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Across the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, scientists are developing alternative sustainable solutions to the golden tide of Sargassum

Exclusive: environment groups accuse Queensland authorities of being a ‘toothless tiger’, saying ‘paltry’ fines ‘an insult to communities and farmers’

In a bid to curb plastic waste pollution, India-based company Rhino Machines has invented a way of using plastic to make construction blocks. The silica plastic blocks (SPBs) are strong enough to build a house and can be...

In May, the French nonprofit Opération Mer Propre reported collecting several used face masks within waves of the Mediterranean Sea. According to the organization's report, there has been a surge in "COVID waste", including...

Expansion of drilling in New Mexico would threaten sacred artefacts and bring public health risks to area still reeling from Covid-19

Last month, news media around the world heralded cleaner skies as a byproduct of the pandemic-induced quarantines. Alas, as lockdowns are lifted, air pollution is climbing back to pre-COVID levels in China. Several European...

Brief hiatus will make little difference to catastrophic levels of global heating, experts say

Responses to coronavirus crisis cause sharpest drop in carbon output since records began

Gas cookers making people sick and exposing tens of millions to air pollution levels that would be illegal if they were outside

The danger of deepwater oil operations, combined with the loosening of Obama-era rules, mean the risk of a repeat disaster is high

The 2020 Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has created a new normal for much of the population — a daily routine that now means moving from the bedroom to the living room instead of battling a commute and logging hours in an...

Leaders condemn backing of global sectors that disregard green economy goals

From tar sands oil to aviation, global business sectors have called for suspension of environmental protections

Not all plastic is recyclable. In the UK, flexible plastic consisting of plastic bags, bubble wrap and pallet wrap are not accepted by local councils for recycling. Each year, the world produces 150 billion kilos of flexible...

By Ronald Stein |March 13th, 2020|Environment More than three decades before Greta Thunberg was born — the Swedish environmental activist on climate change, diagnosed with Asperger’s — more than 20 million...