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Scientists estimate weight of plastic floating in the ocean
Dec 16, 2014 (SPX)
Nearly 269,000 tons of plastic pollution may be floating in the world's oceans, according to a study published December 10, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS...
Dead dolphin triggers fears after major Bangladesh oil spill
Dec 14, 2014 (AFP)
A dead dolphin has been found in Bangladesh's protected Sundarbans delta following an oil spill which has spread over several hundred square kilometres, heighte...
EU clean air, waste laws at risk
Dec 12, 2014 (AFP)
EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker faces a clash with lawmakers after leaked documents Friday revealed his plans to drop laws on clean air and waste recycl...
Asbestos: An ongoing challenge to global health
Dec 10, 2014 (SPX)
Challenges to global health can evolve from policies and decisions that take years or decades to unfold. An article in the current issue of the Annals of Global...
Lower IQ seen after exposure to plastic chemicals
Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)
Pregnant women who were exposed to high levels of common household chemicals found in plastics, cosmetics and air fresheners had children whose intelligence suf...
French ecology minister slams 'ridiculous' log fire ban
Dec 09, 2014 (AFP)
French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal said Tuesday a ban on using open fireplaces in the Paris region was "excessive" and vowed to reverse the anti-pollution m...
Burning issue: Dismay as Paris bans log fires
Dec 05, 2014 (AFP)
Lounging by a roaring fire on a cold winter evening may be one of life's simplest forms of pleasure for homebodies but this will soon be a distant memory in Par...
Bhopal film 'tells truth' of disaster on 30th anniversary: director
Dec 04, 2014 (AFP)
A new film depicting the toxic gas leak that killed thousands in India's Bhopal city puts the blame squarely on Union Carbide for the disaster, the director sai...
EU court hits Italy with giant illegal waste fine
Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)
The EU's top court slapped Italy with a giant 40-million-euro fine on Tuesday for ignoring a seven-year-old ruling and failing to clean up illegal waste sites. ...
Protests as Bhopal marks 30th anniversary of disaster
Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)
Protesters in the Indian city of Bhopal burned effigies representing Dow Chemicals and displayed placards demanding justice as they marked the 30th anniversary ...
Bhopal kids paying price 30 years after India disaster
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
When Champa Devi Shukla's granddaughter was born with a raft of facial deformities in the Indian city of Bhopal, she was not left short of advice. "Many people ...
30 years on, fight for justice still rages in Bhopal
Nov 30, 2014 (AFP)
Nearly deaf and riddled with cancer and ulcers, 90-year-old Rampyari Bai insists she will never give up fighting for justice for victims of the world's worst in...
Mining can damage fish habitats far downstream
Nov 28, 2014 (SPX)
Anglers across the nation wondering why luck at their favorite fishing spot seems to have dried up may have a surprising culprit: a mine miles away, even in a d...
Beijing adopts smoking ban for public places
Nov 28, 2014 (AFP)
China's capital on Friday passed a smoking ban for all indoor public places and offices, state media reported, despite the failure of past attempts to limit whe...
Gold rush an ecological disaster for Peruvian Amazon
Nov 28, 2014 (AFP)
A lush expanse of Amazon rainforest known as the "Mother of God" is steadily being destroyed in Peru, with the jungle giving way to mercury-filled tailing ponds...
India court slams Delhi's worsening air pollution
Nov 27, 2014 (AFP)
India's environment court has slammed the government over the capital's horrendous air pollution, which it said was "getting worse" every day, and ordered a str...
Mittal bids for 'environmental disaster' Italian steel plant
Nov 26, 2014 (AFP)
ArcelorMittal has teamed up with Italy's Marcegaglia to bid for Ilva, a loss-making Italian steel plant at the centre of a major environmental scandal, the targ...
US proposes stricter ozone limits
Nov 26, 2014 (AFP)
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it plans to strengthen regulations for emissions of ozone, a smog-causing pollutant blamed for respirat...
Cut the salt: Green solutions for highway snow and ice control
Nov 21, 2014 (SPX)
Ice-free pavement. "Smart snowplows." Vegetable juice ice-melt. Cold-climate researchers at Washington State University are clearing the road with green alterna...
European urbanites breathing highly polluted air: report
Nov 19, 2014 (AFP)
As many as nine in 10 European city dwellers breathe air high in pollutants, blamed for 400,000 premature deaths every year, the European Environment Agency (EE...
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