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Green tourism project uproots Benin fishing communities
May 30, 2024 (AFP)
Now the 62-year-old retiree faces upheaval with a French-backed green tourism development project expected to push his and other fishing communities off the lan...
'Come back': Champs-Elysees wants to win over Parisians
May 30, 2024 (AFP)
But one thing seems to be missing amid the throngs of tourists -- Parisians themselves. A true Parisian is rare on the Champs-Elysees, and as one local said, th...
Teabags don't readily deteriorate in the environment and impact terrestrial species
May 29, 2024 (SPX)
The research looked at commonly available teabags made using three different compositions of polylactic acid (PLA), which is derived from sources such as corn s...
Seoul govt finds high levels of toxic chemicals in Shein products
May 28, 2024 (AFP)
Shein, headquartered in Singapore, has skyrocketed in popularity around the world in recent years, offering a vast selection of trendy clothes and accessories a...
Philippines deploys river rangers in battle against plastic
May 28, 2024 (AFP)
Narvas, 30, is one of more than a thousand rangers employed by the government to clean up the city's waterways, where tonnes of rubbish end up every year. "It's...
Most bathing sites in Europe safe: EU environment agency
May 28, 2024 (AFP)
Only 1.5 percent of bathing sites were rated as "poor" while 85 percent received the most rigorous "excellent" rating in the EEA's annual report. If tests show ...
New strategy for removing persistent PFAS contaminants unveiled
May 10, 2024 (SPX)
These fire-suppression foams, heavily laden with poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), have for decades contributed to significant environmental pollutio...
Panama president-elect proposes 'calm' talks on contested mine
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
Mulino said that he was open to direct dialogue about Central America's biggest copper mine, which has been ordered to close -- but only without international a...
Nepal's nature threatened by new development push: conservationists
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
A fifth of the Himalayan republic's total lands have been designated as protected areas established to forbid infrastructure projects that could damage the envi...
Judge tosses California children's pollution suit against US govt
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
The case was one of a series of legal actions taken around the world by young people worried about the effects of climate change. The youths, aged between eight...
Chinese mill blamed for turning Serbia village red with pollution
May 07, 2024 (AFP)
"There are times of the day when breathing normally is impossible," said Zvezdan Veljkovic, from the village of Radinac, where the mill is based. Radinac has be...
Health Risks from Gas Stoves Highlighted in U.S. Study
May 06, 2024 (SPX)
Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Professor Rob Jackson, the senior author of the study published on May 3 in Science Advances, expressed surprise at the ...
Niger gold mines ordered shut after animals die
May 05, 2024 (AFP)
Herders around the town of Tabelot had pointed to Sahara SARL's mines as the only explanation for their animals' deaths, saying the region was not suffering fro...
70% of environment journalists report attacks, threats, pressure: UN
May 02, 2024 (AFP)
Of those, two in five subsequently experienced physical violence, it said in a report released on World Press Freedom Day. More than 900 reporters were question...
Plastic pollution talks move closer to world-first pact
Apr 30, 2024 (AFP)
For the first time in the negotiations, delegates from 175 countries and observers discussed a draft of what is to become a global treaty on ending the scourge ...
French charity boycotts Olympic torch relay over Coca-Cola
Apr 30, 2024 (AFP)
"Clean My Calanques", an NGO in Marseille which specialises in beach-cleaning, received funding from the 2024 Paris Olympics organising committee for its work e...
G7 to target fashion's climate footprint: French minister
Apr 29, 2024 (AFP)
The Group of Seven industrialised nations meeting for two-day talks in Italy will declare in a statement Tuesday that "we must face the issue we have with fast ...
G7 to commit to reducing plastic production: French ministry
Apr 29, 2024 (AFP)
Plastics are found everywhere from mountaintops to ocean depths, and in human blood and breast milk. "The G7 recognizes for the first time that the level of pla...
Plastics pollution may be solved without production cap: Canada minister
Apr 26, 2024 (AFP)
Speaking on the sidelines of negotiations in Ottawa on a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said there are "a lot...
The Myanmar 'water brothers' salvaging shipwrecks on the tide
Apr 25, 2024 (AFP)
His target is a 53-metre (174-foot) long cargo vessel resting on the silty riverbed in Myanmar's commercial hub, whose steel carcass will fetch a tidy sum as sc...
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