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Vietnam’s recyclers risk cancer in toxic villages
UN study finds ‘very high’ lead and dioxin levels in Vietnamese communities handling domestic and imported plastic waste, with residents reporting widespread illness.
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Business of climate change
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Australian start-up aims to turn algae into green fuel
19 Dec 2025 - 4:00PM
Indonesia
Indonesian elephants tasked to help in flood recovery spur conservation debate
19 Dec 2025 - 11:00AM
Good Schools Guide
How outdoor classrooms are shaping young minds, from Denmark to Hong Kong
Malvern College and International College believe in the power of outdoor learning and growing in nature’s classroom to build curiosity and resilience.
19 Dec 2025 - 6:00AM
Indonesia
Don’t build on ‘active zones’, experts warn Indonesia as Sumatra recovery begins
Jakarta has pledged US$3.6 billion and a special agency to help restore homes and public facilities destroyed in last month’s cyclone.
18 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
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India
‘Not able to breathe’: denial, deflection, dodgy data worsen India’s air crisis
‘Fed up’ citizens and experts demand honest action to tackle pollution that causes 1.5 million additional deaths every year in India.
18 Dec 2025 - 2:04PM
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India
Delhi battles severe pollution with traffic bans, work-from-home order
Every winter, Delhi’s air pollution surges as cold air traps vehicle, construction, and crop-burning emissions, causing severe health risks.
17 Dec 2025 - 7:50PM
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European Union
EU drops 2035 combustion engine ban in victory for its carmakers
Europe pivots to bolstering its crisis-hit auto sector in a major green policy retreat.
17 Dec 2025 - 2:08PM
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Climate change
Arctic has hottest year ever recorded, as climate impacts cascade
The region is warming far faster than the global average due to a phenomenon known as ‘Arctic Amplification’.
18 Dec 2025 - 6:25PM
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Vietnam
Dirty, dangerous, cancer-prone: toxic truth about Vietnam’s recycling villages
‘There’s no shortage of cancer cases in this village,’ a worker, who has been sorting plastic in Xa Cau for a decade, says.
16 Dec 2025 - 11:42AM
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Indonesia
Indonesia to revoke 22 forestry permits after fatal floods
Environmentalists and experts have highlighted the role forest loss played in deadly flash flooding and landslides.
15 Dec 2025 - 8:06PM
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Japan
‘Didn’t know where to go’: tourists struggle in Japan quake evacuation
Foreign visitors were left scrambling for multilingual information after Monday’s magnitude 7.5 earthquake.
13 Dec 2025 - 10:21AM
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Mainland China
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Mapping China’s quest to green its deserts
In 2024, China completed a 3,050km green belt that surrounds the Taklamakan, the country’s second largest desert.
12 Dec 2025 - 7:23PM
US-China relations
Senior Democrat urges Rubio to fill Arctic post and halt rise of China, Russia
In a letter, Raja Krishnamoorthi asks US Secretary of State to restore key US role in ‘one of the world’s most strategically vital regions’.
12 Dec 2025 - 11:50PM
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Indonesia
Airbnb ban in Bali? Indonesia says no, but crackdown on illegal stays looms
Bali’s governor wants to ban the online platform but the island’s problems with illegal rentals go beyond Airbnb, critics say.
11 Dec 2025 - 10:51PM
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Vietnam
‘I have to wear a mask all the time’: Hanoi’s smog hits crisis levels
On Thursday, Hanoi was the world’s fourth most-polluted city, with officials citing vehicles, industry, and crop burning for the poor air quality.
11 Dec 2025 - 4:44PM
China economy
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How China is cementing its central role as the architect of green tech
Beyond climate leadership and capacity building, China is rewriting its own energy system – and the global energy order.
11 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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Indonesia
‘Could go extinct here’: orangutans at risk as Indonesia floods devastate habitat
Orangutans have disappeared since landslides struck Sipirok in North Sumatra province.
9 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
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Indonesia
Is Indonesian disaster response failing Sumatra’s flood victims?
Prabowo’s government is ‘busy bragging about its quick reaction’ while deaths mount and people suffer from lack of aid, critics say.
9 Dec 2025 - 6:31PM
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Indonesia
Jakarta office building fire kills 22, including pregnant woman
The cause is under investigation, but witnesses reported seeing a battery spark in the testing area of the building belonging to a drone company.
10 Dec 2025 - 5:49PM
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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
‘We have this gift’: Hong Kong film shows healing power of city’s nature
Never Too Late shows how four Hongkongers found balance and freedom in the city’s natural spaces and why people should cherish its beauty.
8 Dec 2025 - 6:15PM
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Volcanoes
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Force of Kilauea eruption knocks out remote camera
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been erupting intermittently since December 2024.
9 Dec 2025 - 6:27PM
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Science
China desalination tech makes fresh water cheaper than tap water – plus hydrogen
Facility in Shandong province also produces mineral-rich brine for industrial use, achieving ‘one-in, three-out’ circular economy.
8 Dec 2025 - 1:22AM
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India
India to pause coal power expansion beyond 2035 amid grid stress
Several Indian utilities are signing contracts with coal-fired power generators to meet a projected surge in demand for cooling.
8 Dec 2025 - 2:50AM
Sri Lanka
627 dead in Sri Lanka landslides as rains batter South, Southeast Asia
At least 1,812 people have been killed in the natural disasters rolling across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
7 Dec 2025 - 7:45PM
Climate change
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Fashion industry must tailor climate plans to Asian suppliers’ reality
Efforts to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions in the fashion industry will not work if they rest on a Western design paired with Eastern sacrifice.
7 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
Extreme weather
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Asia is waking up to storms that are stronger – and more polluted
Readers discuss new research that shows how typhoons spread microplastic pollution, encouraging the use of an anti-scam app, and the migrant domestic workers who fell victim to the Tai Po fire.
6 Dec 2025 - 11:30AM
The Philippines
6 cyclones, 5 weeks: Philippines can’t escape its endless cycle of disaster
Corruption, complacency and climate chaos conspire to turn the Philippines’ natural hazards into man-made tragedies.
6 Dec 2025 - 8:17AM
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