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The air we breathe

A Guardian Cities series investigating air pollution around the world

17 July 2019

  • Air pollution in Coyhaique, Chile, is primarily caused by residents burning damp wood in the winter months of June and July.

    A city suffocating: most polluted city in Americas struggles to change

    Wood smoke smothers Coyhaique, Chile, in June and July. Yet despite the WHO ranking its air worst in the Americas, residents are reluctant to alter their habits

2 March 2017

  • Germany, Stuttgart, Warning sign for particulate pollution on highway<br>Deutschland, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Straße, Verkehr, Autos, Feinstaubalarm, Feinstaub, Stickstoffdioxid, Luftreinhaltung, Luftschadstoffe, Luftverschmutzung, Fahrverbot, Umwelt, Belastung Stuttgart air pollution for cities

    Stuttgart residents sue mayor for 'bodily harm' caused by air pollution

    To highlight the dangerous air quality in the German city, which breached EU limits 25 times in January, two neighbours lodged a criminal complaint against city officials. Popular resistance to Stuttgart’s pollution problem is growing

18 February 2017

  • Traffic jam in Hanoi

    Hope for Hanoi? New bus system could cut pollution … if enough people use it

    A new $53m BRT (bus rapid transit) system has the power to reduce Hanoi’s dreadful air pollution. Persuading residents of Vietnam’s rapidly expanding capital to ditch their motorbikes and private cars, however, will be another story

17 February 2017

  • The announcement of the T-charge, which comes into effect on 23 October, follows fresh warnings about air quality in London.

    London to introduce £10 vehicle pollution charge, says Sadiq Khan

  • Artist’s impression of the Liuzhou Forest City

    'Forest cities': the radical plan to save China from air pollution

16 February 2017

  • Worsening air pollution in London is leading some to wear face masks

    The Guardian view on pollution: a new Clean Air Act is overdue

  • A resident’s soot covered hand from wiping the bonnet of his car in Port Harcourt.

    'You can taste it in the air': your stories of life in polluted cities

  • People with smoggy Hong Kong skyline

    Where the wind blows: how China's dirty air becomes Hong Kong's problem

  • A woman wearing a mask walks in heavy smog in Beijing. Every year about one in 10 babies are born prematurely, according to the WHO.

    Millions of premature births could be linked to air pollution, study finds

15 February 2017

  • People wearing face masks in London. Air pollution is linked to the early deaths of about 40,000 people a year in the UK.

    European commission issues 'final warning' to UK over air pollution breaches

  • Draft law proposed to fine and punish local governments for air pollution<br>epa04023452 Chinese citizens wear masks on their faces on a hazy day while walking to their respective destinations in Beijing, China, 16 January 2014. Reports stated that local governments in China may soon face stiffer fines and administrative punishment if found guilty of failing to implement pollution prevention measures. A draft law, proposed by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, which seeks to make local governments accountable, is set to be submitted to the central government early this year. EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA

    10 ways to beat air pollution: how effective are they?

  • .<br>Traffic Pollution Marylebone Road London 27-01-2017 Photograph by Martin Godwin

    'Filthy glamour': could polluted Marylebone Road help fix London's air?

  • Construction site in Delhi

    Delhi's deadly dust: how construction sites are choking the city

14 February 2017

  • Oil pumping jacks and drilling pads close to Bakersfield, California.

    Breathless in Bakersfield: is the worst air pollution in the US about to get worse?

    In California’s Central Valley emissions from oil refineries and agriculture make Bakersfield America’s most air-polluted city. Activists fear the Trump administration could undo small but steady improvements
  • Demonstrators gather in Zenica city centre to protest against air pollution

    Zenica, Bosnia: the steel town where even taking a breath can be a struggle

    Ash clouds dominate the sky in Zenica, with many blaming the air pollution on ArcellorMittal, the world’s largest steel maker and a major employer here

    • Air pollution masks – fashion's next statement?

    • 65% of British public support new Clean Air Act, says survey

    • Are you at risk? How pollution increases your chance of death – interactive

13 February 2017

  • In this photo taken on January 28, 2017, Mongolian activists demonstate against worsening air pollution in the capital Ulan Bator. Scores of demonstrators, some wearing filters and full-face gas masks, braved freezing temperatures on January 28 in central Sukhbataar Square to protest against air pollution in the Mongolian capital, one of the world's most polluted according to UNICEF. / AFP PHOTO / BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIRBYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR/AFP/Getty Images

    One day in the life of a suffocating planet – as it happened

  • Chinese lawyer Yu Wensheng

    'We had to sue': the five lawyers taking on China's authorities over smog

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