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Beijing shuts roads, playgrounds amid heavy smog after coal spike
Nov 05, 2021 (AFP)
World leaders have gathered in Scotland this week for COP26 negotiations billed as one of the last chances to avert catastrophic climate change, though Chinese ...
Art of trash: feting S. Africa's overlooked waste pickers
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
But now graffiti artists are giving them a makeover, spray-painting them with bold and bright designs to encourage bystanders to look up and notice the unsung w...
NY state approves constitutional right to clean environment
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
A total of 60.8 percent of voters approved the referendum question, compared to 27 percent against and 11.7 casting blank ballots, with 99 percent of state dist...
Hunting for marine plastic
Nov 03, 2021 (SPX)
The best estimate is that an average 10 million tons of plastic enter the ocean annually - equivalent to a fresh truckload of plastic dumped every minute - but ...
Report: Fine particles in air cause 4M premature deaths a year
Nov 02, 2021 (UPI)
In recent years, scientists have become increasingly concerned about the impact that PM2.5 particulates have on air pollution and health. A paper released Tuesd...
'Greenwashing' or genuine?: Behind big business' climate promises
Nov 02, 2021 (AFP)
But are these companies making a genuine attempt to fight global warming, or simply "greenwashing" their brands to try to divert criticism while still reaping h...
Twenty-four trillion pieces of microplastics in the ocean and counting
Oct 28, 2021 (SPX)
Now, a global team of oceanographers led by Kyushu University researchers has calibrated and processed data from these expeditions to build a publicly available...
Blood samples of residents near 3M plant worry Belgium
Oct 26, 2021 (AFP)
"The company has two days to prove beyond all doubt that it is not exposing the inhabitants of Zwijndrecht to excess risk through its emissions," said a stateme...
Into the 'plastisphere': Scientists comb Japan waters to study new eco threat
Oct 25, 2021 (AFP)
Tiny floating fragments from plastic packaging, synthetic clothing and fishing nets have proliferated over the past four decades, and are now found in every par...
Environment watchdogs condemn arrest of Ugandan activists
Oct 23, 2021 (AFP)
The activists from AFIEGO, the country's highest-profile environmental defenders group, were detained without charge at a police station outside Kampala on Frid...
3M to pay $99 mn to settle dispute over harmful chemicals
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
"3M has reached a collaborative agreement to resolve ongoing litigation and negotiations related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) near 3M's Decatur...
US plans to tackle toxic, widespread 'PFAS' chemicals
Oct 18, 2021 (AFP)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a three-year plan aimed at setting maximum thresholds in drinking water for the chemicals, technically calle...
Mining firm, eco-activists battle over unique Chile archipelago
Oct 18, 2021 (AFP)
But its fragile ecosystem is under threat, say environmentalists, from a $2.5 billion mining project on the nearby mainland that has stirred the debate in Chile...
Lausanne tackles toxic soil after shock discovery
Oct 16, 2021 (AFP)
The situation, which has troubling implications for children and eating home-grown food, is unprecedented in wealthy Switzerland, which prides itself on its pri...
Chemicals in plastic containers, cosmetics linked to risk for earlier death
Oct 12, 2021 (UPI)
Of more than 5,000 adults ages 55 to 64, those with the highest concentrations of chemicals called phthalates in their urine were more likely to die of heart di...
Almost one-in-three people globally will still be mainly using polluting cooking fuels in 2030, research shows
Oct 05, 2021 (SPX)
This rises to more than four-in-five in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the number of people mainly using polluting fuels is growing at an alarming rate. A new study,...
Sea pollution after S.Africa riots an 'environmental catastrophe'
Oct 03, 2021 (AFP)
Rioters ran amok looting and setting structures ablaze in July after former president Jacob Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in jail for snubbing a corruption in...
'Pollution-sniffing' plane scours Belgium's coast
Oct 01, 2021 (AFP)
Ships risk a fine if the reading comes out too high. The Coast Guard aircraft is fitted with an atmospheric pollution sensor that crews call the "sniffer". Deve...
Europe's industrial air pollution costing hundreds of billions: report
Sep 29, 2021 (AFP)
In 2017, industrial air pollution cost society between 277 billion euros and 433 billion euros, according to a new report from the agency. "This is equivalent t...
US to crack down on potent class of greenhouse gases
Sep 23, 2021 (AFP)
The super-pollutants, known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), can be hundreds to thousands times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere,...
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