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Hawaii passes 'green fee' hotel tax hike to fund climate relief
May 03, 2025 (AFP)
Hawaii Governor Josh Green said he intends to approve the legislation which raises the tax on short-term accommodations like hotels and rentals by 0.75 percent....
'No dumping ground': Tunisia activist wins award over waste scandal
May 02, 2025 (AFP)
Gharbi was among the first to speak out when Italy shipped more than 280 containers of waste to the North African country in 2020. The cargo was initially label...
Cambodian court refuses bail for jailed environmental activists
Apr 30, 2025 (AFP)
The activists from Mother Nature, one of Cambodia's few environmental advocacy groups, denied charges of plotting against the state, which they said were politi...
Mounds of waste dumped near Athens's main river: NGO
Apr 29, 2025 (AFP)
Vassilis Sfakianopoulos of clean-up group Save Your Hood said the dump on the riverbank included nappies and medical records from one of the capital's main hosp...
Cambodia approves cement factory in wildlife sanctuary
Apr 29, 2025 (AFP)
Prime Minister Hun Manet signed the order in January leasing a 99-hectare (245-acre) plot of land inside the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary to KP Cement "for inve...
Study links chemicals in plastic to cardiovascular deaths
Apr 29, 2025 (AFP)
The study published in the Lancet eBioMedicine journal, led by researchers at NYU Langone Hospital in New York, focused on a phthalate chemical called DEHP, use...
Tradition stokes pollution at Myanmar 'slash and burn' festival
Apr 25, 2025 (AFP)
But the villagers who set it ablaze dance below in a ceremony celebrating the inferno as a moment of regeneration and hope. "It's a tradition from our ancestors...
Panama president says moving toward reopening contested mine
Apr 24, 2025 (AFP)
Mulino said the open-pit mine, which was operated by a subsidiary of Canada's First Quantum Minerals until its closure by the courts in 2023, would be a "Panama...
Rubbish collectors in major UK city reject deal to end strike
Apr 14, 2025 (AFP)
The vote came as army logistics staff were called in to try to ease a crisis now in its sixth week. The Unite union said its members in Birmingham voted overwhe...
Global plastic recycling rates 'stagnant' at under 10%: study
Apr 10, 2025 (AFP)
Researchers from Tsinghua University in China said the rate of recycling had barely budged even as plastic production had exploded, presenting a "pressing globa...
EU greenlights new microplastic rules after tensions
Apr 09, 2025 (AFP)
Representatives of the European Parliament and the European Council agreed to toughen rules for firms handling and transporting microscopic pellets to reduce sp...
Clean streets vs business woes: pollution charge divides Londoners
Apr 08, 2025 (AFP)
Now, Boka-Batesa, 21, feels like they can walk down a high street and "not cough as much". "It's so much more evident that things aren't as bad as they used to ...
Illegal mining on Indigenous lands in Brazil dropped under Lula: report
Apr 08, 2025 (AFP)
Satellite images revealed that during the first two years of Lula's third term, the area of land cleared by mining halved compared to the government of his far-...
Methane gas detected at Osaka Expo site
Apr 07, 2025 (AFP)
The gas was detected at an underground pit for electrical equipment during a test opening of the venue, said the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition...
'Alarming' microplastic pollution in Europe's great rivers
Apr 07, 2025 (AFP)
"The pollution is present in all European rivers" studied, said French scientist Jean-Francois Ghiglione, who coordinated the large-scale operation across nine ...
Clamping down on 'forever chemicals'
Apr 04, 2025 (AFP)
Officially known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, they are a family of synthetic chemicals able to withstand intense heat and can repel water an...
Health concerns swirl as Bolivian city drowns in rubbish
Apr 03, 2025 (AFP)
Officials warned of a severe public health issue in Cochabamba, a city of 600,000 whose residents have closed off the landfill to demand its permanent closure. ...
Rats and rotting waste as rubbish row blights UK's second city
Apr 03, 2025 (AFP)
But in Birmingham, the UK's second city, a rare garbage truck visit brings crowds of people rushing into the road, their arms full of rubbish. Residents are des...
Microplastics debate ramps up tensions over EU green ambitions
Apr 02, 2025 (AFP)
Brussels wants to toughen rules for firms handling plastic pellets but divisions emerged as representatives for the bloc's 27 nations discussed whether small bu...
Mine operator suspends arbitration against Panama
Apr 01, 2025 (AFP)
Following weeks of crippling protests over the Cobre Panama mine's environmental impact, Panama's Supreme Court in November 2023 ruled that a concession contrac...
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