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Rice improves catalyst that destroys 'forever chemicals' with sunlight
Jul 26, 2022 (SPX)
Michael Wong and his students made the surprising discovery in 2020 that boron nitride, a commercially available powder that's commonly used in cosmetics, could...
Faster growth may help bacteria remove lake plastic waste: study
Jul 26, 2022 (AFP)
Microplastics have been found in virtually every corner of the globe -- from the highest glaciers to the bottom of the deepest sea trench -- but the impact of p...
Silk offers an alternative to some microplastics
Jul 21, 2022 (SPX)
Some of these microplastics are intentionally added to a variety of products, including agricultural chemicals, paints, cosmetics, and detergents - amounting to...
Kyiv sounds alarm over war-ravaged nature, EU vows aid
Jul 13, 2022 (AFP)
At an informal EU meeting in Prague, which holds the rotating EU presidency, Ukrainian Environment Minister Ruslan Strilets said the Russian invasion had damage...
'They're everywhere': microplastics in oceans, air and human body
Jul 03, 2022 (AFP)
Images of plastic pollution have become familiar: a turtle suffocated by a shopping bag, water bottles washed up on beaches, or the monstrous "Great Pacific Gar...
India bans many single-use plastics to tackle waste
Jul 01, 2022 (AFP)
The country generates around four million tonnes of plastic waste per year, about a third of which is not recycled and ends up in waterways and landfills that r...
Plans to rebuild Ukraine should address environment, EU commissioner says
Jul 01, 2022 (AFP)
Virginijus Sinkevicius warned the environmental cost of the conflict was "increasing every day" -- and said it could take "generations" to overcome. Next week, ...
Pollution linked to 10% of cancer cases in Europe: report
Jun 27, 2022 (AFP)
Most of these cases are preventable, it said. "Exposure to air pollution, carcinogenic chemicals, radon, UV (ultraviolet) radiation and second-hand smoke togeth...
Ancient Afghan Buddhist city threatened by Chinese copper mine
Jun 22, 2022 (AFP)
Located at the confluence of Hellenistic and Indian cultures, Mes Aynak -- believed to be between 1,000 and 2,000 years old -- was once a vast city organised ar...
China's mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain
Jun 20, 2022 (AFP)
China is the last major economy wedded to stamping out infections no matter the cost. Near-daily testing is the most commonly used weapon in an anti-virus arsen...
US 'deeply concerned' as Vietnam jails environmentalist
Jun 19, 2022 (AFP)
"The United States calls on the Government of Vietnam to release (Nguy Thi) Khanh, who has been recognized internationally for her work to advance climate chang...
Vietnam jails high-profile environmentalist on tax evasion
Jun 18, 2022 (AFP)
Nguy Thi Khanh, a globally recognised climate and energy campaigner, was sentenced in Hanoi on Friday, a court official confirmed to AFP without giving any furt...
US to boost help for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits
Jun 16, 2022 (AFP)
The open trash fires have been commonly used by the US military in post-September 11 conflicts, and are lit to get rid of everything from plastic bottles and hu...
Polluted air cuts global life expectancy by two years
Jun 14, 2022 (AFP)
Across South Asia, the average person would live five years longer if levels of fine particulate matter met World Health Organization standards, according to a ...
UN crowd-funds to prevent oil spill disaster off Yemen
Jun 13, 2022 (AFP)
"We hope to raise $5 million by the end of June," David Gressly, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for the war-hit country, told an online press briefing, addin...
Air pollution may increase freezing rain in the Northern Hemisphere
Jun 13, 2022 (SPX)
In southern China, freezing rain mainly happens in the mountainous areas with harmful effects on electrical transmission infrastructure, transportation systems ...
'My apartment vibrates': New Yorkers fight noisy helicopter rides
Jun 13, 2022 (AFP)
"With the bigger helicopters, my apartment vibrates," said Melissa Elstein, who campaigns to ban non-essential chopper flights. "They pollute our air, creating ...
The world's most remote oceans are polluted with microplastics
Jun 13, 2022 (SPX)
Researchers from Curtin's WA-Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre (WA-OIGC) have shared the full results of the analysis of seawater samples, collected at 17...
Seductive rubbish: Swedish dustbins scream with pleasure
Jun 10, 2022 (AFP)
It's not what you think. They are audio messages broadcast by rubbish bins in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, where authorities recently changed the voice f...
Dozens treated in Chile for suspected pollutant exposure
Jun 09, 2022 (AFP)
Local authorities declared an environmental emergency in the area, suspending classes and banning physical activity, after the Quintero Air Quality Station repo...
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