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Deaths from India air pollution rival China: study
Feb 14, 2017 (AFP)
India's air now rivals China's as the world's deadliest, according to a new study published Tuesday amid warnings that efforts to curb pollution from coal will ...
Vietnam fishermen clash with police over toxic waste
Feb 14, 2017 (AFP)
Scores of fishermen clashed with police Tuesday in central Vietnam as they tried to file lawsuits demanding compensation after a toxic waste dump by a Taiwanese...
New study helps explain how garbage patches form in the world's oceans
Feb 14, 2017 (SPX)
A new study on how ocean currents transport floating marine debris is helping to explain how garbage patches form in the world's oceans. Researchers from the Un...
Israel court rules against 'nuclear' ammonia tank
Feb 13, 2017 (AFP)
An Israeli court has ordered that a container in the northern city of Haifa capable of holding 12,000 tonnes of ammonia and likened to a "nuclear bomb" be empti...
Philippines to review mines closure order
Feb 10, 2017 (AFP)
The Philippines will review an order to close two dozen mines, the government said Friday, after the decision sparked concern over jobs losses and the economy. ...
Coal ash selenium found in fish in NC lakes
Feb 08, 2017 (SPX)
A new Duke University study has found high levels of selenium in fish in three North Carolina lakes receiving power plants' coal ash waste. "Across the board, w...
China tightens smog data controls amid public anger
Feb 08, 2017 (AFP)
China has established a single network to monitor air pollution levels across the country, as the government attempts to control the spread of information about...
Cassava carrier bags: Indonesian entrepreneur tackles plastic scourge
Feb 08, 2017 (AFP)
From bags washing up on Bali's beaches to food packaging scattered across roads and clogging waterways in cities, Indonesia is facing a plastic waste crisis dri...
Defense mechanism employed by algae can effectively inhibit marine fouling
Feb 07, 2017 (SPX)
Chemists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a method that reliably hinders hazardous seawater fouling and is effective, affordable, and...
Artificial wetland to clean Shanghai factory water
Feb 07, 2017 (AFP)
French wastewater treatment company Suez said Tuesday it had been awarded a contract to design an artificial wetland to clean water from a petrochemical industr...
Hungary court orders retrial over 2010 toxic spill
Feb 06, 2017 (AFP)
A Hungarian court on Monday ordered a retrial of 15 employees at an alumina plant who were cleared last year of criminal wrongdoing over the country's worst tox...
Philippine ministers say mine closure order will cost jobs
Feb 05, 2017 (AFP)
The Philippine environment minister's move to close some two dozen mines sparked concern Sunday among two of her colleagues, who said it could hit the economy a...
Philippines closes 23 mines over damage to environment
Feb 02, 2017 (AFP)
The Philippines on Thursday ordered the closure or suspension of more than two dozen mines after a government investigation found they had illegally cut down tr...
Increasing factory and auto emissions disrupt natural cycle in East China Sea
Feb 01, 2017 (SPX)
China's rapid ascent to global economic superpower is taking a toll on some of its ancient ways. For millennia, people have patterned their lives and diets arou...
Toxic mercury in aquatic life could spike with greater land runoff
Jan 31, 2017 (SPX)
A highly toxic form of mercury could jump by 300 to 600 percent in zooplankton - tiny animals at the base of the marine food chain - if land runoff increases by...
How India's 'Garden City' became garbage city
Jan 25, 2017 (AFP)
The stench of rubbish hanging over swathes of Bangalore is so powerful it rouses residents in the middle of the night, the fetid result of a trash crisis that t...
Synthetic chemicals: Ignored agents of global change
Jan 25, 2017 (SPX)
Despite a steady rise in the manufacture and release of synthetic chemicals, research on the ecological effects of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and industrial c...
Europe chokes under freezing smog
Jan 24, 2017 (AFP)
Heavy pollution enveloping much of Europe prompted emergency measures across the continent on Tuesday. A toxic cocktail of extreme cold, no wind and heavy burni...
Research targets cookstove pollution using supercomputers and NASA satellites
Jan 24, 2017 (SPX)
New air quality research is investigating a major, but often overlooked contributor to outdoor pollution and climate: burning of solid fuel for cooking and heat...
Indonesian province declares alert as haze fears grow
Jan 24, 2017 (AFP)
An Indonesian province that suffers annual outbreaks of haze-belching fires said Tuesday it was declaring an early alert to prevent blazes burning out of contro...
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