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Spain busts criminal ring shipping hazardous waste to Ghana
Aug 08, 2025 (AFP)
Three people were arrested in Seville and a fourth investigated in Murcia after officers intercepted a container at the port of Algeciras holding 19 tonnes of v...
Plastic pollution treaty talks deadlocked
Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)
Ten days of talks on finalising an international, legally-binding accord opened on Tuesday amid optimism from organisers that a deal could be done to tackle the...
China the world's biggest plastic producer
Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)
But China stands in a category of its own, making as much as the next six countries combined, the figures show. The figures were released as 184 countries try t...
Zambia rejects claims of toxins after Feb mine spill; Over 600 pilgrims sick from Iraq chlorine gas leak
Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)
The US embassy on Wednesday ordered staff around the site of the February disaster in Zambia's northern copper belt to leave immediately, saying newly available...
A year on, Ugandans still suffering from deadly garbage collapse
Aug 06, 2025 (AFP)
Then came screams and a giant wave of garbage rushing towards her, ripping up trees as it went. Nansamba, 31, grabbed her children and ran. She was luckier than...
US orders staff evacuation 6 months after Zambia mine spill
Aug 06, 2025 (AFP)
The February 18 spill at a Chinese-owned mine in Zambia's northern copperbelt released 50 million litres (13 million gallons) of toxic waste into a tributary of...
Interior Department allows Rosebud strip mine to reopen in Montana
Aug 05, 2025 (UPI)
The decision for the 25,000-acre strip mine in Rosebud and Treasure counties allows the recovery of about 33.75 million tons of federal coal and extends the min...
Plastic pollution treaty talks open with 'global crisis' warning
Aug 05, 2025 (AFP)
States should seize the chance to shape history, the man chairing the talks said as 10 days of negotiations kicked off at the United Nations in Geneva. "We are ...
Decision time as plastic pollution treaty talks begin
Aug 05, 2025 (AFP)
Three years of negotiations hit the wall in South Korea in December when a group of oil-producing states blocked a consensus. Since the failure in Busan, countr...
Plastic pollution 'grave and growing' health threat: Lancet
Aug 04, 2025 (AFP)
The new review of the existing evidence, which was carried out by leading health researchers and doctors, was published one day ahead of fresh talks opening in ...
A 'Thinker' drowns in plastic garbage as UN treaty talks open
Aug 04, 2025 (AFP)
The sculpture will slowly disappear under layer upon layer of bottles, toys, fishing nets and other garbage during the 10 days of talks starting Tuesday, aimed ...
New push to reach plastic pollution pact
Aug 02, 2025 (AFP)
The coming 10 days of talks involving delegates from nearly 180 nations follows a failure to reach a deal last December on how to stop millions of tonnes of pla...
Hong Kong harbour protection group dissolves
Aug 01, 2025 (AFP)
Hong Kong was once home to a vibrant civil society sector, but scores of groups have closed since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in 2020, with...
Taiwan's garbage trucks offer classical music and a catch-up
Jul 28, 2025 (AFP)
For decades, the tinkling of Beethoven's "Fur Elise" or Tekla Badarzewska-Baranowska's "Maiden's Prayer" has alerted Taiwanese households to take out their garb...
Belgian region grapples with forever chemical scandal
Jul 26, 2025 (AFP)
On an early summer afternoon about a dozen people waited to get their samples taken at a municipal building in Braine-le-Chateau, a picturesque town in the Fren...
UK water pollution alarms summer bathers
Jul 25, 2025 (AFP)
To his dismay things have not improved. "They released sewage water last week on Friday, (and) Sunday night, and on Monday the beach was declared not safe for s...
Toxic algae bloom lingers off Australia, killing marine life
Jul 22, 2025 (AFP)
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unlocked federal funds this week to cope with the Karenia mikimotoi algae as it persists four months after first appearing. Sout...
UK pledges to halve sewage pollution
Jul 20, 2025 (AFP)
Privatised in 1989, UK water companies have been under attack over the discharge of significant quantities of sewage into rivers, lakes and the sea. Environment...
US environment agency axes nearly a quarter of workforce
Jul 18, 2025 (AFP)
In January, the federal agency tasked with ensuring clean air, land and water counted 16,155 employees. Under the third round of "Deferred Resignation Program" ...
Brazil's Congress passes bill easing environmental licensing rules
Jul 17, 2025 (AFP)
The bill, backed by 267 lawmakers to 116, simplifies permits for "strategic" projects and allows some to proceed based solely on a declaration of commitment. De...
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