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Peru declares mercury poison emergency due to gold mining
May 23, 2016 (AFP)
Peru declared an environmental emergency on Monday in 11 Amazon jungle districts where mercury pollution blamed on unregulated gold mining is poisoning people a...
Residents near Madrid return home as toxic tyre blaze under control
May 14, 2016 (AFP)
Spanish authorities allowed residents near a giant tyre dump blaze to return home Saturday, saying that toxic fumes billowing from the rubber heap posed less of...
Floods and coastal erosion may expose contents of UK landfills, study finds
May 11, 2016 (SPX)
The contents of historic coastal landfill sites could pose a significant environmental threat if they erode, according to a new study from Queen Mary University...
Thai villagers hail gold mine closure in rare environmental win
May 11, 2016 (AFP)
Thai villagers on Wednesday celebrated a junta move to shutter a controversial gold mine, a rare blow to big business in a kingdom where environmental concerns ...
Mexico eyes anti-pollution measures for smoggy capital
May 10, 2016 (AFP)
Authorities announced on Tuesday new measures to combat a recent increase in air pollution in Mexico City, as officials reported an increase in related ailments...
Religion goes green in Taiwan pollution battle
May 09, 2016 (AFP)
Smoke billows daily from temples across Taiwan as visitors burn incense and paper money to bring luck and prosperity -- but that familiar fragrant haze could be...
New Yorkers to pay for disposable plastic and paper bags
May 05, 2016 (AFP)
New Yorkers will soon have to pay for disposable plastic and paper bags in a city that consumes billions of them each year. The City Council voted on Thursday t...
Mexico City lifts pollution alert
May 05, 2016 (AFP)
Mexico City on Thursday lifted a three-day-old pollution alert that had kept nearly half the city's 5.5 million vehicles off the streets. The restriction agains...
Mexico City businesses say smog alert cost $300 mn
May 04, 2016 (AFP)
Mexico City businesses warned Tuesday that traffic restrictions have cost them more than $300 million since April as authorities banned nearly half of vehicles ...
Diesel cab drivers protest ban in India's smog-choked capital
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of taxi drivers protested in New Delhi on Monday against a ban on diesel cabs, the latest initiative aimed at improving air quality in the world's most...
Tonnes of clams die in Vietnam as toxic leak fears mount
Apr 28, 2016 (AFP)
More than 100 tonnes of clams have perished in central Vietnam, state media reported Thursday, as public outrage mounts over a possible toxic leak into the sea ...
Computers play a crucial role in preserving the Earth
Apr 26, 2016 (SPX)
Computers have helped revolutionize the commercial world and transformed the lives of the general public through the development of the Internet and mobile tech...
Champs-Elysees to be pedestrianised once a month to combat smog
Apr 25, 2016 (AFP)
Paris' most famous boulevard, the Champs-Elysees, will be off-limits to cars on the first Sunday of every month starting in May, Paris city hall said Monday. Th...
Riviera beaches spared as Italy oil slick dissolves
Apr 24, 2016 (AFP)
Oil slicks off the Italian Riviera have largely dissolved and no longer pose a threat to the region's beaches, the official overseeing the clean-up operation sa...
Italy monitoring oil slick off Riviera coast
Apr 23, 2016 (AFP)
Italian authorities said Saturday they were monitoring an oil slick off the country's picturesque Riviera coast, but said the risk of a new spill into the Medit...
Expect more unhealthy ozone days in the next decades: study
Apr 21, 2016 (AFP)
A warming planet means more hot days than before, and the phenomenon could cause three to nine more days per year when ozone levels are unhealthy by the 2050s, ...
China probes polluted school as parents urge action
Apr 21, 2016 (AFP)
Parents of students at an elite Chinese secondary school have demanded government action, claiming their children developed health problems from former chemical...
China air pollution shifts west in first quarter: Greenpeace
Apr 20, 2016 (AFP)
Air pollution in western China jumped in the first three months of 2016, a Greenpeace report showed Wednesday, while the vast majority of cities throughout the ...
Pollutants in fish inhibit human's natural defense system
Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)
In a new study, environmental pollutants found in fish were shown to obstruct the human body's natural defense system to expel harmful toxins. The Scripps Insti...
Atomically thin sensor detects harmful air pollution in the home
Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists from the University of Southampton, in partnership with the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), have developed a graphene-bas...
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