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Yemen's explosives contamination among world's worst: ICRC
Sep 11, 2023 (AFP)
The impoverished Arab nation, plunged into conflict when Iran-backed Huthi rebels seized the capital in September 2014, is among the three worst affected countr...
Troops dislodge 11,500 illegal miners from Venezuelan reserve
Sep 10, 2023 (AFP)
The miners were removed from the 320,000-hectare (790,737-acre) Yapacana park in Venezuela's south, where they had been "engaged in the systematic and sustained...
Japan's Mount Fuji 'screaming' from too many tourists
Sep 08, 2023 (AFP)
Now authorities have had enough, saying the number of hikers trekking up the world-famous volcano -- night and day -- is dangerous and an ecological embarrassme...
World inches step closer towards plastic pollution deal: UN
Sep 05, 2023 (AFP)
Some 175 nations are working to reach a landmark agreement by end-2024 that will curb plastic pollution, which ends up in oceans, birds' stomachs and on mountai...
DuPont and Chemours sued in Dutch 'forever chemicals' case
Sep 04, 2023 (AFP)
The complaint by some 2,400 people is the latest in a saga which has seen chemical firms pay out billions of dollars over contamination from toxic chemicals fou...
Air pollution greatest global threat to human health, says benchmark study
Aug 29, 2023 (AFP)
Yet the level of funding set aside to confront the challenge is a fraction of the amount earmarked for fighting infectious diseases, said the research from the ...
Kids entitled to clean, healthy environment: UN committee
Aug 28, 2023 (AFP)
Issuing a fresh interpretation of an important international rights treaty, the United Nations watchdog determined that it guarantees children the right to a he...
Indonesia sanctions 11 industrial firms over Jakarta pollution spikes
Aug 28, 2023 (AFP)
Air pollution levels in the megalopolis of about 30 million people have risen to some of the highest in the world in recent months, topping global rankings mult...
Russian teen eco-activists fight for future as risks mount
Aug 27, 2023 (AFP)
"It smells like herbal tea," he jokes after taking a waft of the sample while Sonia, his wife, jots down notes. She records the odour and its yellowish colour a...
Dutch group threatens lawsuit over Tata Steel pollution
Aug 24, 2023 (AFP)
Tata Steel's massive plant at the mouth of the IJ river west of the capital has come under increasing fire from residents and health authorities, who accuse it ...
NASA's TEMPO sends first North American pollution data maps
Aug 24, 2023 (UPI)
"Neighborhoods and communities across the country will benefit from TEMPO's game-changing data for decades to come," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a st...
As wildfires multiply, a new era of air pollution
Aug 22, 2023 (AFP)
Here's what you should know about air pollution from these blazes. - What we know - One of the defining aspects of smoke from wildfires is "particulate matter" ...
Jakarta orders civil servants work from home to improve air quality
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
Jakarta and its surrounding cities form a megalopolis of about 30 million people, and its airborne concentration of the tiny particles known as PM 2.5 recently ...
London police probe vandalism of vehicle pollution cameras
Aug 18, 2023 (AFP)
The Metropolitan Police launched an operation in April after it received reports from local government agency Transport for London (TfL) of criminal damage and ...
Oceans release microplastics into the atmosphere
Aug 17, 2023 (SPX)
"With our study, we present data on the mass load of different types of plastic in the marine atmosphere for the first time," said Isabel Gossmann, a doctoral c...
US hits Lebanese environmental group with sanctions
Aug 16, 2023 (AFP)
The 10-year-old Green Without Borders (GWB) conducts activities like tree-planting to protect Lebanon's environment. However, the US Treasury said, "In reality,...
Indonesia says capital pollution spike due to weather, vehicles
Aug 11, 2023 (AFP)
Jakarta and its surrounds form a megalopolis of about 30 million people, and its airborne concentration of the tiny particles known as PM2.5 has outpaced other ...
Inner city delivery hubs raise child health fears after UK court battle
Aug 10, 2023 (AFP)
In this quiet, leafy corner of north London a bitter struggle is being waged over Ocado's plan to open a massive distribution hub. The plot in the Tufnell Park ...
Indonesia capital becomes world's most polluted major city: monitor
Aug 10, 2023 (AFP)
Air pollution is estimated to contribute to seven million premature deaths every year and is considered by the United Nations to be the single biggest environme...
Indonesia capital hit by major pollution spikes: monitor
Aug 10, 2023 (AFP)
Air pollution is estimated to contribute to seven million premature deaths every year globally and is considered by the United Nations to be the single biggest ...
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