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Can music festivals actually go green?
Apr 18, 2023 (AFP)
Beyond the plastic cups and water bottles strewn about each day, there's also the immense energy use of floodlights and earsplitting speakers. Coachella is far ...
Coastal shellfish 'colonise' ocean plastic: study
Apr 17, 2023 (AFP)
Environmentalists have for years been eyeing what they call the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" -- masses of plastic rubbish combining bottles, fishing nets and m...
G7 members commit to ending new plastic pollution by 2040
Apr 16, 2023 (AFP)
"We are committed to end plastic pollution, with the ambition to reduce additional plastic pollution to zero by 2040," it said. Germany, France, Canada, Britain...
The hidden culprit behind nitrogen dioxide emissions
Apr 14, 2023 (SPX)
A POSTECH research team led by Professor Hyung Joo Lee used the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI), an instrument on an Earth observation satellite th...
'This week, no one': hazardous Thai pollution deters tourists
Apr 12, 2023 (AFP)
Smoke from forest fires and farmers burning crop stubble has suffocated the tourist city, with global air monitoring platform IQAir ranking it among the most po...
Thousands evacuated as fire rages at US plastics facility
Apr 12, 2023 (AFP)
The fire in the city of Richmond was under control but still burning Wednesday, officials told a news conference, a day after it first ignited at the facility. ...
US EPA moves to reduce exposure to carcinogenic sterilizer
Apr 11, 2023 (AFP)
"EtO is used to sterilize approximately 20 billion medical devices each year and it fills a critical need in the medical industry," said EPA deputy administrato...
Plastic pollution is scourge of English coastal region
Apr 09, 2023 (AFP)
"It's beautiful, right? But look at your feet," says Rob Arnold, 65, an environmental activist and artist, crouching down to pick tiny plastic balls, or "nurdle...
Work-from-home order issued as Thai city tops world pollution table
Apr 07, 2023 (AFP)
Smoke from forest fires and farmers burning crop stubble has blanketed the popular tourist destination in recent weeks. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha held vi...
Amazon forests save $2bn in pollution healthcare: study
Apr 06, 2023 (AFP)
The article in the journal Communications Earth & Environment measured the forests' capacity to absorb smoke pollution from fires that are intentionally started...
Raw sewage blights once-idyllic beaches on Isle of Wight
Apr 04, 2023 (AFP)
The miles of sandy beaches on the island's northeast coast, packed in summer with tourists and yachting enthusiasts, are nonetheless plagued by untreated waste ...
US sues Norfolk Southern over toxic train derailment
Mar 31, 2023 (AFP)
The civil complaint against Norfolk Southern asks a federal court to "hold defendants accountable for unlawfully polluting the nation's waterways and to ensure ...
Microplastic pollution impairs seabird gut health
Mar 27, 2023 (AFP)
Plastic-infested digestive tracts from two species of Atlantic seabirds, northern fulmars and Cory's shearwaters, showed a decrease of mostly beneficial "indige...
Toothpaste tablets and syrup on tap: US refill shops cut the container
Mar 25, 2023 (AFP)
At Mason & Greens in Washington, the lack of packaging is the point -- the small shop selling household goods and groceries is among dozens of zero-waste refill...
Dust storms cause air pollution spike across north China
Mar 22, 2023 (AFP)
The official air quality index in Beijing hit the maximum level of 500, indicating "severe pollution", though some unofficial readings were nearly twice that fi...
Scientists make 'disturbing' find on remote island: plastic rocks
Mar 21, 2023 (AFP)
So geologist Fernanda Avelar Santos was startled to find an unsettling sign of human impact on the otherwise untouched landscape: rocks formed from the glut of ...
Unwanted visitor ruins spring break in Florida - toxic algae
Mar 19, 2023 (AFP)
The bloom usually hits Florida's Gulf Coast in the summer, but this year it has come during spring, a time when thousands of American families flock to the Suns...
Report: Only six countries met 'healthy' air quality standards in 2022
Mar 14, 2023 (UPI)
Only Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland and New Zealand, met the World Health Organization's air quality guidelines, according to IQAir, a company th...
Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over toxic derailment
Mar 14, 2023 (AFP)
"Ohio shouldn't have to bear the tremendous financial burden of Norfolk Southern's glaring negligence," Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said after filing the la...
Smog a major buzzkill for insect mating
Mar 14, 2023 (AFP)
Even moderate air pollution from industry and traffic not only causes males to lose their sex appeal, it also leaves them unable to discriminate between he-flie...
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