Air Quality

Health & Wellness 5 min Fine-Particle Air Pollution Linked to Higher Hospital Admission Risk for Up to 21 Days, Study Finds Researchers matched 20 years of daily admissions in six countries and territories against PM2.5 levels. The ad... AM Amelia Wong 19 Oct ASEAN Tech 4 min Singapore Serves Haze Notices on Seven Indonesian Firms NEA's notices order the companies to fight fires and stop burning. Fines or charges are within consideration,... SA Sarah Chew 17 Oct ASEAN Tech 5 min Singapore Weighs Legal Action Over the Haze. Malaysia Says That Would Mean Severing Ties Timor-Leste has shut schools and the region's haze monitor is at its highest alert. Singapore's environment mi... DA Daniel Koh 17 Oct ASEAN Tech 5 min Singapore Says It May Act Against the Firms Behind the Haze. Its 2015 Haze Cases Are Still Open PM Wong cited the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act as unhealthy air persisted. Four investigations from the 20... SA Sarah Chew 16 Oct Health & Wellness 5 min Singapore's Haze Turns 'Very Unhealthy' as Free N95 Masks Go Out Western Singapore's air turned very unhealthy on Wednesday night. What NEA advises, and who qualifies for a fr... AM Amelia Wong 15 Oct Health & Wellness 4 min Power-Plant Pollution Deaths in Indian Cities Rose Twentyfold Since 2000, Study Estimates A Nature Cities study puts the toll near 300,000 in 2020, up from about 15,000. The same growth cut smoke deat... AM Amelia Wong 27 Sep Sustainability 7 min Eight Data-Centre Turbines, 2.5 Million People and US$53m to US$99m a Year Data centres are installing on-site gas turbines to bypass multi-year grid connection queues. That makes the e... NA Nadia Rahim 1 Sep