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Experts trash Hong Kong's 'throwaway culture' ahead of plastic ban
Nov 27, 2023 (AFP)
The coded mug can be returned to 35 coffee shops taking part in a Greenpeace pilot project aiming to change one of the city's most wasteful consumption habits -...
Air pollution behind over 250,000 deaths in Europe in 2021: agency
Nov 24, 2023 (AFP)
Fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, is a term for fine particulates that are typically the by-product of car exhausts or coal-fired power plants. Their tiny size...
Kentucky train derailment spills molten sulfur, prompts evacuations
Nov 23, 2023 (AFP)
CSX, the transport company operating the train, said two of the at least 16 cars affected were carrying molten sulfur. Specialized equipment was being deployed ...
Load of rubbish: litter-hunters vie for unusual world title in Tokyo
Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)
The Spogomi World Cup saw 21 countries battle it out to collect the most rubbish within a set time limit, scouring the streets in search of plastic, cigarette b...
Frustration as latest talks on global plastic treaty close
Nov 19, 2023 (AFP)
Negotiators spent a week at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi haggling over a draft treaty to tackle the growing problem of plastic po...
EU agrees to extend list of environmental crimes
Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)
The provisional accord -- which has to be formally adopted at a later stage -- adds activities like timber trafficking, illegal ship recycling, the illicit use ...
PepsiCo sued by New York state over plastic pollution
Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)
The civil suit, filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James in the state Supreme Court, seeks a finding that PepsiCo contributed to a "public nuisance" in ...
Pupils, employees urged to stay home in smog-hit Tehran
Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)
"One third of the employees of all executive bodies will work remotely on Wednesday due to the accumulation of pollutants," the official IRNA news agency report...
'Forever chemicals' blood tests in Belgium over polluted water
Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)
Local authorities have been rocked after an investigation by the RTBF news outlet last week revealed they had ignored warnings over elevated chemical levels in ...
Campaigners demand Thailand act on air pollution
Nov 13, 2023 (AFP)
The Thailand Clean Air Network (CAN), a group of academics and activists, submitted a proposed law to the government along with an open letter urging Prime Mini...
Hundreds of activists demand plastic action in Kenya
Nov 11, 2023 (AFP)
Representatives from more than 170 nations will meet in Nairobi from Monday to negotiate what concrete measures should be included in a binding worldwide treaty...
Scientists caution against a reliance on mechanical devices to clear water bodies of plastic
Nov 10, 2023 (SPX)
The researchers - comprising a number of the world's foremost experts in plastic pollution - say they appreciate the clear and pressing need to tackle the milli...
Battle looms over renewed plastic treaty negotiations
Nov 10, 2023 (AFP)
Nations agreed last year to finalise by 2024 a world-first UN treaty to address the scourge of plastics found everywhere from mountain tops to ocean depths, and...
'Like breathing poison': Delhi children hardest hit by smog
Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)
The spartan emergency room of the government-run Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya hospital in the Indian capital is crowded with children struggling to breathe -- ...
South Africa deploys military to tackle illegal mining
Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)
The mineral-rich country counts thousands of illegal miners, whose activities frustrate mining companies and are seen as a source of criminality by local reside...
Green 'Marianne' brings climate crisis to French letterboxes
Nov 07, 2023 (AFP)
The "Marianne of the future" represents the feminine symbol -- whose image can be seen in public buildings such as town halls across France, or as a monumental ...
Fans forgo facemasks as India's toxic smog clouds World Cup
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
Both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka had cancelled training sessions ahead of their match in New Delhi worried at health impacts, but players took to the pitch without...
New Delhi to restrict vehicles as pollution spikes
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
Delhi, home to 30 million people, is blanketed in acrid smog at the onset of winter every year, primarily blamed on stubble burning by farmers in the neighbouri...
Public outcry over construction near Vietnam's Ha Long Bay
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
The bay, famed for its brilliant turquoise waters dotted with towering rainforest-topped limestone islands, is one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destination...
Schools shut as toxic smog engulfs India's capital
Nov 03, 2023 (AFP)
Smoke from farmers burning crop stubble, vehicle exhaust and factory emissions combine every winter to blanket Delhi in a choking haze. The public health crisis...
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