Pollution
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Spain
Pig-rearing pollution is making life ‘unfeasible’ in this Spanish town
Residents are too afraid to drink water from their local wells or open their windows for fear of the stench…
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Asia
‘Really suffocating’: Pakistan emerges from record smog season
PLEDGES FOR CLEAN AIR Efforts that tackle pollution’s effects, rather than its source, miss the point, said Ahmad Ali Gul…
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News
New plastics pollution talks set for August: UN
PARIS: A new round of negotiations for an international treaty on reducing global plastics pollution will be held in Geneva…
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Mexico
The Jalisco town who saved the Casa Blanca wetlands
I’m sitting in the town of Casa Blanca, Jalisco, population 600, with local activist Juanita Ramírez, as we find ourselves…
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Asia
Thai resort island Phuket grapples with growing garbage crisis
Phuket, Thailand’s largest island, has undergone rapid development due to its tourism sector, a major driver of the Thai economy…
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Asia
Volunteers clean up Bali’s beach from ‘worst’ monsoon-driven trash
TONS OF GARBAGE Around 600 volunteers, including local residents, hospitality workers, and tourists, braved a rainy morning to pick up…
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Sport
Is the EU going to lower the levels of mercury allowed in tuna?
French NGO Bloom warns against a “health scandal of vast proportions” over mercury levels in tinned tuna. Their inquiry, published…
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Plastic pollution talks: The key sticking points
FINANCE Implementing any treaty will cost money that developing countries say they simply do not have. An article on financing…
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News
Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, Houston spew most greenhouse gas of world cities
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, with…
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Sport
Pesticides: a health hazard for Europeans ?
In Charente-Maritime, France, rising child cancer cases are suspected to be linked to pesticide exposure. Local residents are pushing for…
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