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Thais rally against officials building homes on sacred mountain
Apr 29, 2018 (AFP)
Public frustration has been mounting over the project since aerial images of several dozen officials' homes -- carved into the green foothills of Chiang Mai's D...
Trump environment chief grilled by Congress amid ethics scandals
Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has faced several weeks of criticism over spending taxpayer dollars for first-class travel, construction of a sound-proof booth i...
Heavy security as Philippines closes Boracay to tourists
Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)
Coast guard boats were on patrol and assault rifle-wielding police were posted at entry points to the once-pristine island that has become tainted by heavy comm...
Philippines police hold riot drills as Boracay closure challenged
Apr 25, 2018 (AFP)
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the holiday destination off-limits to tourists from Thursday, saying the tiny island has become a "cesspool" tainted by du...
Microplastics in Arctic sea ice - 'nowhere is immune'
Apr 24, 2018 (AFP)
A team from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) found 17 different plastic types in ice samples gathered during three Arctic expedi...
'Maximum' security as Philippines readies Boracay shutdown
Apr 24, 2018 (AFP)
President Rodrigo Duterte had branded the renowned white-sand resort a "cesspool" fouled by dumped sewage and imposed the temporary ban on visitors that is due ...
Nigerians demand air quality data over pollution fears
Apr 23, 2018 (AFP)
"I inhale a lot of dust as a result of the construction work going in my area," said Joseph, a cleaner from the Akute area of Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos. "I ...
BHP, Vale given extension to settle Brazil mine disaster claim
Apr 23, 2018 (AFP)
Samarco, co-owned by BHP and Brazilian mining giant Vale, is facing a 155 billion reals (US$45.4 billion) legal claim for clean-up costs and damages after the N...
Engineering a plastic-eating enzyme
Apr 22, 2018 (SPX)
The discovery could result in a recycling solution for millions of tonnes of plastic bottles, made of polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, which currently persis...
UK to ban sale of plastic straws to tackle marine waste
Apr 19, 2018 (AFP)
Prime Minister Theresa May said her government will launch a consultation on banning the single-use items later this year, ahead of legislation on the issue. Th...
Kitchen cabinets could leach harmful chemical compounds into the air
Apr 18, 2018 (UPI)
Researchers believe the harmful chemical compounds are a byproduct of the breakdown of a common sealant used in modern kitchen cabinetry. Previous studies have ...
China fights big smog with big air purifier
Apr 18, 2018 (AFP)
Instead of pumping out billows of black smoke like the chimneys rising from factories in the northern province of Shaanxi, the 60-meter (197-foot) tall structur...
California has worst US air pollution: report
Apr 18, 2018 (AFP)
The study published by the American Lung Association -- which covers the period from 2014 to 2016, the year before Trump took office -- said Los Angeles remaine...
Researchers accidentally engineer plastic-eating enzyme
Apr 16, 2018 (AFP)
More than eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans every year, and concern is mounting over this petroleum-derived product's toxic legac...
Fresh clashes as anti-capitalists attempt to rebuild French camp
Apr 15, 2018 (AFP)
A week of clashes erupted on Monday when police launched an eviction operation at Notre-Dames-des-Landes camp, near the city of Nantes, set up 10 years ago to f...
UK designer Christopher Raeburn transforms the unexpected
Apr 13, 2018 (AFP)
More than a decade since graduating from London's prestigious Royal College of Art, Raeburn has made a name for himself with streetwear fit for the style-consci...
World shipping industry agrees to halve carbon emissions by 2050
Apr 13, 2018 (AFP)
"The initial strategy envisages for the first time a reduction in total GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050 compared to 2008," the IMO...
Swamp microbe has pollution-munching power
Apr 13, 2018 (SPX)
Now, a bacterium discovered by Princeton researchers in a New Jersey swamp may offer a more efficient method for treating toxins found in sewage, fertilizer run...
Agricultural fires can double Delhi pollution during peak burning season
Apr 11, 2018 (SPX)
While crop burning has been illegal for years, there hasn't been a large enough deterrent to effectively crack down on the practice, in part because it's been d...
Trouble in Paradise: Tourism surge lashes Southeast Asia's beaches
Apr 11, 2018 (AFP)
Made famous by the 2000 movie "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Maya Bay on the western Thai island of Koh Phi Phi Ley is now a case study in the ruinous ...
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