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IBM to work to curb China pollution
Jul 07, 2014 (AFP)
IBM said Monday it had signed an agreement to help curb pollution in China, starting with the dangerous smog that afflicts Beijing. The US computing giant said ...
China sets up specialised pollution tribunal
Jul 03, 2014 (AFP)
China's Supreme Court has set up a special tribunal to deal with environmental cases, it said Thursday as Beijing pushes a green agenda with public discontent o...
Separating finely mixed oil and water
Jul 03, 2014 (SPX)
Whenever there is a major spill of oil into water, the two tend to mix into a suspension of tiny droplets, called an emulsion, that is extremely hard to separat...
All the world's oceans have plastic debris on their surface
Jul 03, 2014 (SPX)
However, central surface waters of the oceans may not be the final destination of plastic debris since, as indicated by the study performed by the Malaspina Exp...
Pollution blamed for drop in Beijing tourism: Xinhua
Jul 01, 2014 (AFP)
The number of overseas tourists visiting China's capital fell by 10 percent last year compared to 2012, state media reported, with air pollution blamed for the ...
Greenpeace left red-faced after top official travel expose
Jun 24, 2014 (AFP)
Anti-carbon advocate Greenpeace has grounded flights for a top official after a media report fingered him for commuting by plane between his Luxembourg home and...
Malaysian police detain Australian activist
Jun 23, 2014 (AFP)
Malaysian police were holding an Australian activist in custody after she was arrested together with 15 others protesting against a rare earth plant accused of ...
Plastic tide 'causing $13 bn in damage', UN says
Jun 23, 2014 (AFP)
The dumping of plastic waste into the world's oceans is causing at least $13 billion a year of damage, threatening marine life, tourism and fisheries, the Unite...
Chemical pollution of European waters is stronger than anticipated
Jun 23, 2014 (SPX)
Substantial improvements in freshwater quality by 2015 have been a declared objective of the EU member states, manifesting itself by the requirements of the Wat...
Nanoparticles from dietary supplement drinks likely to reach environment
Jun 20, 2014 (SPX)
Nanoparticles are becoming ubiquitous in food packaging, personal care products and are even being added to food directly. But the health and environmental effe...
'Plastic-eating' microbes help marine debris sink: study
Jun 19, 2014 (AFP)
Microscopic creatures could be helping reduce marine garbage on the ocean surface, not only by "eating" plastics but by causing tiny pieces to sink to the seafl...
Disease-causing chemicals in everyday products cost EU billions: NGO
Jun 18, 2014 (AFP)
Disease-causing chemicals in everyday products from sunscreen to store receipts cost EU countries more than 30 billion euros in health costs, a study said on We...
China official blasted for blaming lead poisoning on pencils
Jun 16, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese government official who blamed lead poisoning in more than 300 children on the possible chewing of school pencils was excoriated in state-run media an...
China pollution arrests rise as Beijing pushes green agenda
Jun 12, 2014 (AFP)
China arrested more people last year for environmental offences than in the previous 10 combined, state media said Thursday, as Beijing strives to produce resul...
Pollution-ridden Bangladesh unveils green tax in budget
Jun 05, 2014 (AFP)
Bangladesh imposed a radical new "green tax" on Thursday to force polluting factories to pay extra levies as it looks to clean up the country's increasingly dir...
New pollution rules will reduce asthma, heart attacks: Obama
May 31, 2014 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama said Saturday that his administration's proposals to cut carbon emissions will prevent thousands of asthma and heart attacks each year...
Cutting Carbon Emissions Reduces Everyday Air Pollution
May 28, 2014 (SPX)
Setting strong standards for climate-changing carbon emissions from power plants would provide an added bonus - reductions in other air pollutants that can make...
Sweden to sue EU for delay on hormone disrupting chemicals
May 22, 2014 (AFP)
Sweden on Thursday said it would sue the European Commission over a delay in identifying harmful chemicals in everyday products, which it blamed on chemical ind...
Dangerous nitrogen pollution could be halved
May 15, 2014 (SPX)
Ambitious mitigation efforts, however, could decrease the pollution by 50 percent. The analysis is the very first to quantify this. "Nitrogen is an irreplaceabl...
Study strengthens link between neonicotinoids and collapse of honey bee colonies
May 13, 2014 (SPX)
Two widely used neonicotinoids-a class of insecticide-appear to significantly harm honey bee colonies over the winter, particularly during colder winters, accor...
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