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Survival of coral reefs depends on pollution cuts

Miami - Muslimchronicle

Some corals may naturally adapt to climate change, but their ability to survive could be outpaced by global warming unless cuts are made to greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said Wednesday. Coral reefs carry an annual global economic value of $375 billion per year because they provide shelter for fish and marine life, protect shorelines and draw tourism to coastal areas.Read more

China factory activity steady in October: independent data

Beijing - Muslimchronicle

Chinese factory activity stabilised in October, according to independent data released Wednesday, one day after a disappointing official reading suggested output growth had slowed. The world's second-largest economy registered 6.8 percent growth in the third quarter of the year, down from 6.9 percent in the first two quarters. But experts have warned of a slowdown ahead as the country tightensRead more

New Delhi shuts power plant in fight against Diwali smog

New Delhi - Muslimchronicle

India's environmental watchdog shut down a coal-fired power plant and banned the use of diesel generators in New Delhi as air quality plummeted in the world's most polluted capital on Wednesday, the start of the Diwali festival. New Delhi experiences suffocating smog every year around Diwali, when farmers in north India burn the stubble left behind after the harvest andRead more

India court bans firecracker sales in Delhi ahead of peak pollution season

New Delhi - Muslimchronicle

India's top court on Monday temporarily banned the sale of firecrackers in and around the capital ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, as it looks to prevent a repeat of severe air pollution that forced school closures last year. New Delhi's air quality has already hit "very unhealthy" levels, U.S. embassy data shows. This is often blamed onRead more

Big Western brands polluting oceans with cheap plastic in Philippines, Greenpeace says

Manila - Muslimchronicle

Western consumer giants are polluting oceans by selling products packaged in cheap, disposable plastic to Filipinos, Greenpeace has claimed — naming Nestle, Unilever and Procter & Gamble among the worst offenders. The environmental group ranked the Philippines as the “third-worst polluter into the world’s oceans” after China and Indonesia in a report released Friday in Manila. Single-use plastics from productsRead more

Oman’s Sohar Aluminium gradually restarting production

Dubai - Muslimchronicle

Oman’s Sohar Aluminium said on Wednesday it was restarting production after an interruption in August, and was working to return to full production as soon as possible. “Sohar Aluminium has confirmed it has re-energised the potline,” CEO Said Al-Masoudi said in a statement. “The company is still working closely with a team of industry experts to progressively return toRead more

China: school condemned in TV pollution report is safe

Bejing - Arab Today

Investigators in eastern China said they have not found high levels of pollution around a school where an explosive state television report in April said hundreds of kids had fallen sick with illnesses including leukemia. Soil, air and water contamination levels at the Changzhou Foreign Language School, which was built near recently closed chemical plants about 160 kilometers (100 miles)Read more

One third of humanity can't see Milky Way due to light pollution

Washington - Xinhua

The Milky Way is invisible to more than one third of humanity, including 60 percent of Europeans and nearly 80 percent of North Americans, a new world atlas of light pollution suggested Friday. "Light pollution is no longer only a matter for professional astronomers," researchers from Italy, Germany, the U.S. and Israel, wrote in a paper in the U.S. journalRead more