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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...
North China smog to last until mid-November: state media
Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)
Tens of millions of people in the capital and surrounding areas have this week been hit by some of the region's worst prolonged smog in months. On Wednesday, Be...
China's smog problem explained
Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)
Here's what you need to know about the smog in northern China: - Just how bad is it? - China's weather office has said "foggy and hazy" conditions are prevalent...
Northern China chokes under severe pollution
Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)
Several areas of north China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, home to over 100 million people, are suffering from some of the worst pollution they have seen in m...
A Tale of Three Pollutants
Oct 31, 2023 (SPX)
"This was the summer I spent watching summer out my window," Fears said. That's because asthma runs in her family, and smoke from wildfires in Canada had wafted...
Panama tribunal, president at odds over mine deal referendum
Oct 30, 2023 (AFP)
President Laurentino Cortizo on Sunday suggested holding a referendum on December 17 in a bid to defuse 10-day-old demonstrations that have blocked roads and st...
The Paris deal climate initiative that could escalate greenwashing
Oct 30, 2023 (AFP)
Greenwashing is when companies or countries use deceptive claims to convince the public that their products or operations are environmentally friendly. In 2015,...
New oil leak from grounded Swedish ferry
Oct 29, 2023 (AFP)
The Marco Polo ferry, operated by TT-Line, ran aground south of the southern city of Karlshamn on October 22, with the vessel's 75 passengers safely evacuated. ...
Two fined over ferry oil spill in Sweden
Oct 27, 2023 (AFP)
The Marco Polo passenger ferry, operated by TT-Line, ran aground near the southern city of Karlshamn early Sunday, with the vessel's 75 passengers safely evacua...
'No Man's Land' parade of music and trash charms Johannesburg
Oct 25, 2023 (AFP)
A small boy in a torn T-shirt takes in the sunny scene, eyes wide open and fists on his hips. He was one of several children following the parade, unsupervised ...
'Severely punished': Vietnam environmental activists face crackdown
Oct 25, 2023 (AFP)
But it wasn't enough, and last month she became the fifth environmentalist jailed for tax evasion, in what activists see as a campaign to silence them. Her conv...
Panama police in standoff with protesters over Canadian-run mine
Oct 24, 2023 (AFP)
The protesters are concerned about potential environmental damage from operations at the mine owned by First Quantum, one of the biggest copper extractors in th...
'Til trash do us part: Taiwan couple embraces garbage wedding shoot
Oct 21, 2023 (AFP)
Greenpeace campaigner Iris Hsueh and her fiance are having their "environmentally friendly wedding" in January, and have asked guests to bring their own contain...
Thai government pledges action as Bangkok pollution spikes
Oct 20, 2023 (AFP)
Bangkok ranked as the world's 10th most polluted city on Friday, according to the air quality monitoring firm IQAir. Government officials said the sudden spike ...
Dutch criminal probe against US firm DuPont over 'forever chemicals'
Oct 19, 2023 (AFP)
The Public Prosecutor's Office launched the probe after a class-action suit by 2,400 people over contamination from toxic chemicals found in everyday items such...
Hong Kong sticks a fork in disposable plastic products
Oct 18, 2023 (AFP)
Plastic waste is the finance hub's second-largest source of municipal solid waste, with the average amount disposed a day totalling 2,331 tonnes in 2021 -- a we...
EU unveils plan to halt microplastics pollution via pellets
Oct 16, 2023 (AFP)
The microscopic pellets, called nurdles, are the building blocks for most of the world's plastic production, from car bumpers to salad bowls. The legislation fr...
Senegal awash in plastic from popular water sachets
Oct 13, 2023 (AFP)
"This is our rubbish bin," he says with a laugh, sitting with friends in the shade of a large wooden fishing boat. The white sand shore is littered with plastic...
'Licence to hide': Western plastic waste dumped in Myanmar
Oct 13, 2023 (AFP)
For several years sites across Shwepyithar township have been filling up with trash that chokes fields, blocks the drainage of monsoon rains and causes fire ris...
Fiji minister urges 'quicker' plastic pollution treaty
Oct 12, 2023 (AFP)
A draft of the treaty on reducing global plastic pollution was unveiled last month and will form the basis for several rounds of negotiations, including next mo...
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