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New research measures how much plastic is lethal for marine life
Nov 17, 2025 (AFP)
The bar is low, according to a new study out Monday: less than three sugar cubes worth could kill birds like Atlantic puffins, for example. That threshold "is m...
BHP liable for 2015 Brazil mine disaster: UK court
Nov 14, 2025 (AFP)
A dam collapse in 2015 at an iron-ore mine run by a firm co-owned by BHP killed 19 people and unleashed a deluge of toxic mud into villages, fields, rainforest,...
Light pollution disrupts carbon cycle balance across continents
Nov 13, 2025 (SPX)
The researchers found that increased nighttime lighting boosts ecosystem respiration, leading to higher atmospheric carbon dioxide output. However, this process...
Right-tilting EU parliament backs unpicking green business rules
Nov 13, 2025 (AFP)
Parliament's biggest centre-right bloc joined forces with the hard right to back amending the legislation on corporate sustainability -- a law approved only las...
UK water firm says 'highly likely' behind plastic pellet pollution incident
Nov 10, 2025 (AFP)
Southern Water, which provides water and sewage services to millions of customers across a swathe of southern England, blamed a "failure" at one of its treatmen...
'I miss breathing': Delhi protesters demand action on pollution
Nov 09, 2025 (AFP)
Parents in the crowd brought their children, who wore masks and waved placards, with one reading: "I miss breathing". New Delhi with its sprawling metropolitan ...
Countries agree to end mercury tooth fillings by 2034
Nov 08, 2025 (AFP)
At a conference in Geneva, signatories to a treaty aimed at protecting human health and the environment from mercury pollution called time on mercury amalgams. ...
S.African court urged to allow Anglo American lead-poisoning suit
Nov 07, 2025 (AFP)
The legal team urged the South African Supreme Court of Appeal to overturn a December 2023 ruling dismissing efforts to sue the British-based company over pollu...
As clock ticks down, Greece tries to clean up its act on waste
Nov 03, 2025 (AFP)
In a country where many think nothing of dumping used appliances, old furniture and even toilets on the street with their garbage, the municipality of North Cor...
India's cloud seeding trials 'costly spectacle'
Nov 02, 2025 (AFP)
Cloud seeding involves spraying particles such as silver iodide and salt into clouds from aircraft to trigger rain, that can wash pollutants from the air. Delhi...
Sunlight and Seawater Break Down Synthetic Fabrics into Microfibers Polluting Oceans
Oct 30, 2025 (SPX)
The researchers placed samples of colored polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fabrics into seawater and exposed them to ultraviolet light in laboratory conditions ...
New method harnesses solar-powered biofilms to eliminate soil pollutants
Oct 27, 2025 (SPX)
Scientists have discovered that non-phototrophic microbes in soil can utilize sunlight through mineral-microbe interactions, expanding the recognized impact of ...
India trials Delhi cloud seeding to combat deadly smog
Oct 24, 2025 (AFP)
Cloud seeding is the practice of using aeroplanes to fire salt or other chemicals into clouds to induce rain. New Delhi city authorities, working with the gover...
EU parliament adopts curbs on plastic pellet pollution
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
The text introduces new rules to hold handling and transport firms accountable for spills of the lentil-sized pellets, called nurdles, which are used in everyth...
Unspoilt corner of Portugal fears arrival of high-end tourism
Oct 22, 2025 (AFP)
Rapid development in the coastal region of Comporta has alarmed locals and environmentalists, who fear a repeat of the unchecked growth seen in Portugal's south...
EU takes aim at plastic pellets to prevent their nightmare cleanup
Oct 21, 2025 (AFP)
But when tens of millions of them spill from trucks or cargo ships they are devilish to clean up, blighting landscapes and washing up around the world for years...
Machine learning and solar energy unite for sustainable soil remediation
Oct 21, 2025 (SPX)
The system uses machine learning to dynamically allocate solar energy between electrical and thermal processes, maintaining stable pollutant removal even under ...
Indian capital chokes after Diwali firework frenzy
Oct 21, 2025 (AFP)
This month, the Supreme Court relaxed a ban on fireworks during the festival of lights, allowing the use of less-polluting "green firecrackers" -- designed to e...
Tunisian city on general strike over factory pollution
Oct 21, 2025 (AFP)
Thousands have recently rallied in the city of some 400,000 inhabitants to demand the closure of a state-run phosphate processing plant which they say is behind...
Flood reckoning for Bali on overdevelopment, waste
Oct 20, 2025 (AFP)
The deluge that killed at least 18 people and left four missing was the island's worst in a decade, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Age...
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