Pollution

UAE launches Naseej initiative to tackle 220,000 tons of annual textile waste

Circular textile systems aim to keep garments and fibers in use for as long as possible through reuse, repair, resale, upcycling, recycling, and reduced waste.

A vendor organises textiles at a shop in Central Souq on July 22, 2015 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Fine pollution particles penetrate deep into the lungs and cause oxidative stress

The food that protects your lungs from air pollution

THE VERTICAL green walls are transferred from decorative features into intelligent, responsive environmental systems

Breathing life into buildings: Israelis develop better ways to prevent indoor air pollution 

PROF. HAGAI LEVINE

'Silent murderer': Israel must deal with air pollution, epidemiological research finds


High levels of air pollution increase risk of breast cancer, study finds

Scientists conducted one of the largest studies to date looking at the relationship between air pollution and breast cancer incidence.

 Heavy industry air pollution (illustartion)

Largest ever lithium reserves discovered near Nevada, US - study

Conservationists and local tribal groups, whose land the mining takes place on, objected to the project.

 Men work as Zimbabwe's re-elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa commissions a Chinese owned Sabi Star lithium processing plant in Buhera, Zimbabwe August 31, 2023.

Israel's 2022 greenhouse gas emissions surge, exceed Paris baseline

These statistics widen the gap between Israel and its international pledge to achieve a 27% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

A power station is seen in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod August 8, 2011

Microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, cause behavioral changes

A new study discovered that microplastics pollute the body in the same amounts as the natural environment

 Microplastics are shown on a white background.

Paper cups no better than plastic: Research exposes hidden toxicity

“The coffee latte you take with you from the kiosk on the corner now comes in paper cups... But that cup can also harm living organisms."

 A pile of white plastic disposable cups

'Israel must shift from coal to gas to decrease air pollution fatalities'

Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry calls on the government to complete the shift from coal to gas on time.

The southern Israeli city of Ashkelon is pictured December 29, 2008

Israel's biggest polluters: See who made the 'red list'

A new report identifies the most environmentally harmful factories in Israel.

 Factory smokestacks.

'Air pollution to boost antibiotic-resistance deaths to 840k by 2050'

Antibiotic resistance from air pollution was already linked to an estimated 480,000 premature deaths in 2018. 

 Heavy industry air pollution (illustartion)

Illegal Palestinian waste fire forces settler shop owners to stay indoors

"We woke up one morning" to "a big black thick pillar of smoke, no one can breathe."

 Fire at illegal trash dumping ground caused dangerous air pollution level in Binyamin region of the West Bank, on August 7, 2023.

Insects in danger: Air pollution harms bugs' ability to find food, reproduce - study

The report provides evidence that tiny particles originating from air pollution, especially from human-related sources, adhere to the sensory organs of insects.

 An illustrative image of a fly.