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By Salam FARAJ BAGHDAD, Feb 21, 2024 (AFP) – Stricken by drought and depleted by upstream dams, Iraq’s once mighty rivers the Tigris and Euphrates are suffocating under pollutants from sewage to medical waste. In a country where half the population lacks access to safe drinking water, according to UN figures, state institutions are to blame for a man-made disaster which is turning rivers into waste dumps. “What is strange about water pollution in Iraq […]
by Miodrag SOVILJ Agence France-Presse BELGRADE, Serbia (AFP) — Just down the road from Belgrade’s historic city centre, gates open for trucks to pass to the banks of the Danube, where they dump raw sewage into Europe’s venerated river. It’s not a secret operation, but rather a business nobody likes to mention in the Serbian capital — the only one in Europe to spew all of its unfiltered wastewater into the continent’s second-longest river. A […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AF) — Oil has washed up to Venezuela’s west coast after a leak in a pipeline that takes crude to the country’s main refinery, national oil company PDVSA said on Saturday. The spill has spread over more than 13 kilometers (eight miles) according to the environmental commission of the opposition-majority national parliament. Venezuela suffers fuel shortages despite having the largest proven oil reserves in the world with only a limited number of its refineries currently […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Hundreds of people in eastern China have been infected with bacteria which can cause dysentery after drinking contaminated water, state media said Monday, prompting the closure of a local water plant. Nearly 500 people in the rural town of Baoyi — about 550 kilometres (342 miles) west of Shanghai — have developed fever and diarrhoea since late last week. A report by the local government published Sunday found they have been […]
by Shingo ITO Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The Japanese firm that operates a ship leaking fuel off the coast of Mauritius has been involved in accidents before, including a 2006 oil spill in the Indian Ocean. Mitsui OSK Lines operates the MV Wakashio, which ran aground on July 25 just off the coast of Mauritius, carrying 4,000 tonnes of fuel that has been seeping into the pristine coral-filled waters of the island nation. […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a state of emergency and criticised a subsidiary of metals giant Norilsk Nickel after a massive diesel spill into a Siberian river. The spill of over 20,000 tonnes of diesel fuel took place on Friday. A fuel reservoir collapsed at a power plant near the city of Norilsk, located above the Arctic Circle, and leaked into a nearby river. The accident is the second largest […]
https://youtu.be/RN8bYpnBgtg THESSALONIKI, Greece (AFP) — Thousands of fish washed up dead on the shores of Lake Koroneia in northern Greece on Thursday as a result of high temperatures and declining water levels, authorities said. A long period of drought and high temperatures left the fish high and dry, Dimitra Bobori, responsible for lakes in the Macedonia region, told AFP. The lake, 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the city of Thessaloniki, has experienced the phenomenon repeatedly […]
Pimentel urges Filipinos to reconsider plastic use By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday, June 7, vowed to back a measure that will seek to ban the use of single-use plastics in the country. Zubiri made the statement following reports the Philippines was one of the major sources of plastic that ends up in the oceans and waterways. Among those he said he wished to ban were the […]
(Eagle News) — Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu recently underscored the need to invest in nature to provide cost-effective solutions to the country’s most pressing water challenges in the wake of environmental issues facing the world-famous Boracay Island. Cimatu, in a statement, said it is high time the Philippines invest in the so-called green infrastructure, an approach which protects and restores natural ecosystems that provide security to nearby communities. “Countries highly vulnerable to natural […]
(Eagle News) — Plano ng Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) sa ilalim ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) na maglagay ng air quality monitoring station sa Boracay Island sa susunod na taon. Ayon sa EMB, ito ay upang mapaigting ang ginagawang hakbang ng gobyerno para malinis at matigil na ang pagkasira ng kalikasan sa kilalang tourist destination sa bansa. Maayos pa naman anila ang kalidad ng hangin sa Boracay Island dahil kakaunti pa lamang […]
BORACAY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Aminado ang Boracay Foundation Inc. (BFI) na ang unfinished drainage system ang dahilan ng water pollution sa Boracay Island. Ayon kay Nennette Aguirre-Graf, presidente ng BFI, dinisenyo ang mga drainage system para kontrolin ang pagbaha sa isla ngunit ang masaklap, ginamit na itong tapunan ng dumi ng ilan sa mga residente at establisyemento doon. Paliwanag ni Graf, nagagamit sa hindi tamang paraan ang mga drainage canal sa Boracay dahil gawa […]
Western consumer giants are polluting oceans by selling products packaged in cheap, disposable plastic to Filipinos, Greenpeace said, naming Nestle, Unilever and Procter & Gamble among the worst offenders. The environmental group ranked the Philippines as the “third-worst polluter into the world’s oceans” after China and Indonesia in a report released on Friday. Single-use plastics from products sold by conglomerates, such as bags, bottle labels, and straws, stood out during a week-long Greenpeace clean-up campaign held […]
