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Uganda garbage landslide death toll rises to 23

Aug 12, 2024 (AFP)

People and livestock were buried in mountains of waste at the landfill in the northern Kampala district of Kiteezi on Saturday after a collapse caused by heavy ...

'Fear and panic': Ugandans recount deadly garbage landslide

Aug 12, 2024 (AFP)

"I saw one side of my room collapsing. I dashed out half-naked," she recounted to AFP on Monday, surrounded by the remains of her home in the city's northern di...

NY eco activists turn up heat on Citi over polluting investments

Aug 11, 2024 (AFP)

Enraged by Citi's bankrolling of polluting businesses, activists have unleashed a "summer of heat" campaign that includes protests and leafleting, coupled with ...

Secretive Albanian island braces for the Trump treatment

Aug 09, 2024 (AFP)

The daughter of former US president Donald Trump and her partner want luxury villas to go up on the island of Sazan that for decades served as a garrison with b...

Ultrafine particles linked to deaths: Canada study

Aug 08, 2024 (AFP)

So-called UFPs -- 1,000 times thinner than a strand of hair -- have been found to cause cardiovascular disease and have been linked to cancer in adults, while e...

Olympic sponsor Coca-Cola under scrutiny for widespread plastic use

Aug 06, 2024 (AFP)

Fanta, Sprite and Coke are flowing unabated at Olympic venues, where staff have been seen emptying plastic bottles into reusable cups -- a practice some say run...

Deep sea mining opponents suffer major setback

Aug 03, 2024 (AFP)

Until now, those in favor of such mining -- which would deliver minerals key to the green transition but with a potentially high environmental cost -- have mana...

Kinshasa drowning under trash

Jul 31, 2024 (AFP)

With no centralised waste collection or landfill sites, the sprawling capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is blotted with steaming mounds of foul-smelli...

Mongolians fight plastic pollution in vast steppe

Jul 26, 2024 (AFP)

His country is among the world's top per capita producers of plastic waste, and without a centralised recycling programme, campaigners say some 90 percent of it...

Oil leaks, toxic emissions as Israel strike worsens Yemen pollution: NGOs

Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)

The strikes on Saturday, the first claimed by Israel on Yemen, hit fuel storage tanks in the main port under the control of the Iran-backed rebels, triggering a...

US to phase out federal purchase of single-use plastics

Jul 19, 2024 (AFP)

Since the US federal government is the single largest buyer of goods and services in the world, the decision could have a significant impact on global markets, ...

Microbes Identified to Eliminate Specific PFAS Contaminants

Jul 18, 2024 (SPX)

These microorganisms, identified as part of the genus Acetobacterium, are typically found in wastewater environments worldwide. Forever chemicals, technically k...

Search underway after French-owned ship loses 44 containers off S.Africa

Jul 17, 2024 (AFP)

The ultra-large container ship heading to Le Havre from Asia encountered bad weather in the Indian Ocean near the city of Durban on July 9, the South African Ma...

Spain cleans up after mystery substance closes three beaches

Jul 17, 2024 (AFP)

Workers in protective coats and masks shovelled tainted sand into plastic sacks. "All avenues of investigation are still open regarding the origin of the oil sp...

Leftover emeralds: the dream of Colombia's poor miners

Jul 17, 2024 (AFP)

In this small community in the foothills of the eastern Andes mountains, multinational mining company Esmeralda Mining Services (EMS) deposits tons of earth it ...

Nickel hub 'apocalyptic' for uncontacted Indonesia tribe, say NGOs

Jul 16, 2024 (AFP)

Nickel is a key component in the batteries of electric vehicles, and Indonesia is both the world's largest producer and home to the biggest known reserves globa...

Costa Rica announces win against Canadian gold miner over cancelled concession

Jul 16, 2024 (AFP)

"The government of the republic is pleased to inform the country that Costa Rica has won the case brought by Infinito Gold," the presidency said in a statement....

Poisoned by arsenic, and with no way out, Peruvians live in fear

Jul 16, 2024 (AFP)

The 37-year-old is one of 120 residents of the Huarmey slums in the Ancash department who were found to have high levels of arsenic in their blood when 140 peop...

Air pollution warning for Paris Olympic village

Jul 16, 2024 (AFP)

Respire, which released a report into air quality problems at sports fields around the French capital, said that its results showed that "almost all" of the wor...

Oh my (long) days: Melting ice caps slow Earth's spin

Jul 15, 2024 (AFP)

Now a study out Monday shows that the melting of the polar ice caps is causing our planet to spin more slowly, increasing the length of days at an "unprecedente...