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World must work together to tackle plastic ocean threat: WWF
Feb 08, 2022 (AFP)
Tiny fragments of plastic have reached even the most remote and seemingly-pristine regions of the planet: it peppers Arctic sea ice and has been found inside fi...
Air pollution costs Mideast, NAfrica annual $141 bn: World Bank
Feb 07, 2022 (AFP)
Environmental pollution will cost some nations in the region including Egypt, Lebanon and Yemen more than 3% of their GDP, it said a report. "Productivity falls...
Dubai to charge for single-use plastic bags
Feb 07, 2022 (AFP)
From home deliveries to supermarkets and shops, single-use plastic bags are ubiquitous across the emirate. "In line with enhancing environmental sustainability ...
ESA tests marine plastic detection in ocean wave facility
Feb 07, 2022 (ESA)
"What we can say is that some of our instruments do detect increases in signal levels when marine plastic waste is present compared to when it isn't," explains ...
French luxury houses give unsold goods a second chance
Feb 06, 2022 (AFP)
But gone are the days of binning the coats, handbags and shoes pooh-poohed by shoppers after a new anti-waste law came into force at the start of the year. Now ...
'Golden Dream' turns into nightmare for German port town
Feb 06, 2022 (AFP)
Destined to have become one of the world's largest liners, the "Global Dream" will be lucky to ever set sail after the Asian-owned MV Werften shipyard filed for...
'Global Dream' turns into nightmare for German port town
Feb 06, 2022 (AFP)
Destined to have become one of the world's largest liners, the "Global Dream" will be lucky to ever set sail after the Asian-owned MV Werften shipyard filed for...
Mexican kayaker on mission to clean up floating gardens
Feb 04, 2022 (AFP)
In the silence of the early morning, before the hordes of tourists arrive, the 66-year-old retiree fishes plastic bottles and other debris from the waters of Xo...
Oil spill fears mount after Nigeria vessel explodes
Feb 03, 2022 (AFP)
The Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SEPCOL) said in a statement that "a fire engulfed our offshore facility... following an explosion during the ea...
Satellites and light reflections help spot coastal plastic waste
Feb 03, 2022 (SPX)
This cutting-edge research harnesses the latest in satellite technology to do just that. The study, now published in Remote Sensing, used the unique infrared si...
Dutch probe Tata Steel for 'intentional' pollution
Feb 02, 2022 (AFP)
The massive plant at the mouth of the IJ river has come under increasing fire from residents and health authorities, who accuse it of being the main source of a...
Oil spill pollutes nature reserve in Ecuadoran Amazon
Feb 01, 2022 (AFP)
Nearly two hectares (five acres) of a protected area of the Cayambe-Coca national park have been contaminated, as well as the Coca River, the ministry said in a...
US to reimpose limits on power plants' mercury emissions
Feb 01, 2022 (AFP)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "is proposing to reaffirm that it is appropriate and necessary to regulate emissions of hazardous air pollutants from ...
WHO warns of Covid medical waste threat
Feb 01, 2022 (AFP)
The tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste had put a huge strain on healthcare waste management systems, the WHO said in a report. The extra waste i...
Thai fishing crews fear five-year recovery after oil spill
Jan 31, 2022 (AFP)
The Thai navy is scrambling to clean up Tuesday night's spill from a pipeline that leaked at least 60 tonnes of crude oil 20 kilometres (12 miles) off the coast...
Ecuador monitoring oil leak threatening river in Amazon
Jan 30, 2022 (AFP)
Heavy rains caused a mudslide at Piedra Fina in the eastern Napo province on Friday. A rock struck and ruptured an oil pipeline resulting in the leak of a "huge...
Oil spill 'nail in the coffin' for Covid-hit Thai beach businesses
Jan 29, 2022 (AFP)
The Thai navy and pollution experts are scrambling to clean up Tuesday night's spill in the Gulf of Thailand where at least 60 tonnes of crude leaked about 20 k...
Not easy being green: China's 'health codes' define Covid-era life
Jan 28, 2022 (AFP)
In a scene being repeated across the Chinese capital, a pop-up window now warned the app could no longer ascertain her coronavirus risk status. School was out f...
Peruvian gold rush turns pristine rainforests into heavily polluted mercury sinks
Jan 28, 2022 (SPX)
In a new study appearing Jan. 26 in the journal Nature Communications, an international team of researchers show that illegal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon...
Plastic snowfall in the Alps
Jan 26, 2022 (SPX)
Researchers still disagree on the exact number. But according to estimates from the study, it could be as much as 3,000 tonnes of nanoplastics that cover Switze...
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