haze

(Oct 8): Singapore has reached out to Indonesian authorities to offer assistance and urge action in combating the “perennial scourge” of haze on the region, with no response from Indonesia thus far, the Ministry for the Environment and Water Resources

SINGAPORE (Sept 30): Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist, has dominated headlines for much of the past week. Thunberg gave an emotionally charged speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on Sept 23, where she accused wor

After being named and shamed, major Indonesian companies have spent millions on firefighting and repairing their reputations

SINGAPORE (Sept 25): The ongoing haze has little impact on healthcare providers in terms of revenue or share price, but prolonged haze conditions showed an increase in admissions to private hospitals, an analysis by CGS-CIMB Research has found.

(Sept 18): The air quality level in Singapore turned unhealthy ahead of the Formula 1 race this weekend, while Kuala Lumpur was ranked among the world’s most polluted cities, as wind from neighbouring Indonesia continued to sweep in ash and smoke from i

(Sept 9): Air quality in Singapore and parts of Malaysia may worsen in the coming days with Indonesian authorities warning of more forest fires in the region already in the grip of an unusually long dry weather spell.

BEIJING (Jan 6): The thick haze of pollution blanketing northern China this winter is a grim reminder of the nation’s new growth industry: lung cancer drugs.

SINGAPORE (Aug 26): Singapore’s air quality reached “unhealthy” levels as haze from Indonesian forest fires intensified Friday, blanketing the city-state’s downtown with a layer of smoke.