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Flint, a poster child of US environmental racism?
Mar 07, 2016 (AFP)
Would the scandal surrounding the lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan happen if the residents were rich white people? Democrats Hillary Clinton and Berni...
Chinese smog has silver lining for mask makers
Mar 06, 2016 (AFP)
The steel plants and cement factories scattered across China's Shandong province have made it one of the most contaminated areas of the world's biggest polluter...
Lead-free food a daily challenge in Flint
Mar 05, 2016 (AFP)
The United States is known for trends like fat-free and gluten-free diets, but residents in Flint, Michigan are struggling with a much more serious concern: how...
Brazil mine disaster company settles for $6.2 billion
Mar 02, 2016 (AFP)
The owners of an iron ore mine in Brazil where a burst dam spewed a toxic flood, flattening a village and killing 19 people, settled with the government Wednesd...
Physicists get a perfect material for air filters
Mar 02, 2016 (SPX)
A research team from the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences have synthesized the material that is perfect f...
Ivory Coast toxic spill victims launch Dutch suit
Mar 02, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of Ivorian victims of a deadly 2006 toxic waste spill are suing Dutch multinational oil trader Trafigura to demand compensation, their lawyers announc...
Brazil mine disaster company settles for $6.1 billion
Mar 02, 2016 (AFP)
The owners of an iron ore mine in Brazil where a burst dam spewed a toxic flood, flattening a village and killing 19 people, settled with the government Wednesd...
Plankton feces could move plastic pollution to the ocean depths
Mar 01, 2016 (SPX)
Plastic waste could find its way deep into the ocean through the faeces of plankton, new research from the University of Exeter and Plymouth Marine Laboratory s...
Environmentalists take on Indian guru over festival
Mar 01, 2016 (AFP)
World-famous Indian guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has come under fire for a mass festival to promote peace that environmentalists say risks damaging the delicate ec...
Mountaintop mining, crop irrigation can damage water biodiversity
Feb 29, 2016 (SPX)
Aquatic life can suffer when high concentrations of dissolved salts enter freshwater ecosystems, a process known as salinization. An international, multi-instit...
China environment film smashes box office records
Feb 24, 2016 (AFP)
A comedic fantasy movie denouncing the human toll on marine wildlife has broken China's national box office record -- a sign of increasing environmental awarene...
New bacterial pump could be used to remove cesium from the environment by light
Feb 23, 2016 (SPX)
A novel cesium-transporting bacterial pump developed by researchers at the NITech could be beneficial in radioactivity decontamination efforts. These findings w...
Cameroon football great Milla giving plastic waste the red card
Feb 22, 2016 (AFP)
Cameroonian footballing hero Roger Milla, the oldest goalscorer in World Cup history, is taking on an even bigger challenge in a very different field -- turning...
Brazil prosecutor threat to torpedo $5 bn dam burst settlement
Feb 19, 2016 (AFP)
A nearly $5 billion expected settlement for last year's toxic flood that killed 17 people in Brazil could be challenged by prosecutors, who say the amount is no...
Benefits associated with the reduction of mercury emissions far outweigh industry cost
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
How should cost factor into the protection of human health and the environment? That was the central question in a Supreme Court case last summer that pitted th...
India's smog-choked capital to resume car ban in April
Feb 11, 2016 (AFP)
New Delhi will restart draconian driving restrictions that will take around a million cars off the roads, to combat air quality in the world's most polluted cap...
Romania asks UNESCO to protect planned open-cast goldmine site
Feb 06, 2016 (AFP)
Romania has asked the UN cultural agency UNESCO to give world heritage list status to a village where a Canadian firm is battling to locate a controversial open...
Lithium battery catalyst found to harm key soil microorganism
Feb 05, 2016 (SPX)
The material at the heart of the lithium ion batteries that power electric vehicles, laptop computers and smartphones has been shown to impair a key soil bacter...
Living with contamination: fear and anger in Flint
Feb 04, 2016 (AFP)
Eighty-year-old Melvina Fields worries about getting contaminated water in her mouth each time she bathes. But what upsets her most, as the crisis in Flint drag...
Volkswagen, Flint point to weakness in US environmental protections
Feb 03, 2016 (AFP)
Two recent scandals in the United States -- one involving Volkswagen's diesel cars, the other, contaminated tap water in Flint, Michigan -- appear to have littl...
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