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Morocco seizes 420 tonnes of plastic bags in year since ban
Apr 26, 2017 (AFP)
With the legislation dubbed "zero mika", or zero plastic in Arabic, Morocco became one of the first countries in Africa to impose a total ban on plastic bags, a...
UK could face legal battle over air pollution delay
Apr 24, 2017 (AFP)
The High Court had demanded ministers come up with a plan to tackle illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution, largely caused by diesel emissions, by 3:00 pm...
Sri Lanka bans anti-garbage protests after dump disaster
Apr 21, 2017 (AFP)
President Maithripala Sirisena announced that anyone preventing city authorities from disposing of garbage could be prosecuted and face an indefinite period in ...
System to turn deadly chemicals into harmless dirt makes advances
Apr 19, 2017 (SPX)
The soil-scrubbing technology was tested in conjunction with the Tactical Plasma Arc Chemical Warfare Agents Destruction System (PACWADS), a thermal treatment s...
ESA helps faster cleaner shipping
Apr 18, 2017 (ESA)
Shipping companies forecast ocean currents down to a depth of about 15 m to route their vessels through favourable currents and avoid those that might hinder a ...
Garbage piles up in Sri Lanka capital as toll hits 31
Apr 18, 2017 (AFP)
Authorities sealed the massive 300-foot (90-metre) rubbish mountain on the northeastern edge of Colombo after it collapsed Friday, destroying 145 homes nearby a...
US streams carry surprisingly extensive mixture of pollutants
Apr 18, 2017 (SPX)
In previous work that built on European research, scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) tested streams across the U.S. for organic, or carbon-containi...
The bus mafia controlling Nepal's smog-choked capital
Apr 16, 2017 (AFP)
The rulers of Kathmandu's streets are a web of transport syndicates made up of private bus owners who have repeatedly blocked official attempts to modernise the...
Recycling-mad Germans turn to sharing to battle waste
Apr 13, 2017 (AFP)
Whole pallets of the packages, a promotional offer for the Euro 2016 tournament, were headed for the incinerators once the final whistle sounded, but non-profit...
Road salt runoff threatens US, Canada lakes: study
Apr 10, 2017 (AFP)
Salting of roads in winter helps drivers navigate snow and ice, but the runoff may be irreparably damaging freshwater lakes in the United States and Canada, res...
Polluted London sets its sights on cars
Apr 09, 2017 (AFP)
Gone are the days of London's "pea souper" smogs, but like many European cities, the British capital is once again being choked by pollution -- and has road tra...
Shanghai river clean-up leaves boat-dwellers in limbo
Apr 06, 2017 (AFP)
Li Chaoqing fled his poverty-stricken Chinese hometown at age 14 for a new life in Shanghai, where he raised five children in a disused old boat on a polluted r...
Bangladesh closes one of world's most polluted places
Apr 06, 2017 (AFP)
A historic leatherworking quarter in Bangladesh once labelled among the most polluted places on earth was shut Thursday as police enforced a court ruling to pro...
'Peeling the onion' to get rid of odors near wastewater treatment plants
Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)
Powerful nuisance odors from sewage and wastewater treatment facilities are a worldwide problem, but finding and eliminating the sources of such unpleasant arom...
Upcycling 'fast fashion' to reduce waste and pollution
Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)
Pollution created by making and dyeing clothes has pitted the fashion industry and environmentalists against each other. Now, the advent of "fast fashion" - tre...
London to impose new charges to cut 'lethal' pollution
Apr 04, 2017 (AFP)
Drivers of the most polluting cars will be charged to travel into the centre of London from 2019, Mayor Sadiq Khan said Tuesday, describing his city's air as "l...
Surge in coal pollution led to smaller newborns: study
Apr 03, 2017 (AFP)
In fresh evidence about the dangers of coal pollution, a scientist on Monday said a switch to coal-fired power in a southern US state after a nuclear accident i...
Argentina suspends Canada's Barrick mining over spill
Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)
Argentina suspended Canadian mining company Barrick Gold on Thursday after the firm admitted to a new spill at a mine in the Andes mountains, its third in two y...
Rocks that tell our industrial history
Mar 29, 2017 (SPX)
"Because certain geological events record everything, studying them helps to reconstruct the environmental past and to determine how human beings have influence...
California prepares for war with Trump over environment
Mar 29, 2017 (AFP)
California, one of the most progressive in the US on climate issues, is heading toward a legal showdown with the Trump administration over its environmental pol...
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