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What lies beneath: Swiss search for bombs at bottom of Lake Geneva
Sep 22, 2021 (AFP)
Long believed to be safely slumbering beneath thick layers of protective sediment, the munitions at the bottom of the biggest lake in the Alps have raised fresh...
WHO says air pollution kills 7 mn a year, toughens guidelines
Sep 22, 2021 (AFP)
Urgent action is needed to reduce exposure to air pollution, said the UN body, ranking its burden of disease on a par with smoking and unhealthy eating. "WHO ha...
Agency sounds alert on European air pollution
Sep 21, 2021 (AFP)
During 2019 and into 2020, levels of particulate matter, ground-level ozone and nitrogen dioxide were still above both WHO and EU guidelines, the European Envir...
UK regulator to tackle false 'greenwashing' claims
Sep 20, 2021 (AFP)
The CMA said it was conducting a full review into the issue from early next year, and warned businesses they had until then to comply with the law. "We're conce...
Bitcoin mining generates substantial electronic waste: study
Sep 17, 2021 (AFP)
A co-author of the report told AFP on Friday that the average life cycle of the powerful computers used to unearth the units of the world's leading cryptocurren...
Indonesia court finds president negligent over pollution in landmark case
Sep 16, 2021 (AFP)
The capital and its surroundings form a megacity of about 30 million people, which routinely ranks among the most polluted cities in the world. Experts have war...
Rapid increase in global light pollution
Sep 15, 2021 (SPX)
This figure only includes light visible via satellites, and scientists estimate the true increase may be significantly higher - up to 270% globally, and 400% in...
Microplastic pollution in European lakes is more extensive than scientists thought
Sep 14, 2021 (UPI)
According to a new study, published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Biology, the distribution of plastic microparticles and synthetic fibers closely correlates with...
Greenpeace: An 'insane' vision that took flight 50 years ago
Sep 13, 2021 (AFP)
But their conviction won over Stowe and her brother Robert, who witnessed these pathbreaking meetings in the family home in Vancouver to send a ship to Amchitka...
Tunis residents decry beaches too polluted for swimming
Sep 13, 2021 (AFP)
"Now I can't swim any more, and neither can my son," he says. Jaouebi, 47, is one of hundreds of protesters who formed a human chain over the weekend to highlig...
Bluefin tuna serve as global barometer of mercury pollution
Sep 13, 2021 (UPI)
Health officials in the United States recommend eating no more than a few ounces of tuna per week, and women who are pregnant are advised to abstain. That's bec...
Sunlight can break down marine plastic into tens of thousands of chemical compounds, study finds
Sep 09, 2021 (SPX)
Now, a new study finds that this chemical reaction can produce tens of thousands of water-soluble compounds, or formulas. The breakdown into this many formulas,...
Sea of plastic: Med pollution under spotlight at conservation meet
Sep 08, 2021 (AFP)
"The Mediterranean is the most beautiful sea in the world... and one of the most polluted," said Danielle Milon, vice-president of the Calanques National Park o...
Microplastics from recyclable plastics on the rise
Sep 08, 2021 (SPX)
Flinders University researchers extracted 417 microplastic particles from 285 samples of sediment from the Onkaparinga River and Patawalonga Creek as well as sa...
Social cost of 2019's plastic more than GDP of India
Sep 06, 2021 (AFP)
There is increasing international alarm over the sheer volumes of fossil-fuel based plastics entering the environment, as microplastics have infiltrated even th...
Funding needed to tackle life-shortening air pollution: report
Sep 06, 2021 (AFP)
An annual survey by the Clean Air Fund, which looks into how much money is given to the fight against air pollution by donor governments and philanthropic organ...
12 dead after mining pollution in DR Congo river
Sep 03, 2021 (AFP)
Pollution of the Kasai River came to light in July, when local residents said its waters had turned red and dead fish were seen floating at the city of Tshikapa...
Countries eye UN deal to rein in plastic pollution
Sep 02, 2021 (AFP)
A German official said some 75 nations were already supporting a draft resolution circulated at the meeting, but warned that it could be years before an agreeme...
Rare earth elements and old mines spell trouble for Western water supplies
Sep 01, 2021 (SPX)
Rare earth elements are necessary components of many computing and other high-tech devices, like cell phones and hard drives. But there is growing recognition t...
Greenpeace accuses Swiss banks of 'greenwashing'
Sep 01, 2021 (AFP)
The NGO's Swiss branch sent people into 19 Swiss financial institutions, including giants UBS and Credit Suisse, who posed as potential investors to assess the ...
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