardous to human health.
LAHORE: Last week, a green bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) had ordered closure of a chemicals manufacturing company in Multan on a petition moved by the Environment Protection Department (EPA)
LAHORE: Dwellers of the provincial metropolis continue to suffer with polluted air while the authorities are lacking interest in redressing the menace, which is a direct threat to human health.
The importance of light-absorbing organic aerosols, often called brown carbon (BrC), has become evident in recent years. However, there have been relatively few measurement-based estimates for the direct radiative effect of BrC so far. In earlier studies, the AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET)-measured aerosol absorption optical depth (AAOD) and absorption Angstrom exponent (AAE) were exploited.
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday disposed of various petitions against the coal power plant that was to be set up near the BRB Canal after the Punjab government told it that it had dropped
LAHORE: The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Pakistan and Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited (CCBPL) have inaugurated the first water filtration plant in Basti Saidan Shah inside Pir Sayedan Shah’s Darb
LAHORE: Environment activists have turned down as inadequate remedies proposed for air pollution during the construction of the Orange Line Metro Train in the environment impact assessment (EIA) re
ISLAMABAD: The Japanese government has agreed to provide grants worth Rs3.4 billion to Pakistan for improving water supply systems in Lahore and Faisalabad.
