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Eco-friendly food trends: Meatless burgers, hemp cocktails and pasta straws
'Pasta without sauce' to 'use as straws', of course, as the world steps up efforts to combat plastic pollution
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LDA DG summoned in smog case
School children also filed a petition against smog
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US sanctions cause environmental crisis in Iran
Sanctions are targetting critical sectors such as energy, shipping, automotive, aviation
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Environmental emergency: Deadly smog blinds Punjab
Provincial authorities lack the means to collect accurate in-depth data on the province’s bad air quality
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Tropical Indonesia's tiny glaciers to melt away in a decade: study
Papua's glaciers have shrunk by some 85 per cent in the past few decades
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467 kilns sealed for defying smog ban in Faisalabad
Only 30 of the establishments complied, authorities sealed the remaining brick kilns
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LHC seeks report on steps to contain smog
Judge reprimands department concerned over its failure to control situation
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Lahore’s hazardous smog hits national highways
Visibility level at many points of national highways reduced to only 150 metres
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Amid 'air apocalypse', mask-clad Lahore looks for answers
Lahore’s worsening air quality has led it to overtake New Delhi on some days as the most polluted city in the world
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Slash emissions now or miss 1.5C goal, UN warns
UNEP insists that the 1.5-C goal is still attainable
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‘In Lahore, smog touches alarming levels in nearly two years’
No brick kiln will be allowed to use substandard fuel
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Dust decreases visibility in Karachi
Reduced visibility did not cause any interruption in flight operations at Jinnah Terminal
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'Climate strike' named 2019 word of year
Lexicographers observe usage of climate strike increased four-fold since 2013
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Mothers-to-be fear for their unborn in smog-choked Delhi
Doctors say kids breathe the noxious air twice as fast as adults, causing respiratory problems, mental health issues
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Smog soars to alarming level in Lahore
Govt issues alert; possibility of changing school timings in province emerges
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Protecting environment is the govt's top priority: PM
Says the govt will launch a massive tree plantation drive across the country
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Environmental disregard: Cat gets SEPA’s tongue over federal govt violations
SEPA remains silent on environmental violations, while ongoing ecological crisis makes global headlines
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Environmental crisis: Punjab braces for another episode of smog
Much of the province faces threat of deteriorating air quality
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Ban on burning of tyres, crop stubble, garbage must be enforced: CM
Buzdar reviews measures to control smog in winter
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In Karachi, motorcyclists raise issue of Kashmir, environment
They appealed to the United Nations to intervene in the Kashmir issue
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Trudeau environment policy a letdown for young Canada activists
Nationalisation of an oil pipeline in 2018 is one of the major criticisms leveled against him
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C40 members assure Karachi mayor of support for environmental management
Will provide financial, technical support to deal with climate change in Karachi
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Notices served to over 300 brick kilns in Multan
One-month is given to brick kiln owners to shift their units on zigzag technology
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Ban on plastic bags begins today in Sindh
Factories manufacturing plastic bags will stop doing so from today
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Hollywood star DiCaprio urged to cut support for India river project
The Coalition for Environmental Justice in India says DiCaprio's endorsement of tree-planting campaign was ill-advised
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Students plant trees, distribute reusable bags
Activity part of global Social Good Summit supported by UNDP
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This is our problem
Climate change is not imagined, it is not a western creation
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WATCH: 'Flying' river taxi tests Seine waters in Paris
Named the 'Sea Bubble', the white aerodynamic craft skimmed over the River Seine at speeds of up to 30 km/hour
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Climate change increased global burden of diseases: UN
Experts say it is causing risk of malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat strokes across globe
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3 Kallar Kahar housing societies probed for harming environment
ACU says societies damaged environment
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A time to act
Changing the mindset of the people is more important than tree plantation
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Sindh to set up special police force to protect environment
Force would have authority to take penal action against violators of environmental laws
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Biohazardous waste: Shaniera urges citizens to avoid Clifton beach after more washes ashore
"The people of Karachi not to use the beach until we know it is completely safe", she tweeted
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Despite ban, plastic bags still in markets
Most goods reach the market from other provinces where plastic bags are not banned yet
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Shaniera Akram raises alarm after biohazardous waste washes ashore on Seaview beach
It’s like everything you are scared of in a hospital has just washed up on our beach, says Shaniera
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‘Deadly’ heatwave threat looms over South Asia
Scientists say heatwaves longer, more deadly even in a 2°C world
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Pak-EPA to move marble units out of Sector B-17
Official says they are in talks with unit owners for relocation
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Climate catastrophe: Don’t wait around for doomsday
Agriculture science experts take initiative, prepare suggestions for climate change policy
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‘Kilns must adopt zigzag technology’
The department has also evolved a strategy to combat smog
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NOC must for CNG stations
12 cases for environment-friendly clearance NOCs were presented before the Environmental Approval Committee
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Shafqaat hopes to turn around capital’s plastic habits in 45 days
State minister for climate change says there is a need to change behaviour
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WSSP disposes of 12,774 tonnes of waste on Eid
Waste dumped in Shamshato landfill as operation continues on fourth day
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K-P to buy monitors to help check air pollution
Environmentalist suggests monitors will generate data to help develop smarter, effective pollution responses
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Sharp rise in Brazilian deforestation undeniable, says sacked research chief
The preservation of the Amazon regarded as vital in the attempt to curb global warming
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Federal Basketball Association holds tree planation drive
It was the responsibility of every person to participation in the tree plantation campaign
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Countdown begins for single use plastic bags
State Minister Zartaj Gul says govt to bring shoppers that could be used up to 50 times
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Plastic junk spawns desert island disaster in Pacific
Lavers organised a clean-up on the island last month, collecting six tonnes of plastic garbage
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Vietnam seizes 125 kilos of rhino horn hidden in plaster
The country is currently trying to crack down on wildlife smuggling routes.
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Plastic Pakistan
The saddest part of the tale is complete silence from our honourable ministers of climate change
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Big cats of Instagram: Pakistani elite's love of exotic wildlife
Laws make it easy to import exotic animals, but once inside the country regulation is almost non-existent