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US cruise ship captain on trial over French pollution charges
Oct 08, 2018 (AFP)
The Azura, capable of carrying more than 3,000 passengers, is one of the largest in the fleet operated by P&O Cruises, whose parent company Carnival is also bei...
Microplastics found deep in sand where turtles nest
Oct 04, 2018 (SPX)
University of Exeter scientists found an average of 5,300 particles of plastic per cubic metre at depths of 60cm (2ft) on beaches in Cyprus used by green turtle...
On patrol with India's anti-plastic 'blue squad'
Oct 02, 2018 (AFP)
It doesn't take Mahindra Wayangankar long to find one: a dry fruits seller, wrapping his wares in plastic, is hit with a hefty 5,000-rupee ($69) fine. Wayangank...
Gangsters, militants exploit environment for cash
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
Ivory trafficking, gold mining, illegal "taxes" on natural resources and other environmental crimes make up 38 percent of the funding of conflict and armed grou...
NASA Study Untangles Smoke, Pollution Effects on Clouds
Sep 25, 2018 (JPL)
Researchers led by scientist Jonathan Jiang of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, used observational data from two NASA satellites to inv...
Coca-Cola, Walmart to cut plastic pollution in oceans
Sep 20, 2018 (AFP)
Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Italy, along with the European Union, signed the Ocean Plastics Charter at a leaders' summit in Canada's Charlevoix region ...
Air pollution linked to higher risk of dementia: study
Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)
The link remained even after heavy drinking, smoking and other well established risk factors for dementia were ruled out, the researchers reported in medical jo...
Microplastics may enter foodchain through mosquitoes
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
Microplastics -- tiny plastic shards broken down from man-made products such as synthetic clothing, car tyres and contact lenses -- litter much of the world's o...
Nappy change: Dutch to turn diapers into furniture
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
Plastic from the nappies extracted by the facility in the central Dutch town of Weurt near Nijmegen will have a second life as household items like garden furni...
Researchers turn to oysters as pollution-tracking sentinels
Sep 17, 2018 (AFP)
Their findings reveal that much like canaries in a coal mine, oysters stationed near offshore oil platforms can detect minute amounts of hydrocarbons as each on...
Most EU countries miss air quality targets: report
Sep 11, 2018 (AFP)
The European Court of Auditors (ECA), the European Union body which scrutinises how the bloc spends its budget, said pollution's toll on health in Bulgaria and ...
New construction boom threatens Spanish coastline
Sep 10, 2018 (AFP)
From Catalonia to the Balearic Islands numerous building projects which came to a halt during Spain's 2008 economic crisis have been restarted as growth returns...
Cleaning up Tokyo's beaches: An Olympic task
Sep 06, 2018 (AFP)
The scene may seem unremarkable but it was unthinkable until recently when local activists decided to clean up the polluted water at city beaches, hoping to lea...
Carlsberg cans plastic rings to cut waste
Sep 06, 2018 (AFP)
Plastic rings pose a serious threat to wildlife and are choking landfill sites, and together with plastic bags are linked to increased ocean pollution. Carlsber...
Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants
Sep 04, 2018 (SPX)
Using a mineral-coated sand that reacts with and destroys organic pollutants, the researchers have discovered that the engineered sand could help purify storm w...
The fate of plastic in the oceans
Sep 04, 2018 (SPX)
Although new microplastics are constantly entering the oceans and some types of plastic have a relatively low density and therefore drift at the water surface, ...
Pope urges clean up of plastic waste from oceans
Sep 01, 2018 (AFP)
"We cannot allow our seas and oceans to be littered by endless fields of floating plastic," the pontiff said in a message on the fourth World Day of Prayer for ...
Chilean environmentalists fight to protect glaciers from mining dust
Aug 31, 2018 (AFP)
Climatologist Fabrice Lambert from Chile's Catholic University believes that the country's 24,114 glaciers are in danger from mining activity, although the dire...
Particulate pollution's impact varies greatly depending on where it originated
Aug 31, 2018 (SPX)
Aerosols are tiny particles that are spewed into the atmosphere by human activities, including burning coal and wood. They have negative effects on air quality ...
In Kenya, rubbish reborn as art
Aug 31, 2018 (AFP)
Long before upcycling became a hipster mantra, Ngure turned his Nairobi apartment into a workshop, and junk into art, his choice of artistic expression echoing ...
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