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Pollution

New restrictions kick in as Delhi battles pollution in winter

Restrictions include a doubling of vehicle parking charges and work-from-home arrangements for government and private-sector offices .
Restrictions include a doubling of vehicle parking charges and work-from-home arrangements for government and private-sector offices .

Wilmar discloses Indonesian police probe into plantation fires after SGX’s further queries on haze

SGX RegCo said the latest queries were intended to help stakeholders better assess the basis of the agribusiness companies’ earlier disclosures.
SGX RegCo said the latest queries were intended to help stakeholders better assess the basis of the agribusiness companies’ earlier disclosures.

Nearly all coral reefs risk collapse in 50 years: IUCN

Corals are heat sensitive and particularly vulnerable to human-driven climate change, which is warming the world’s oceans and increasing the frequency and intensity of damaging bleaching events.
Corals are heat sensitive and particularly vulnerable to human-driven climate change, which is warming the world’s oceans and increasing the frequency and intensity of damaging bleaching events.

The Usual Place Podcast

Watch: Why can’t Singapore’s anti-haze law get Indonesian companies to stop the fires?

UN chief says ‘subsidising fossil fuels is subsidising suicide’

UN chief Antonio Guterres (left) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan welcome Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during the COP 17 leaders’ summit.
UN chief Antonio Guterres (left) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan welcome Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during the COP 17 leaders’ summit.

Haze in S’pore: PSI remains in unhealthy range in central region

Hazy conditions seen from Bedok at 8am on Sept 27.
Hazy conditions seen from Bedok at 8am on Sept 27.

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Why is Singapore’s central region registering the worst air quality during this year’s haze?

Haze seen from Toa Payoh Central towards Bishan on Sept 9.
Haze seen from Toa Payoh Central towards Bishan on Sept 9.

Iran seized cargo ship over Hormuz pollution

Iran has maintained control over the Strait of Hormuz since the outbreak of the Middle East war in February.
Iran has maintained control over the Strait of Hormuz since the outbreak of the Middle East war in February.

Indian marble waste dump becomes unlikely tourist attraction

Tourists visit the marble-waste dumping yard in Rajasthan’s Kishangarh city on Aug 16.
Tourists visit the marble-waste dumping yard in Rajasthan’s Kishangarh city on Aug 16.

Johor villagers grapple with dumping of illegal construction waste allegedly from Singapore 

A cordoned-off site, believed to be used for the illegal dumping of construction waste from Singapore in Kampung Sungai Senai Belokok, Johor.
A cordoned-off site, believed to be used for the illegal dumping of construction waste from Singapore in Kampung Sungai Senai Belokok, Johor.

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