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"China's cabinet has outlined measures aimed at improving the country's air pollution problems, which have plagued many of its larger cities over recent years. One of the main measures, announced in state media over the weekend, is a target to reduce emissions from heavily polluting industries by 30% by the end of 2017. In statement after a meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, the State Council said there would be "tough measures for tough tasks""

"With the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide of any capital city in Europe, London's air pollution from traffic is linked to strokes, heart and respiratory diseases as well as some cancers and asthma. Enter a postcode to see how polluted your road is"

"Police in Paris set up checkpoints around the city on Monday to enforce a vehicle ban in an effort to cut dangerous pollution levels. All vehicles bearing even-numbered license plates are banned from driving in French capital for the day. The restrictions were introduced after pollutions levels reached dangerous levels for five days in a row"

"An eight-year-old girl becomes China's 'youngest' lung-cancer patient as doctors say high levels of air pollution responsible for her condition"

"Eastern China's dangerous levels of air pollution blamed on coal burning, car exhaust, factories and weather patterns"

"The WHO last week named India's capital the worst of 1,600 cities for PM2.5 particles. What are the other measures of pollution, and do the experts agree?"

"Rapid industrialisation has left a legacy of soil pollution that is damaging health and livelihoods in villages across China, "

Thanks largely to vehicle emissions, Mexico City was once the world's most polluted urban centre. But over the past decade, a focus on sustainable alternative transport has persuaded a growing number of citizens to leave their cars at home. A heavily subsidised underground network caters for 22m journeys daily, and conditions on the city's overcrowded roads have improved, with the metro bus system and the introduction of public bicycles contributing significantly to reduced pollution levels

These images show the varying levels of light pollution on Earth, as seen from space. Canadian scientist Felix Pharand-Deschênes created the images to highlight our waste of energy.

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"The gardens are home to one of a growing number of azoteas verdes - or green roofs - that are springing up around Mexico City as part of the metropolis's efforts to purge its air of the pollution that has long been among its least-desired claims to fame."

"Death rates soar above the national averages in small communities near industrial and chemical plants in China. Roll over the dark green circles …"

"The new CLW report looks at three Pegatron factories (Pegatron Shanghai, Riteng in Shanghai, and AVY in Suzhou) that are key Apple suppliers. It found ongoing labour abuses - such as excessive work hours above China's legal limit; pregnant women forced to quit for their own well-being; underage labor from local vocational colleges - and other wrongdoings like environmental pollution."

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