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Commuters on the road try to shield their noses from the thick haze as they drive.

Experts warn of long-term health risks as Indonesia’s wildfire haze takes a growing toll

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Nov 2026
A vendor in Pakistan pushes his cart through smog in Lahore

In Pakistan’s Punjab, toxic air threatens wildlife amid a monitoring blind spot

Muhammad Talal 27 Oct 2026
A thick haze obscures the skyline behind the Central Business District area in Singapore, Oct. 9, 2026.

‘Influence without enforcement’: Indonesia’s fires test Singapore’s anti-haze law

Gabrielle See 27 Oct 2026
A man rides a bicycle through thick haze caused by wildfires in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Oct. 23, 2026.

Indonesians allege social media posts on wildfires and haze are being censored

Winda Charmila 23 Oct 2026

Facing pushback on data centers, tech giants are promising hosts more money and fewer secrets

Associated Press 22 Oct 2026
As the world grapples with the growing plastic pollution crisis, new accounting methods pushed by the chemical recycling industry could undermine national and international recycling targets and distract from real policy solutions, critics say.

Plastic industry bookkeeping plans hide chemical recycling harms, critics say

Claire Asher 16 Oct 2026

As Colombo heats up, passive cooling offers a low-energy solution — but at a cost

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 12 Oct 2026

Dhaka’s waste-to-energy plant face backlash over air pollution

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2026
A Dayak Ngaju tribe man tries to extinguish fire on burning peatland in Mantangai, Central Kalimantan.

The Indonesians facing El Nino’s fires have lessons to teach us (commentary)

Akane Nishimura 6 Oct 2026
A petrol station at Llanrhystud, Ceredigion. Image by Roger Kidd via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Fossil fuel subsidies are the ‘worst energy policy in the world,’ researchers say

David Brown 25 Sep 2026
Haze blankets Pontianak, a city in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province, on Sept. 3, 2026.

In Southeast Asia, residents grapple with life under Indonesia’s wildfire haze

Choo Ching Yee, Oliver Samson, Irfan Maulana, Krismes Santo Haloho 17 Sep 2026
Raina accompanies her only son, Muhammad Raihan (5), who is undergoing treatment at the Banjarmasin Islamic Hospital after experiencing respiratory complaints amid the haze from forest and land fires

Children’s health at risk in south Borneo as El Niño intensifies Indonesia wildfires

Riyad Dafhi Rizki 10 Sep 2026
The riverside in Kuching city center, Sarawak state, Malaysia, is shrouded in thick haze, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. Image by AP Photo/Xpin Voon.

As Indonesia’s wildfires rage, haze spreads farther across Southeast Asia

Yenni Kwok 4 Sep 2026

Biomass cooking fuels raise toxic metal exposure risks in Bangladesh, study finds

Usraat Fahmidah 1 Sep 2026
The coal-fired Payra Power Plant. Image by Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman.

Failed environmental safeguards leave coastal Bangladesh facing coal pollution

Rashidul Hasan 28 Aug 2026

‘Devastating’ rush for critical minerals has little to do with green energy: Report

Victoria Schneider 27 Aug 2026

Indonesia charges 72 over fires as haze chokes Borneo and Sumatra

Naina Rao 25 Aug 2026
Koalas typically climb into the upper reaches of trees to escape fire

Rescue networks built by fire: Saving animals from Australia’s bushfires

Starre Vartan 24 Aug 2026

Indonesia’s wildfire season surges as haze spreads into Malaysia

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Aug 2026

Climate change boosted Spain wildfire risk 20-fold, research shows

Naina Rao 31 Jul 2026

Indonesia shows elevated fire hotspot activity in 2026 as super El Niño threat looms

Hans Nicholas Jong, Irfan Maulana 29 Jul 2026
The main phosphate factory in Gabès. Image by Khadija Ben Salah.

A Tunisian phosphate plant that sickens children so US, Europe can get fertilizer

Khadija Ben Salah, Dawn Kikel, Elisângela Mendonça 22 Jul 2026
Mobilization of residents of Kitombe village in the DRC during demonstrations on May 6 and 7 against the oil company Perenco. Image courtesy of Alphonse Khonde.

‘We couldn’t breathe’: DRC villagers revive protest against Perenco over pollution

Elodie Toto 21 Jul 2026
Grist / Getty Images / Dionne Phillips.

Indigenous advocates push for rights protections around AI data centers

Aimee Gabay 16 Jul 2026

Indonesia’s blackouts reignite debate over coal-dependent energy transition

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Jul 2026
An auto rickshaw driver covers his face to protect himself from the pollution in Dhaka

Bangladesh unveils sweeping EV incentives to cut emissions and pollution

Kamran Reza Chowdhury 30 Jun 2026
Kusile Power Station, South Africa's largest plant at 4,800 MW, on the outskirts of eMalahleni. Image by Joe Walsh for Mongabay.

Failed promises to clean air in South Africa’s coal belt take toll on public health

Joe Walsh 24 Jun 2026
Kathy Ramos, 17, carries her son Edson near the Patarcocha lagoon, which is used as a dump for sewage and human waste, in the mining town of Cerro de Pasco, Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Lawsuit demands accountability for Cerro de Pasco mining pollution in Peru

Maxwell Radwin 16 Jun 2026

Bangladesh struggles to enforce ‘polluter pays’ principle amid legal delays

Sadiqur Rahman 4 Jun 2026
Bumblebees tracked during the experiment. Image courtesy of Kimmo Kaakinen.

Household mosquito repellents may stop bumblebees from finding their way home

Shanna Hanbury 28 May 2026
A PT IWIP worker walks through the cafeteria after work in early July 2025

Indonesia’s nickel boom linked to rising illness and worker harm, reports find

Rabul Sawal, Yulia Adiningsih 19 May 2026
Fredrick Njoroge Kariuki, left, and Miron Onsarigo, the Hewa Safi innovators. Image courtesy of Lemmuel Agina/The Earth Foundation.

Teen innovators in Kenya turn farm waste into award-winning vehicle exhaust filter

Malavika Vyawahare, Mary Mwendwa 12 May 2026

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