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High-stakes talks to end plastic pollution resume
May 25, 2023 (AFP)
Some 175 nations pledged last year to agree by 2024 a binding deal to end the pollution from largely fossil fuel-based plastics that is choking the environment ...
Meandering along the river Seine: France's roving plastic rubbish
May 25, 2023 (AFP)
But this otherwise unremarkable litter caught in the foliage not far from the mouth of the river Seine has both a name -- EF56308 -- and a history. It was tosse...
Dutch to hold US firm 3M liable for 'forever chemicals'
May 23, 2023 (AFP)
The company had already agreed last year to a settlement of 571 million euros ($582 million) with the Belgian region of Flanders over the PFAS chemical discharg...
Plastic-eating fungi found in Chinese coastal salt marshes
May 18, 2023 (AFP)
"A total of 184 fungal and 55 bacterial strains capable of breaking down" various plastics were found in the Jiangsu province of eastern China, the Royal Botani...
Coming years 'critical' to slash plastic pollution: UN
May 16, 2023 (AFP)
Concern is growing about the impacts of microplastics -- produced when plastic products break down in the environment -- which have been found from the deepest ...
Australia settles lawsuit over military base contaminations
May 15, 2023 (AFP)
The lawsuit sought Aus$132.7 million (US$88 million) in compensation for around 30,000 people, alleging that PFAS chemicals used in firefighting foam had contam...
Improved cookstoves emit more ultrafine particles than conventional stoves
May 15, 2023 (SPX)
Researchers from Surrey's Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) found that while improved cookstoves can reduce fine particles (PM2.5) by up to 65%, they...
Macron urges 'pause' in EU environment regulations
May 11, 2023 (AFP)
Macron made the comments as he unveiled his cherished plan for the "reindustrialisation" of France including tax credits and other measures aimed at favouring g...
Dark clouds on the horizon
May 10, 2023 (SPX)
There are many factors driving climate change; some are very familiar, such as carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, sulfur dioxide from cement ma...
Scientists discover plastic-degrading microbes in Alps and Arctic
May 10, 2023 (SPX)
Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute WSL knew where to look for such micro-organisms: at high altitudes in the Alps of their country, or in the polar reg...
Thailand chokes on pollution but greens struggle to be heard in election
May 08, 2023 (AFP)
For the past three months, much of the kingdom has been choking on dangerous air pollution, with smoke from forest fires and farmers burning crop stubble suffoc...
Brazil Indigenous leader awarded for fight against mining
Apr 24, 2023 (AFP)
On Monday, the 38-year-old will be one of six people in the world presented with a Goldman Environmental Prize for efforts against the British multinational's e...
Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics
Apr 24, 2023 (SPX)
It is a food lift for bottom-dwelling animals in the deep sea: the alga Melosira arctica grows at a rapid pace under the sea ice during spring and summer months...
Air pollution kills 1,200 children a year across Eruope
Apr 23, 2023 (AFP)
Despite recent improvements, "the level of key air pollutants in many European countries remain stubbornly above World Health Organization" (WHO) guidelines, pa...
Climate activists heap up 650,000 cigarette butts in Portugal
Apr 23, 2023 (AFP)
They collected enough stubs to fill 40 plastic buckets, then heaped them into a mound for the German climate campaigner behind the stunt to climb on. Andreas No...
Every breath a struggle, as air pollution harms health in Thailand
Apr 21, 2023 (AFP)
His wife holds his hand and strokes his face, with a nurse in blue scrubs listening to his chest through a stethoscope. Every single breath is an exertion. Abou...
Microplastics found in 'heavily contaminated' Arctic ice algae
Apr 21, 2023 (UPI)
Clumps of the algae known as Melosira arctica contained an average of 31,000 microplastic particles per cubic meter, about 10 times the concentration of the sur...
Guinea launches probe after 50 fishermen suffer skin problems
Apr 21, 2023 (AFP)
Photos circling on social networks show fishermen with faces, mouths and limbs covered in pimples and lesions. "Faced with this strange phenomenon, the governme...
Thailand air pollution leads millions to seek medical help
Apr 20, 2023 (AFP)
Bangkok and the northern city of Chiang Mai were among the most polluted cities in the world on Thursday morning, according to air quality monitoring firm IQAir...
EU watchdogs disagree about health risk of Bisphenol A
Apr 19, 2023 (AFP)
Bisphenol A (BPA) has already been banned in the EU and US from being used in baby bottles and children containers after research suggested it could be linked t...
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