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Blue sky thinking: China cleans up for G20 summit
Sep 02, 2016 (AFP)
Factories have been closed to ensure blue skies, potential troublemakers detained and a quarter of the residents have left: welcome to Hangzhou, a city China's ...
Garbage crisis returns to parts of Lebanon
Sep 01, 2016 (AFP)
A garbage crisis has returned to Lebanon with piles of trash piling up in regions north of Beirut months after the government headed off a political crisis over...
Seabirds eat debris that looks like natural prey
Aug 31, 2016 (UPI)
As pollution piles up in the ocean and on shore, seabirds are paying the ultimate price. In examining the stomachs and intestines of dead birds collected in Aus...
People enhanced the environment, not degraded it, over past 13,000 years
Aug 31, 2016 (SPX)
Human occupation is usually associated with deteriorated landscapes, but new research shows that 13,000 years of repeated occupation by British Columbia's coast...
New tool helps citizens reduce nitrogen load on Chesapeake Bay
Aug 30, 2016 (UPI)
Scientists have developed a new tool to help citizens do their part to reduce the amount of nitrogen flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. Nitrogen is the main catal...
Design flaws led to deadly Brazil mine disaster: report
Aug 30, 2016 (AFP)
Design flaws and a series of problems over six years led to the collapse of a mine dam and the loss of 19 lives in Brazil's worst environmental disaster, mining...
Chinese cities shut down factories ahead of G20 summit
Aug 29, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese authorities have shut down scores of factories and ordered a mandatory holiday for workers ahead of a summit of leaders of the Group of 20 economic powe...
New map shows alarming growth of the human footprint
Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)
A James Cook University scientist says a new map of the ecological footprint of humankind shows 97 per cent of the most species-rich places on Earth have been s...
Microplastics found deep in the middle of the ocean
Aug 26, 2016 (UPI)
They're everywhere, even in the deep, open ocean. They are microplastics, and researchers want to know how they might be affecting biodiversity in the middle of...
Storm in heaven: Bali protests target major development
Aug 25, 2016 (AFP)
Not far from tourists sipping cocktails on Bali's tropical, palm-fringed beaches, thousands of protesters in sarongs and headdresses waved banners and chanted d...
Friends become foes when environments become 'benign'
Aug 24, 2016 (UPI)
Nature is full of alliances, mutualistic partnerships between two species. Flowers offer bees and butterflies nectar in exchange for pollination. Anemones offer...
DR Congo's second city poisoned by years of mining
Aug 22, 2016 (AFP)
"In this stream, the fish vanished long ago, killed by acids and waste from the mines," says Lubumbashi resident Heritier Maloba, staring into the murky waters ...
Coca-Cola halts India plant over pollution issue
Aug 19, 2016 (AFP)
Coca-Cola has temporarily halted operations at a bottling plant in northern India over alleged environmental violations, an ongoing controversy which has dogged...
Sick throng Indian capital's new, high-tech clinics
Aug 19, 2016 (AFP)
For asthma sufferer Mohan Lal, regular visits to the Indian capital's hospitals were a nightmare of waiting in endless queues in sweltering corridors that swarm...
Cloth masks fail to keep out pollution
Aug 19, 2016 (UPI)
White cloth masks are ubiquitous in many Asian cities where urban commuters must daily battle significant pollution, but new research suggests the masks offer l...
Chemtrails not real, say leading atmospheric science experts
Aug 17, 2016 (SPX)
Well-understood physical and chemical processes can easily explain the alleged evidence of a secret, large-scale atmospheric spraying program, commonly referred...
'Smoke waves' will affect millions in coming decades
Aug 17, 2016 (SPX)
Wildfires threaten more than land and homes. The smoke they produce contains fine particles (PM2.5) that can poison the air for hundreds of miles. Air pollution...
Surveyed scientists debunk chemtrails conspiracy theory
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
The world's leading atmospheric scientists overwhelmingly deny the existence of a secret, elite-driven plot to release harmful chemicals into the air from high-...
Court lifts ban on large diesel cars in Delhi
Aug 12, 2016 (AFP)
India's top court Friday lifted a ban on the registration of new high-end diesel vehicles in New Delhi after carmakers said they had been left stranded with tho...
Environmental regulations can actually boost bottom lines, sometimes
Aug 12, 2016 (UPI)
Industry rarely accepts new or stronger environmental regulations willingly or without a well-funded fight. Lobbyists and spokespeople for companies do their be...
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