Residents revolt against UK sewage dumping
by Martine PAUWELS Agence France-Presse BRIGHTON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Brighton, on England's south coast, has been described as Britain's…
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Pollution
No mountain high enough: Study finds plastic in ‘clean’ air
PARIS, France (AFP) - From Mount Everest to the Mariana Trench, microplastics are everywhere – even high in the Earth’s…
5 years ago
California sues Walmart over toxic waste dumping
The US state of California announced Monday it is suing Walmart, alleging the retail giant unlawfully disposes of millions of…
5 years ago
Operator of leaking California pipeline charged with negligence
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The operators of a California pipeline that leaked crude oil onto beaches south of…
5 years ago
Operator of leaking California pipeline charged with negligence
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) - The operators of a California pipeline that leaked crude oil on to beaches south…
5 years ago
‘Find a solution,’ say residents as smog blankets Pakistan’s Lahore
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) -- The Pakistani city of Lahore was declared the most polluted city in the world by an…
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Delhi schools shut indefinitely as smog worsens
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - Delhi shut down schools until further notice, urged people to work from home and banned…
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India welcomes back tourists but smog shrouds Taj Mahal
by Laurence THOMANN Agence France-Presse AGRA, India (AFP) - Foreign tourists have been welcomed back to India after pandemic travel…
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‘The water is poison’: Chinese activist spends life protecting polluted lake
by Patrick BAERT KUNMING, China (AFP) -- Environmental activist Zhang Zhengxiang is almost blind, and lives in poverty -- but…
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Delhi shuts schools as government considers ‘pollution lockdown’
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- New Delhi authorities announced Saturday a one-week closure of schools and said…
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Air pollution in Europe still killing 300,000 a year: report
by Camille BAS-WOHLERT Agence France Presse COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- Premature deaths caused by fine particle air pollution have…
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Farm fires stoke Indian capital’s pollution crisis
AMRITSAR, India (AFP) - Crackling flames and plumes of smoke rise from the earth as farmers set their fields alight in…
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