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Albania refuses to host Syria arsenal destruction

Nov 15, 2013 (AFP)

Albania Friday rejected a US request to host the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, in a new setback for the internationally-backed disarmament plan three...

Protests grow in Albania against Syria weapons destruction

Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)

Several hundred people protested on Thursday in the capital Tirana and number of other towns across Albania against the possible destruction of Syrian chemical ...

Street sweepers' strike hampers Madrid tourism

Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)

A street-sweepers strike in Madrid has left streets strewn with paper, broken glass and other litter, dealing a blow to the Spanish capital's image when it is a...

Litter piles up in Madrid as strike goes on

Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)

Carton, plastic bottles and other litter piled up in the streets of Madrid on Monday as an open-ended strike by street-sweepers against layoffs and pay cuts ent...

Tehran schools ordered shut over air pollution: report

Nov 10, 2013 (AFP)

Air pollution has forced Iranian authorities to close elementary schools and kindergartens in Tehran province for three days from Sunday, the state broadcaster ...

Thousands protest 'toxic' gold mine in Greece

Nov 09, 2013 (AFP)

More than 5,000 people took to the streets of Greece's second-largest city on Saturday, police said, to protest against a controversial gold mine that has fraye...

China climate negotiator laments 'severe' pollution

Nov 05, 2013 (AFP)

China's top negotiator at international climate talks said on Tuesday that air pollution in his own country -- the world's biggest carbon emitter -- is harming ...

Girl, 8, is China's youngest lung cancer case

Nov 05, 2013 (AFP)

An eight-year-old girl has become China's youngest lung cancer patient, reports said, with doctors blaming pollution as the direct cause of her illness. The gir...

200 million people at risk from toxic pollution: environmentalists

Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide risk exposure to toxic pollution, environmental groups warned Monday, publishing a list of the world's worst areas, inc...

Gold mining ravages Peru

Nov 04, 2013 (SPX)

For the first time, researchers have been able to map the true extent of gold mining in the biologically diverse region of Madre De Dios in the Peruvian Amazon....

UCSB researcher documents the enduring contaminant legacy of the California gold rush

Oct 31, 2013 (SPX)

An unintended legacy of California's gold rush, which began in 1848, endures today in the form of mercury-laden sediment. New research by Michael Singer, associ...

New low-cost, nondestructive technology cuts risk from mercury hot spots

Oct 30, 2013 (SPX)

Hot spots of mercury pollution in aquatic sediments and soils can contaminate local food webs and threaten ecosystems, but cleaning them up can be expensive and...

Mustard gas traces found close to Poland's Baltic Sea coast

Oct 28, 2013 (UPI)

Mustard gas contamination in the Baltic Sea is closer to the Polish coast than originally thought, within just a few hundred feet, researchers say. Scientists a...

Pollution debated in Canada's oil fields

Oct 26, 2013 (UPI)

U.S. scientists said areas near Canada's oil and gas production zones are heavily polluted and residents suffer elevated levels of different cancers. The region...

Illinois river otters exposed to chemicals banned decades ago

Oct 24, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers report that river otters in Central Illinois are being exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and pesticides that were banned in the U.S. in th...

China to begin inspection plan for air pollution

Oct 24, 2013 (UPI)

China will launch an air pollution inspection program, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said. Areas to be targeted include Beijing and regions around Ti...

Air Pollution Sources And Atmosphere-Warming Particles In South Asia

Oct 22, 2013 (SPX)

When Rajan Chakrabarty, Ph.D., an assistant research professor at the Desert Research Institute, began looking into the regional inventories of human-produced s...

Dangerous pollution levels blight Chinese city

Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)

Thick smog enveloped a major Chinese city for a third day Tuesday, with schools and a regional airport shut and poor visibility forcing ground transport to a ha...

Russian court brands Baikal protection group 'foreign agent'

Oct 18, 2013 (AFP)

A Russian court has ordered an environmental group fighting for the protection of Lake Baikal to register as a "foreign agent" because it receives funding from ...

Outdoor air pollution a leading cause of cancer

Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)

The World Health Organization on Thursday classified outdoor air pollution as a leading cause of cancer in humans. "The air we breathe has become polluted with ...