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Residents in northern Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar's Shan state have been suffering from the worst haze in years for the past two months. Thousands of people

Thousands have gone to hospitals with respiratory problems, and workers in Chiang Mai – ranked among the most polluted cities in the world in recent weeks – have been told to stay indoors and work from home.

Farmers burn ever-wider fields of corn stubble as wildfires spread amid drier weather

Chemicals are an integral part of our everyday lives, and stronger management is needed to prevent the impacts of chemicals and waste on human and environmental health.

The caressing breeze, the delightful aroma, the visually pleasing flowers of mesmerizing colours, the...

Greetings and welcome to EURACTIV’s Green Brief. Below you’ll find the latest roundup of news covering energy & environment from across Europe. You can subscribe to the weekly newsletter here. Of all the objectives in the European Green Deal, presented in December 2019, the “Zero Pollution Action Plan” immediately jumped out as the one policymakers were likely to struggle with the most. “Creating a toxic-free environment” with zero air, water and soil pollution is something hardly ...

A series of alarm bells about media, journalism, and democracy have been set off across Europe recently, for those who wanted to listen.