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China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos
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China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos

From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants from the US to Australia, China’s…
London gets world’s first 24-hour air pollution charge zone
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London gets world’s first 24-hour air pollution charge zone

London (CNN Business)–London is the first city in the world to implement a 24-hour, seven day a week Ultra Low…
Brazil president says he wants the Amazon to be exploited ‘in a reasonable way’
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Brazil president says he wants the Amazon to be exploited ‘in a reasonable way’

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he wanted the country’s vast Amazon rainforest to…
Death in China zoo puts rarest turtle on cusp of oblivion
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Death in China zoo puts rarest turtle on cusp of oblivion

The world’s rarest turtle has moved a step closer to extinction after a female specimen died in a Chinese zoo,…
Weather forecasters put climate change on their maps
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Weather forecasters put climate change on their maps

Though it was a couple of years ago, weathercaster Anju Singh clearly recollects the message she delivered to camera when unexpected…
Egypt installs 100 air quality monitoring stations nationwide: Minister
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Egypt installs 100 air quality monitoring stations nationwide: Minister

Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad announced the installation of 100 air quality monitoring stations nationwide, under the National Network for…
Garfield beach phone mystery solved after 30 years
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Garfield beach phone mystery solved after 30 years

For more than 30 years bright orange “Garfield” phones have been washing up on the French coast to the bemusement…
EU parliament approves ban on single-use plastics
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EU parliament approves ban on single-use plastics

European lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday for an EU-wide ban on single-use plastic products such as the straws, cutlery and cotton…
Plastic microparticles threaten unique Galapagos fauna
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Plastic microparticles threaten unique Galapagos fauna

Armed only with gloves and large sacks, park rangers and volunteers are battling the scourge of plastic waste blighting the…
A tale of two Delhis: Deadly air exposes rich-poor divide
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A tale of two Delhis: Deadly air exposes rich-poor divide

Walls draped in lush vertical gardens and air filtered through purifiers insulate diners at a swanky New Delhi food court…
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