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EnvironmentIsrael scrambles to clean beaches after massive tar pollution
Israeli authorities on Sunday warned people to keep away from the country's Mediterranean shore to avoid a massive tar slick, as thousands of labourers and volunteers worked to clean contaminated ...
Texas freeze led to release of tons of air pollutants as refineries shut
The largest US oil refiners released tons of air pollutants into the skies over Texas this past week, according to figures provided to the state, as refineries and petrochemical plants in the region ...
Encounter with a brown fish owl
It can be scary to look up at a tree while passing by to see a solemn own staring rather ominously from its yellow eyes
UN security council to meet on global warming impact on world peace
The UN security council will hold a summit of world leaders Tuesday to debate climate change's implications for world peace, an issue on which its 15 members have divergent opinions.
India's glacier disaster highlights Himalayan dangers
The recent disaster is thought by experts to have been caused by a chunk of glacier 15 football fields long and five across breaking off, bringing with it part of a rock face
Traps and gaps of urban greening for Dhaka
A city planning with enough green spaces is very important for the citizens to live a healthy and peaceful life where they can breathe freely
Implementing dev activities to ensure conservation of Sundarbans: Minister
"By implementing development activities in the south-western part of the country, we'll be able to ensure the conservation of the Sundarbans," environment minister Md Shahab Uddin said.
Air pollution caused 160,000 deaths in big cities last year
Serious pollution caused around 160,000 premature deaths in the world's five most populous cities last year, even as air quality improved in some places due to coronavirus lockdowns, an environmental ...
Chief Raoni on 'final mission' to protect Amazon lands
Raoni, a chief of the Kayapo people in north-central Brazil, will make the appeal as part of a live webcast called "Protecting the Amazon".
EU readies reforms to energy treaty as climate criticisms mount
The European Commission is expected to propose reforms to an international energy treaty as early as Monday, EU officials said, after some governments have said the bloc should consider quitting the ...
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