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Mutation protects plants against harmful explosive, TNT
Sep 07, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have identified a mutation in plants that allows them to break down TNT, an explosive that has become highly prevalent in soil in the last century, ...
Pollution dispersion in cities improved by trees
Sep 07, 2015 (SPX)
Trees in cities throughout the UK could be significantly improving the quality of the air we breathe by decreasing pollution levels for pedestrians, researchers...
India bars Greenpeace from receiving foreign funding
Sep 03, 2015 (AFP)
India has cancelled a license allowing Greenpeace's Indian arm to collect money from overseas, the organisation and Indian media said Thursday, the latest in an...
Large parks key to city success
Sep 02, 2015 (SPX)
More than half the world's population now lives in cities. As numbers continue to swell, decision-makers across the globe grapple with how best to accommodate g...
Seabird SOS
Sep 02, 2015 (SPX)
Plastic debris in the ocean has been an environmental issue for almost half a century. Now, for the first time, scientists can predict the global impact of plas...
Lebanon activists step up campaign, occupy environment ministry
Sep 01, 2015 (AFP)
Lebanese activists angered by a trash crisis and government incompetence stepped up their campaign Tuesday, occupying part of Lebanon's environment ministry to ...
Discarded electronics within Europe equals 10X volume of e-waste exported
Sep 01, 2015 (SPX)
Mismanagement of discarded electronics within Europe involves a volume 10 times that of e-waste shipped to foreign shores in undocumented exports, according to ...
Millions of plastic particles exist in cosmetic products
Aug 31, 2015 (SPX)
Everyday cosmetic and cleaning products contain huge quantities of plastic particles, which are released to the environment and could be harmful to marine life,...
Lebanese hold mass 'You Stink' rally against politicians
Aug 29, 2015 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of protesters from across Lebanon flocked to a mass rally Saturday in downtown Beirut against a political class accused of corruption and fail...
New study quantifies microplastics pollution
Aug 26, 2015 (UPI)
Though tiny, it's not hard to find microbeads, or microplastics, in the cosmetics industry. They're in toothpastes, facial soaps, exfoliants and more. It's an i...
Lebanon cabinet fails on trash crisis deal after demos
Aug 25, 2015 (AFP)
Lebanon's cabinet ended an acrimonious meeting on Tuesday with no solution to a trash crisis that has sparked protests and calls for the government's resignatio...
Water pollution in alluvial rivers is studied by an innovative and efficient approach
Aug 25, 2015 (SPX)
Water pollution has been a historical and stubborn problem in the water resource management. Several water pollution accidents continually occurred all over the...
Lebanese press demands as trash crisis exposes frustrations
Aug 24, 2015 (AFP)
Activists in Lebanon vowed Monday to press ahead with protests over a trash crisis that have become an outlet for deep-rooted, broad-based frustration over poli...
War in the Mid East curse on humanity, boon for clean air
Aug 24, 2015 (UPI)
There are no silver linings in war. But there are byproducts, some of them positive. New research suggests one of those byproducts is cleaner air. In the Middle...
Uproar in India's 'Valley of Gods' over green ruling
Aug 21, 2015 (AFP)
Its ski slopes are considered among the best in India while its stunning views are a magnet for hikers, horse riders and paragliders in the summer. But a new ru...
Better dsinfecting of spinach, salad greens would reduce illness
Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)
Cross contamination in commercial processing facilities that prepare spinach and other leafy greens for the market can make people sick. But researchers are rep...
Cyanide 356 times limits found at China blast test point: officials
Aug 20, 2015 (AFP)
Cyanide levels more than 350 times standard limits have been detected in water close to the site of deadly explosions in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, offic...
Rain in China blast city raises pollution fears
Aug 18, 2015 (AFP)
Heavy rain fell Tuesday on the remains of a Chinese industrial site devastated by giant explosions, complicating clean-up efforts and heightening fears about to...
Brazil court orders suspension of activity at Amazonian mine
Aug 15, 2015 (AFP)
A court has ordered Brazilian mining giant Vale to suspend activities at an Amazonian nickel mine and compensate indigenous people who say they are adversely af...
Amazon slowly eaten away by gold rush's illegal mines
Aug 13, 2015 (AFP)
Seen from above, the Amazon resembles a huge billiards table -- a field of intense green pockmarked by brown stains. These are the sites of illegal mines, and t...
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