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How Indigenous guards saved a Colombian lake from overtourism
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
Ascending the Azufral volcano which rises to 4,070 meters (2.5 miles) in the western Colombian Andes is not for the faint-hearted. It's also not for the uninvit...
India's fireworks boom ahead of Hindu festival of lights
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
Authorities regularly impose bans on the smoky pyrotechnics to reduce the hazardous pollution they cause, but to many, firecrackers are an integral part of the ...
Montenegro warns public away from Bar port over toxic metal scare
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
The warning came after it emerged on Tuesday that samples taken in 2023 had revealed elevated concentrations of arsenic and lead in the industrial section of th...
Rome to clean up its act with billion-euro trash burner
Oct 14, 2024 (AFP)
For years, the Italian capital has struggled to deal with its some 1,600,000 tonnes (1,800,000 tons) of rubbish a year, with overflowing landfills forcing the c...
India's capital bans fireworks to curb air pollution
Oct 14, 2024 (AFP)
The ban is the toughest in a string of restrictions on the hugely popular firecrackers -- rules that have been widely flouted. "There will be a complete ban on ...
Geologist tracks lead pollution in a Tibetan glacier, revealing global impact of human activities
Oct 11, 2024 (SPX)
The team's findings, detailed in the paper titled "Source of lead in a Tibetan glacier since the Stone Age," were recently published in Nature Communications Ea...
Panama's water wheel trash collector keeps plastic at bay
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
All kinds of trash flow down rivers running through Panama City and end up on the coastline of the Central American nation. To combat the pollution, the nonprof...
In Colombia, children trade plastic waste for school supplies
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
Bahia Malaga National Park, on Colombia's Pacific coast, is one of the best places in the South American country to spot humpback whales. The giant mammals draw...
Honduras arrests environmentalist's alleged murderer
Oct 05, 2024 (AFP)
Juan Lopez, who campaigned against open-pit iron ore mining, was shot dead on September 14 after leaving church in the northeastern town of Tocoa. "We've captur...
Somalia bans plastic bags in pollution fight
Oct 01, 2024 (AFP)
The new law, first announced in February, prohibits the importation, production, sale and use of plastic bags, which usually end up dumped as litter or buried i...
Return to sender: waste stranded at sea stirs toxic dispute
Sep 27, 2024 (AFP)
According to official papers reviewed by AFP, the containers were filled with waste material that was set to be processed and destroyed far from Europe's shores...
VA weighs whether so-called forever chemicals have connection to kidney cancer
Sep 25, 2024 (UPI)
If the VA study links kidney cancer to exposure to polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, the VA would include them among conditions for whic...
French lake still riddled with bombs 80 years after World War II
Sep 24, 2024 (AFP)
The lake 660 metres (2,170 feet) above sea level is a popular summer bathing spot and is sometimes also tapped for drinking water for the picturesque local town...
California expands ban on plastic grocery bags
Sep 23, 2024 (AFP)
The state -- which has the fifth largest economy in the world -- had banned plastic bags in 2014, but allowed stores to offer consumers thicker bags that were s...
'Convergence' growing on global plastics treaty: UN environment chief
Sep 22, 2024 (AFP)
Inger Andersen, director of the UN Environment Program, said her team was "getting ready" for final negotiations in late November in South Korea's Busan. There,...
Environmental protesters block French cruise liner port
Sep 21, 2024 (AFP)
About 20 members of Extinction Rebellion and Marseille-based Stop Croisieres (Stop Cruises) made a chain of canoes in the water across the entry to the port, an...
Scientists call for unified global action on microplastics
Sep 20, 2024 (SPX)
Published in the journal 'Science', the study stresses the importance of a comprehensive strategy through the United Nations' Plastic Pollution Treaty, which is...
Fuel slick from sunk ship spreads to Greenland fjord
Sep 20, 2024 (AFP)
After the ship hit a reef and ran aground overnight Wednesday to Thursday, "films of hydrocarbons are visible on the surface of the water in the Nanortalik fjor...
Ship with 20,000 litres of diesel fuel sinks off Greenland
Sep 19, 2024 (AFP)
"Last night, around 1:45 am (0245 GMT), a ship hit a reef near Nanortalik and started taking on water," Greenlandic police said in a statement. The vessel sank ...
So where does the oceans' plastic waste come from?
Sep 18, 2024 (AFP)
And their amount could almost double by 2060, unless strong measures are taken against the pollution, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ...
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