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Stricken ship behind oil spill sunk off Mauritius
Aug 24, 2020 (AFP)
The MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island on July 25 and began leaking oil two weeks later, prompting a race against the clock to ...
Salvors begin sinking ship which ran aground off Mauritius
Aug 20, 2020 (AFP)
The MV Wakashio broke into two on Sunday, after a race against the clock to pump all the remaining oil off the bulk carrier which ran aground last month and beg...
Plastic debris leaches toxins into the stomachs of sea birds
Aug 19, 2020 (UPI)
But new research -- published Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science -- suggests plastic pollution can also poison sea birds, leaching toxi...
Atlantic plastic levels far higher than thought: study
Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)
The findings, based on analysis of samples of the three most common plastic materials and computer modelling, highlight the unseen scale of the pollution cloggi...
Mauritius arrests captain of ship in oil spill: police
Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)
"We arrested the captain and his second-in command today. They were taken to court on a provisionary charge. The investigation continues from tomorrow with the ...
Ship that oozed oil off Mauritius coast splits in two
Aug 16, 2020 (AFP)
The bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off the southeastern coast of Mauritius on July 25 and began oozing oil more than a week later, threate...
Mauritius braces for split of oil-oozing ship off coast
Aug 15, 2020 (AFP)
The Japanese-owned MV Wakashio struck the reef on July 25 and began oozing oil one week later, threatening a protected marine park boasting mangrove forests and...
UN tries to sort out hazardous waste in Beirut blast
Aug 14, 2020 (AFP)
The United Nations Development Programme said it also wanted to find out how much the August 4 blast in the Lebanese capital may have polluted the Mediterranean...
Rowers dredge waste in days-long Hungary race
Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)
Their challenge was to collect as much rubbish as possible from the Tisza, in the northeast of the country on the Ukrainian border, navigating it on rafts, buil...
Fighting on the beaches: Mauritius rallies after oil spill
Aug 12, 2020 (AFP)
"It was uncomfortable to breathe," Tatayah, director for the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, told AFP of the devastating scene at Ile aux Aigrettes -- a wildlife...
Mauritius braces to halt new oil spill as tanker breaks up
Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)
The bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on July 25 with 4,000 tonnes of fuel and began seeping oil last week, staining coral reefs, mangrove forests and tranqu...
Damaged ship leaking oil off Mauritius could split: PM
Aug 09, 2020 (AFP)
More than 1,000 tonnes of fuel has seeped from the bulk carrier MV Wakashio into the azure sea off southeast Mauritius, befouling the coral reefs, white-sand be...
Disparities in a common air pollutant are visible from space
Aug 07, 2020 (SPX)
Now, researchers reporting in Environmental Science and Technology have used airplanes and a satellite to uncover disparities in nitrogen dioxide amounts in the...
Malaysia ditches law to combat forest fire smog
Aug 04, 2020 (AFP)
Massive blazes, often started to clear land for palm oil plantations, burn out of control in Indonesia every year, blanketing the region in toxic smoke. Last ye...
In Mecca, dreams of a 'green hajj'
Aug 01, 2020 (AFP)
In addition to being a logistical and security headache, one of the planet's largest gatherings, which drew some 2.5 million people last year, also typically po...
Unlikely alliance against Corfu luxury resort
Jul 31, 2020 (AFP)
The 120-million-euro ($139-million) Kassiopi Project is situated in pine-forested Erimitis, one of the island's most pristine areas that lies a short distance f...
Even as air pollution declines, disparities in exposure remain
Jul 31, 2020 (SPX)
Dozens of studies have previously confirmed the reality of environmental inequity. Poorer communities and minority communities are more likely to be exposed to ...
Investigation of water-borne contaminants starts at former Reese AFB, Texas
Jul 31, 2020 (SPX)
The base near Lubbock was closed in 1997 after a 50-year history. Like most U.S. air bases, it had relied since 1970 on foam, to put out fires, containing per- ...
Study finds dangerous mercury levels in Amazon fish
Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)
Scientists from the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Brazil office and three Brazilian research institutes found startling levels of mercury in more than 400 fish co...
Record 212 environmental activists murdered in 2019: NGO
Jul 29, 2020 (AFP)
Colombia and the Philippines combined accounted for just over half of the confirmed deaths -- 64 and 43, respectively -- followed by Brazil, Mexico, Honduras an...
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