pollution
Pope says coronavirus should spark new environmental awareness
World
June 21, 2020
Pope says coronavirus should spark new environmental awareness
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The drastic reduction in pollution during coronavirus lockdowns around the world should lead to greater concern…
As lockdown clears the air, Cairo looks to keep pollution low
Egypt
May 25, 2020
As lockdown clears the air, Cairo looks to keep pollution low
CAIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It is a Thursday evening in downtown Cairo, usually a crowded and noisy time as…
Recent wave of heavy rain in Egypt led to decrease in air pollution: Minister
Environment
March 19, 2020
Recent wave of heavy rain in Egypt led to decrease in air pollution: Minister
Egypt’s Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad has announced a recent improvement in air quality and a decrease in pollution rates monitored…
Air pollution ‘pandemic’ shortens lives by 3 years: study
World
March 3, 2020
Air pollution ‘pandemic’ shortens lives by 3 years: study
A ‘pandemic’ of air pollution shortens lives worldwide by nearly three years on average, and causes 8.8 million premature deaths…
In Dakar, volunteers clean beach littered with medical waste
World
March 1, 2020
In Dakar, volunteers clean beach littered with medical waste
Volunteers gathered to clear a beach strewn with used compresses, dirty needles and vials of blood on Saturday, apparently discarded…
Expansion of Britain’s Heathrow Airport ruled illegal on climate grounds
World
February 27, 2020
Expansion of Britain’s Heathrow Airport ruled illegal on climate grounds
LONDON (Reuters) – The planned expansion of London’s Heathrow Airport was declared unlawful on environmental grounds by a court on…
Micro-pollution ravaging China and South Asia: study
World
February 25, 2020
Micro-pollution ravaging China and South Asia: study
Nearly 90 percent of the 200 cities beset by the world’s highest levels of deadly micro-pollution are in China and…
Video: South Sudan buries reports on oil pollution, birth defects
World
February 13, 2020
Video: South Sudan buries reports on oil pollution, birth defects
PALOCH, South Sudan (AP) — The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open…
Draft US law seeks to make plastic industry responsible for waste
World
February 12, 2020
Draft US law seeks to make plastic industry responsible for waste
Carry your own cup to the coffee shop. Recycle that soda bottle. Say no to straws. The growing global crisis…
How your clothes become microfibre pollution in the sea
Environment
February 1, 2020
How your clothes become microfibre pollution in the sea
From the polar ice cap to the Mariana Trench 10 kilometers below the waves, synthetic microfibres spat out by household…