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Brazil dam disaster: mourning and dead fish along river of mud
Jan 30, 2019 (AFP)
Helton, one resident, said his 28-year-old wife and his 35-year-old sister both worked at the facility, owned by Vale, the Brazilian company that is the world's...
Plastic pollution causes mussels to lose grip
Jan 30, 2019 (SPX)
The new research, published in the journal Environmental Pollution, was led by Dr Dannielle Green of Anglia Ruskin University, and was carried out at the Portaf...
Hundreds of schools to shut as toxic smog chokes Bangkok
Jan 30, 2019 (AFP)
The Thai capital has been shrouded in murky haze for weeks, sparking social media criticism of the uneven response by the government and prompting rare scenes o...
Tipples and trash: A Japan waste plant opens its doors
Jan 29, 2019 (AFP)
They have chosen one of the more unusual spots in Tokyo for an after-work tipple: a local waste facility and incinerator. The pop-up bar -- called Gomi (trash) ...
Microplastic contamination found in common source of groundwater, researchers report
Jan 28, 2019 (SPX)
The study identified microplastic fibers, along with a variety of medicines and household contaminants, in two aquifer systems in Illinois. The findings are pub...
S. Korea's first airborne fight against 'Chinese' pollution fails
Jan 28, 2019 (AFP)
Many South Koreans blamed China when pollution surged for three days earlier this month, and on Friday the Korea Meterological Administration (KMA) sent an airc...
Brazil mining giant Vale suspends dividend payments after dam burst
Jan 28, 2019 (AFP)
Vale, the world's biggest iron-ore miner, has seen its reputation severely tarnished by the deadly accident, the second involving a company-owned mine in the so...
Plastic dhow sails Kenya coast to highlight waste crisis
Jan 27, 2019 (AFP)
Dhows, with their billowing triangular sails, are an icon on the Kenyan coast, having traversed these Indian Ocean waters for some 2,000 years. On Sunday, the o...
Brazil's Vale hit with first fine over dam disaster
Jan 26, 2019 (AFP)
The amount, confirmed by multiple sources including a government official, was announced by the environment ministry, which did not immediately give an official...
S. Korea in airborne fight against 'Chinese' pollution
Jan 25, 2019 (AFP)
Air quality in South Korea is generally better than in its giant neighbour, the world's biggest polluter, which is periodically affected by choking bouts of fil...
War declared on world's growing e-waste crisis
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
The world produces close to 50 million tonnes of e-waste every year as consumers and businesses throw out their old smartphones, computers and household applian...
BFU physicists developed a method of determining the composition of microplastic in water
Jan 23, 2019 (SPX)
All plastic that gets into sea waters stays in the sea. It does not disintegrate, only granulated. This way it becomes even more dangerous for marine animals an...
In China, unhappiness tracks poor air quality
Jan 22, 2019 (AFP)
"The take-away is simple," lead author Siqi Zheng, an associate professor at MIT and director of the University's China Future City Lab, told AFP. "Higher level...
Kabul chokes on dirty air as temperatures plunge
Jan 21, 2019 (AFP)
For weeks a thick layer of toxic smog has blanketed the sprawling city as cold air traps pollution caused by people burning coal, wood, car tyres and even garba...
Green groups question big industry's plastic clean-up plan
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste -- comprised of big energy, petrochemical and plastic manufacturing firms -- said it would donate $1 billion (880 million euro...
Study: Access to urban green spaces favor the rich, educated
Jan 17, 2019 (UPI)
But a new study suggests the benefits provided by urban green spaces aren't shared equally. That's because access is skewed in the favor of those with greater i...
Dow, Total part of group that raised $1B to clean plastic in ocean
Jan 16, 2019 (UPI)
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste was created "to advance solutions that eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean," France's Total oi...
Fixing the environment: when solutions become problems
Jan 14, 2019 (AFP)
Here are a few examples of what might be called Earth's "zero-sum" dilemma in the 21st century. - Water vs. ocean pollution - A study released Monday shows for ...
Thailand to make it rain as pollution chokes Bangkok
Jan 14, 2019 (AFP)
The weather modification technique involves dispersing chemicals into the air to aid cloud condensation, which should in theory result in rain. "The Department ...
India launches new bid to battle dirty air
Jan 11, 2019 (AFP)
Air quality in the country of more than 1.25 billion people has deteriorated to critical levels in recent years, with the capital New Delhi and 13 other Indian ...
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