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Canada proposes phase out of 'forever chemicals' in consumer products
Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)
Restrictions on the Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, would come in over several years starting in 2027, after consultations. At a fire hall in Mont...
Albania slammed for inaction on 'toxic waste'
Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)
A total of 102 containers, believed to be filled with suspicious waste, were unloaded in the port of Durres from a Turkish-flagged container ship in November an...
French city Nice backtracks on big cruise ship ban
Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)
Last month Christian Estrosi signed an order prohibiting cruise ships carrying more than 900 passengers from putting them ashore for sight-seeing excursions of ...
Trump eyes 65% staff cut at US environmental agency
Feb 26, 2025 (AFP)
"I spoke with Lee Zeldin and he thinks he's going to be cutting 65 or so percent of the people from environmental," he said, referring to the EPA administrator....
Fishermen, sailing champions clean up trash-covered Rio island
Feb 21, 2025 (AFP)
"Now, the net only brings garbage, garbage, garbage. And we can't survive that way," the 60-year-old told AFP, as a team of volunteers including a two-time Olym...
France's parliament votes to ban some uses of 'forever chemicals'
Feb 20, 2025 (AFP)
The lower-house National Assembly adopted the bill put forward by the Greens 231 votes to 51, after the upper-house Senate gave it a green light last year. Pres...
Iraqi brick workers risk health, life to keep families afloat
Feb 20, 2025 (AFP)
Covered in dirt, the sisters toiled for hours at the oil-fired brickworks near Al-Kifl city south of Baghdad, earning just enough to keep their younger siblings...
First 'green' lawsuits against new Trump admin; Sweden's high court dismisses Thunberg lawsuit
Feb 19, 2025 (AFP)
The first lawsuit challenges an executive order that revokes former president Joe Biden's withdrawal of vulnerable ocean areas from future oil and gas leasing. ...
Tunisian startup takes on e-waste challenge
Feb 14, 2025 (AFP)
Cheriha said there were currently about eight million household appliances and nine million cellphones in use across Tunisia, but once these devices break down ...
Croatia arrests at least 10 for dumping hazardous waste
Feb 14, 2025 (AFP)
Ten suspects and four companies were investigated for a "serious criminal offence against the environment, document forging, tax evasion and money laundering, a...
'Terrified' families seek justice in Italy 'forever chemicals' trial
Feb 13, 2025 (AFP)
The now-shuttered Miteni factory near the northeastern city of Vicenza is alleged to have polluted one of Europe's largest groundwater basins with PFAS, dubbed ...
'What would you have us do?': the plastic credits problem
Feb 12, 2025 (AFP)
White smoke billows from its silver chimney, visible only at night against the dark sky, and dust coats much of the surrounding area, where residents complain o...
Swiss vote rejects placing ecology at heart of constitution
Feb 09, 2025 (AFP)
Some 70 percent of those who cast their ballots voted no to the measure, according to an official preliminary count. A summary of the referendum said that natur...
Hundreds protest in London against Beijing 'mega embassy'; Amsterdam to ban polluting pleasure boats in April
Feb 08, 2025 (AFP)
The new embassy -- if approved by the UK government -- would be the "biggest Chinese embassy in Europe", one lawmaker said earlier. Protester Iona Boswell, a 40...
A stream turns blood red in Argentina, residents blame pollution
Feb 07, 2025 (AFP)
People living in Avellaneda, a town six miles (10 kilometres) from the center of the Argentine capital, described being woken by a stench emanating from the riv...
Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic'
Feb 07, 2025 (AFP)
The move is his latest on green issues since returning to power, after pulling out of the Paris climate change agreement and ordering deregulations as part of a...
No new clothes: S. Korean climate activist targets hyperconsumption
Feb 05, 2025 (AFP)
While looking at the ultra-cheap padded jacket at an H&M shop in the United States, where she was working at the time, Lee asked herself how any item of clothin...
Air pollution fuels lung cancer among non-smokers: study
Feb 04, 2025 (AFP)
Lung cancer is the commonest form of the disease, with 2.5 million people diagnosed in 2022, said the study, published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journa...
European rights court condemns Italy over toxic waste dumping by mafia
Jan 30, 2025 (AFP)
In a unanimous verdict the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Italy had violated Article 2 -- the right to life -- of the Europea...
Mafia waste victims seek justice in Italy's 'Land of Fires'
Jan 30, 2025 (AFP)
The European Court of Human Rights will on Thursday morning deliver its verdict on allegations Italy was aware of the illegal dumping, burying and burning of ha...
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