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Commuters drive amidst morning haze and toxic smog as schools and some coal-based power plants close down in New Delhi, India

Heavy smog shuts down schools in India’s capital

Top of The World

Schools and colleges in India’s capital are shut down indefinitely due to heavy smog. Also, thousands of homes are evacuated after severe storms in western Canada. And, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visits Kenya for talks on regional issues.

A woman is shown leaning her head back slightly with a protective mask pulled down and a health care worker reaches out with a swab.

Decades of science denial related to climate change has led to denial of the coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19
The tops of buildings are barely visible through a thick layer of smog.

Smothered by smog, activists are urging Poland to reconsider coal

Climate Change

Live in-Studio: Bill Callahan

Arts, Culture & Media
People cross the road in Delhi, India, during the height of the most recent air pollution crisis, Nov. 7, 2017.

As New Delhi’s pollution crisis persists, so do widespread public denial and complacency

Environment
A man walks on the roof of a traditional ger home while fixing the chimney of a coal burning stove on a cold hazy day on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Mongolian nomads say goodbye to herding, hello to smog

Environment

Climate change is forcing many of Mongolia’s nomadic herders to abandon their traditional lifestyle and move to Ulaanbaatar. That’s making a big smog problem in the city even worse.

London smog

A new study finds air pollution harms human happiness

Environment

Nitrogen dioxide is known to harm human health, especially lungs and heart. Now, a new study finds that sharp increases in nitrogen dioxide levels may lower life satisfaction as much as events like the death of a spouse.

A man walks through Greenwich Park as a haze of pollution sits over the London skyline.

London’s toxic air pollution is killing thousands every year

Environment

London was once famous for its “fog,” which in reality was toxic smog from coal fires. Then the city passed new laws and cleaned up its act. Now, smog is once again a serious problem. This time cars are to blame — and the UK government refuses to do anything about it.

London Fog

What’s the story behind the famous London Fog?

Environment

A new book, London Fog: The Biography, profiles the heyday of this miasma and describes what it took to clean the air up.

Kong Ning wears a wedding dress decorated with 999 face masks for her performance art work 'Marry the blue sky' as she poses for a photograph in front of the China Central Television (CCTV) Headquarters on a hazy day in Beijing November 19, 2014.

China quashes debate on viral documentary on air pollution

Environment

She rarely thought about air pollution. Then her kid had a tumor. Her direct, personal documentary has become a phenomenon in China, with 200 million video views in less than a week. And then authorities clamped down.