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Environmental risks kill 1.7mn kids under 5 a year: WHO
Mar 06, 2017 (AFP)
More than one in four deaths in children under five are linked to polluted environments, according to two new World Health Organization reports published Monday...
Pakistan's financial capital Karachi turned 'into rubbish bin'
Mar 05, 2017 (AFP)
Neighbours forced their way into Mohammad Umair's home battling smoke and flames in a desperate bid to rescue his young family -- he and his wife survived, thei...
City noise linked to hearing loss: study
Mar 03, 2017 (AFP)
Urban noise pollution and hearing loss are closely linked, according to rankings of 50 large cities in both categories released on Friday. High-decibel urban ar...
Israel court orders toxic chemical tank emptied
Mar 01, 2017 (AFP)
An Israeli court ruled Wednesday that a tanker of liquefied ammonia in the port city of Haifa must be emptied of its toxic content within 30 days. The container...
Study finds high levels of toxic chemicals in house cats
Feb 24, 2017 (UPI)
Your cat is a repository for chemicals in your home. As scientists suspected, tests show harmful chemicals can accumulate in the blood of healthy cats. Research...
Ex-yoga missionary unleashes rage on Philippine miners
Feb 23, 2017 (AFP)
After two decades as a yoga missionary, Philippine Environment Secretary Regina Lopez is unleashing her inner rage on the mining industry while aiming for Bhuta...
Vietnam to punish officials over mass fish deaths
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
Vietnam said Wednesday it will punish 11 senior officials for misconduct over a toxic waste dump last year that killed tonnes of fish in one of the country's wo...
Study finds 6,600 fracking spills in four states over 10 years
Feb 21, 2017 (UPI)
In a new study, researchers tallied spills at hydraulic fracturing sites between 2005 and 2014 in Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota and Pennsylvania. Researche...
Tiny plastic particles from clothing, tyres clogging oceans: report
Feb 21, 2017 (AFP)
Invisible particles washed off products like synthetic clothing and car tyres account for up to a third of the plastic polluting oceans, impacting eco-systems a...
Trump's pick to head environment agency confirmed
Feb 17, 2017 (AFP)
The US Senate on Friday confirmed fossil-fuel ally and global warming skeptic Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency, installing a legal exper...
Environmental lawyer murdered in Philippines: police
Feb 17, 2017 (AFP)
A Philippine lawyer who specialised in investigating crimes against the environment has been ambushed and shot dead, police said Friday. The murder on Wednesday...
'Resurrecting' tiny lake lifeforms to study evolutionary responses to pollution
Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)
A University of Michigan biologist combined the techniques of "resurrection ecology" with the study of dated lake sediments to examine evolutionary responses to...
Polluted Indian lake catches fire
Feb 17, 2017 (AFP)
Toxic smoke billowed Friday from a lake in India's technology capital Bangalore after the polluted water caught fire, with residents lamenting authorities' alle...
Polish activists complain to EU about toxic smog
Feb 17, 2017 (AFP)
Polish environmental groups on Friday filed a complaint with the European Union against national and local authorities for failing to fight lethal levels of smo...
Underwater seagrass beds dial back polluted seawater
Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)
Seagrass meadows - bountiful underwater gardens that nestle close to shore and are the most common coastal ecosystem on Earth - can reduce bacterial exposure fo...
London to tax old cars to combat air pollution
Feb 17, 2017 (AFP)
Motorists in London who own old polluting vehicles are to be hit with a new charge from October, Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Friday, two days after the EU ordered ...
EU emits 'final warning' to Britain, France on air pollution
Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)
The EU ordered five member countries including Britain, France and Germany to tighten controls on smog-causing car pollution or risk being sent to the top Europ...
Miners protest Philippine plan to cancel 75 contracts
Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)
Mining firms in the Philippines voiced outrage Wednesday over government plans to cancel nearly one quarter of the nation's contracts, plus a permit to exploit ...
Israel court puts off deadline for emptying toxic tank
Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)
An Israeli court Wednesday postponed the deadline for a container in Haifa capable of holding 12,000 tonnes of ammonia to be emptied of its toxic content, judic...
Banned chemicals from the '70s found in the deepest reaches of the ocean
Feb 14, 2017 (SPX)
A study, led by Newcastle University's Dr Alan Jamieson, has uncovered the first evidence that man-made pollutants have now reached the farthest corners of our ...
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