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Dozens arrested in Tunisia anti-pollution protests; Suspect Albanian waste shipment sampled for analysis
Oct 18, 2025 (AFP)
Thousands have rallied in the southern coastal city in recent days calling for the closure of a phosphate processing plant, which they say is behind a rise in g...
'Deadly poison': Ageing fertiliser factory stifles Tunisian town
Oct 16, 2025 (AFP)
Like thousands who have turned out to protest in her southern Tunisian city of Gabes, Aioua is demanding the closure of a nearby chemical factory, blaming it fo...
Turkish environmental journalist dies after attack
Oct 14, 2025 (AFP)
Hakan Tosun, 50, was found unconscious after being attacked as he walked through the streets of Istanbul's Esenyurt district in the early hours of Saturday morn...
Dozens more hospitalised in Tunisia as locals blame chemical factory
Oct 14, 2025 (AFP)
Some were carrying children in panic into a hospital in the southern city, an AFP reporter saw, after fresh protests demanding the dismantling of a nearby phosp...
India's pollution refugees fleeing Delhi's toxic air
Oct 12, 2025 (AFP)
Thousands rally for closure of Tunisia factory blamed for health issues
Oct 12, 2025 (AFP)
Tunisian activists urge closure of factory units after poisonings
Oct 12, 2025 (AFP)
In a petition over the fertiliser plant, 25 associations, including the Tunisian Human Rights League, called for "the dismantling of polluting units and the est...
Plastic pollution treaty not dead in the water: UN environment chief
Oct 10, 2025 (AFP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) executive director Inger Andersen told AFP in an exclusive interview that countries were not walking away, regardles...
Residents in southern Tunisia protest phosphate pollution
Oct 10, 2025 (AFP)
Demonstrators called for the "dismantling of the chemical group", chanting "We want to live" and "Gabes is a victim of pollution and injustice". Local campaign ...
EU fines Greece over Zakynthos marine park landfill
Oct 09, 2025 (AFP)
"Greece is ordered to pay the European Commission a periodic penalty payment of 12,500 euros for each day of delay... and a lump sum of 5.5 million euros," the ...
An Aussie tycoon bets billions on cleaning up iron ore giant
Sep 26, 2025 (AFP)
Even as President Donald Trump's second term has triggered environmental backtracking among many corporations, iron ore giant Fortescue -- founded by Andrew "Tw...
Dozens more Zambian farmers sue over toxic mining spill
Sep 25, 2025 (AFP)
The spill occurred in February when a waste storage facility burst near the town of Kitwe, in the heart of Zambia's copper belt, releasing millions of litres of...
Polluting Singapore ship's agent pays token damages to Sri Lanka
Sep 24, 2025 (AFP)
The Sea Consortium (Private) Limited made the token payment in "good faith" as it did not have the financial capacity to fully cover the damages. A petitioner w...
Salvadoran court clears anti-mining activists of civil war murder
Sep 24, 2025 (AFP)
Singapore firm rejects paying $1bn Sri Lankan pollution damages
Sep 23, 2025 (AFP)
In an exclusive interview, X-Press Feeders chief executive Shmuel Yoskovitz said he believed paying would have wide-ranging implications on global shipping and ...
Fossil fuels harm health from 'cradle to grave': report
Sep 15, 2025 (AFP)
Pollution from fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas has been linked to a vast range of health problems, including miscarriages, asthma, cancer, strokes, heart...
Norway sovereign wealth fund drops French miner over environmental fears
Sep 12, 2025 (AFP)
Managed by the country's central bank Norges Bank and fuelled by its vast energy revenues, the fund is the world's biggest, with a value of nearly $2 trillion a...
Greek island blocks disputed hotel near renowned 'moon beach'
Sep 11, 2025 (AFP)
Judicial authorities in Greece have stepped up scrutiny of new projects after decades of broadly unchecked construction, much of it on popular tourist islands t...
HRW calls for investigation into Zambia toxic mine spill
Sep 11, 2025 (AFP)
The government has rejected reports that pollution remained after the tailings dam wall at the copper mine burst and released acidic waste into streams and rive...
Smoke from 2023 Canada fires linked to thousands of deaths: study
Sep 10, 2025 (AFP)
The findings "underscored that severe wildfires do not have only local consequences" but can inflict real harm a continent away, said the scientists behind the ...
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