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Biotechnologists look to bacteria in extremely cold environments for 'green' detergents
Feb 15, 2018 (SPX)
"They really have a tremendous potential," says microbiologist and biotechnologist Amedea Perfumo of the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. Biosurfacta...
Philippines resorts given two months to clean up 'cesspool' island
Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)
The outspoken Philippine leader last week blasted the tiny island's hotels, restaurants and other businesses, accusing them of dumping sewage directly into the ...
German government plays down 'free transport' plan
Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)
The measure was one of several proposed in a recent letter Berlin sent to EU Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella as Germany scrambles to avoid big fines for ...
Coal-loving Poland struggles with killer smog
Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)
On some winter days, a grey haze obscures the lights of the Polish capital's skyscrapers and the air smells like burning plastic. "It's starting again. Warsaw i...
An efficient and sustainable way to filter salt and metal ions from water
Feb 13, 2018 (SPX)
Dr Huacheng Zhang, Professor Huanting Wang and Associate Professor Zhe Liu and their team in the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University in Melbourne, Austr...
Environmental chemicals may boost body weight: study
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
These chemicals -- known as perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) -- have previously been linked with cancer, hormone disruption, immune dysfunction, high cholester...
Dutch shipping bosses in court over 'toxic' ship dumping
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
"The prosecution service alleges that the suspects planned to have the boats dismantled in India and Turkey in violation of European laws on transferring waste,...
Germany eyes free transport to banish air pollution
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
The move comes just over two years after Volkswagen's devastating "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal unleashed a wave of anger at the auto industry, a keys...
Storm runoff present salmon with toxic one-two punch, study shows
Feb 12, 2018 (UPI)
In a previous study, researchers at Washington State University showed toxic runoff can kill salmon. In the latest study, scientists found runoff can also damag...
In Kosovo's capital, 'breathing harms health'
Feb 11, 2018 (AFP)
If nothing is done, "this place will become a new Chernobyl.... We will have to leave", said Agim Ibrahimi, 46, a manual worker who lives in the town. "Three me...
Duterte slams top Philippine tourist island as 'cesspool'
Feb 10, 2018 (AFP)
The fiery leader gave his brutal assessment of the country's top tourist draw as he told hotels, restaurants and other businesses on the tiny central island to ...
Siberian smog monitors battle for clean air
Feb 09, 2018 (AFP)
But they quickly came up against those same authorities in the remote region 4,200 kilometres (2,600 miles) east of Moscow. Krasnoyarsk boasts dozens of factori...
An underestimated threat: Land-based pollution with microplastics
Feb 06, 2018 (SPX)
It is now widely accepted that microplastics contaminate our oceans and are harmful to coastal and marine habitats. And yet what effect do fragments of plastic ...
Vietnam activist jailed for 14 years over fish kill protests
Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)
The toxic dump in 2016 by Taiwanese steel firm Formosa destroyed livelihoods along swathes of coast in central Vietnam and sparked rare nationwide demonstration...
Air pollution closes all schools in Tehran
Feb 05, 2018 (AFP)
State television said the closure of primary schools on Monday was being extended to also cover high schools and colleges in the whole of Tehran province apart ...
High pollution shuts schools in Tehran
Feb 04, 2018 (AFP)
They also announced Sunday they would impose traffic restrictions in Tehran, home to 8.5 million inhabitants, allowing cars onto the streets in alternating shif...
'Oil-like' blobs hit Japan beaches after tanker sinks
Feb 02, 2018 (AFP)
The Iranian tanker Sanchi -- carrying 111,000 tonnes of light crude oil -- went under in a ball of flames on January 14 in Japan's economic waters in the East C...
These bacteria produce gold by digesting toxic metals
Feb 01, 2018 (SPX)
A team of researchers from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Adelaide in Australia...
'Toxic bloc' warned of EU legal action over air pollution
Jan 30, 2018 (AFP)
Brussels said it was running out of patience with states -- including the EU's three biggest economies -- that had failed to take steps to improve air quality d...
EU summons France, Germany, UK to 'final chance' pollution talks
Jan 30, 2018 (AFP)
Brussels could follow through on threats to take them to the European Court of Justice, the bloc's highest tribunal, if they fail to change course. EU Environme...
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