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Serbia vows to protect environment after mine ruling
Jul 12, 2024 (AFP)
Serbia's constitutional court on Thursday ruled against a 2022 government decision to halt Rio Tinto's multibillion-dollar project to exploit some of Europe's l...
Dust in the air eased slightly in 2023: UN
Jul 12, 2024 (AFP)
The UN's weather and climate agency called for greater vigilance in the face of climate change, as drier surface soil leads to more dust being carried in the wi...
Copenhagen to reward eco-friendly actions with freebies
Jul 11, 2024 (AFP)
Denmark's capital city is set to launch on Monday its scheme that will allow people to claim rewards by showing proof like a train ticket or a photo of themselv...
Europe's drinking water contamined by 'forever chemical': NGOs
Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)
It follows an earlier study in May, also by the European Pesticide Action Network (PAN Europe) and its members, that found "alarming" levels of PFAS chemicals i...
Music festivals seek greener footprint
Jul 04, 2024 (AFP)
These days, megastars are usually keener to claim a smaller footprint. Coldplay, who just headlined Glastonbury Festival in Britain, recently announced they had...
Air pollution drives 7% of deaths in big Indian cities: study
Jul 03, 2024 (AFP)
Smog-filled Indian cities including the capital Delhi suffer from some of the world's worst air pollution, choking the lungs of residents and posing a rising th...
Cambodia sentences green campaigners for 'plotting' over activism
Jul 02, 2024 (AFP)
The activists from Mother Nature, one of Cambodia's few environmental advocacy groups, denied the charges, which they said were politically motivated. Am Sam At...
Gold mine leak 'poisons' 185 people in ICoast: officials
Jul 02, 2024 (AFP)
The Cavally River, an important resource for drinking water and fish for the region's inhabitants, runs for several hundred kilometres (miles) along the west of...
Villages near DR Congo mine count cost of river pollution
Jul 01, 2024 (AFP)
"We cannot live properly with this polluted water," the pregnant 23-year-old said among the cabbages, amaranth and other vegetables at her plot in DR Congo's so...
EU to enforce fixed plastic bottle tops
Jun 28, 2024 (AFP)
A range of products from bottles of water and fizzy drinks to cartons of milk and juice must have a cap that stays attached to the vessel once part of a 2019 EU...
Top US court blocks air pollution measure
Jun 27, 2024 (AFP)
The "good neighbor" plan would not have taken effect until 2026, but a series of states and companies requested that it be blocked now while litigation against ...
Paris river Seine over Olympics pollution limit: analysis
Jun 21, 2024 (AFP)
"Samples from the Seine do not meet the standards we will have this summer" for the river when the Olympic Games are held from July 26 to August 11, Paris regio...
Air pollution linked to nearly 2,000 child deaths a day: report
Jun 19, 2024 (AFP)
Exposure to air pollution contributed to the deaths of 8.1 million people -- around 12 percent of all fatalities -- in 2021, according to the report from the US...
Illegal gold mining eats into Peruvian Amazon
Jun 17, 2024 (AFP)
This mega-diverse region of southeast Peru has lost on average 21,000 hectares (52,000 acres) of rain forest -- an area twice the size of Paris -- every year si...
ArcelorMittal rejects report on pollution rules; Singapore beaches closed due to oil spill
Jun 14, 2024 (AFP)
The plant in the central city of Zenica has "violated nearly all of the 141 measures" outlined in its last environmental permit issued by local authorities in 2...
New portable infrared micro-spectrometers for improved air quality monitoring
Jun 09, 2024 (SPX)
Developed by the Centre's University of Melbourne team, the technology is published in Microsystems and Nanoengineering. It uses a machine learning algorithm an...
Thailand warns 'Jurassic World' producers over filming impact
Jun 06, 2024 (AFP)
Hollywood superstar Scarlett Johansson has reportedly been lined up to star in the seventh movie in the long-running dinosaur series. Shooting for parts of the ...
Cambodia environmental activists boycott 'plotting' trial
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
Ten campaigners from Mother Nature, one of Cambodia's last environmental activism groups, are facing jail sentences of five to 10 years if convicted in the plot...
Indonesia law giving religious groups mining permits sparks outrage
Jun 03, 2024 (AFP)
Outgoing President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, signed a decree on Thursday, opening the path for religious groups to manage concessions to "improve ...
Meet Neo Px: the super plant that attacks air pollution
Jun 02, 2024 (AFP)
Neo Px is a bioengineered plant capable of purifying indoor air at an unprecedented scale, the first in a potentially long line of such super-powered organisms....
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