Pollution
PollutionTannery waste dumped into the river: Polluters must be punished
Prothom Alo investigations have found several tannery owners in the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate dumping untreated waste into Dhaleshwari river though pipes at night
Pran-RFL manufacturing products from used plastic
Pran-RFL Group is making hundreds of products, recycling discarded plastic materials
Little to celebrate after 50 years of activism: Greenpeace chief
Greenpeace has vastly expanded since the early days and now has than 3,500 staff operating in some 55 countries - almost as big as some of the multinational firms it targets
Dhaka North and South
Waste management in a mess as master plan stalled
Since the two Dhaka city corporations have been following conventionals method of waste management, with the two landfills in Matuail of the capital and Aminbazar of Savar near full capacity, both ...
Three-quarters of people in G20 nations see climate, nature near tipping points
Three in four people living in the world's 20 major economies believe nature and the Earth's climate are approaching potentially abrupt or irreversible changes due to human action, according to a ...
Monologue of the 'jaam' tree
I still get chill when I recall the day when the developer came to see the plot on the other side of the wall. I couldn't sleep that night
Decision on Sundarbans World Heritage status next year
Tian Xuejun called on Bangladesh to submit SEA, EIA and impact of industries on the World Heritage Site reports, to be completed within August following the operational guidelines of the World ...
Pandemic recovery to push emissions to all-time high: IEA
The global rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic is set to drive emissions of greenhouse gases that stoke climate change to all-time highs
China launches emissions trading scheme to go carbon neutral by 2060
China launched its long-awaited emissions trading system on Friday, a key tool in its quest to drive down climate change-causing greenhouse gases and go carbon neutral by 2060
Air pollution exposure associated with poor academics in childhood
Children exposed to elevated levels of air pollution may be more likely to have poor inhibitory control during late childhood and poor academic skills in early adolescence, including spelling, ...
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