plastic pollution
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United Nations Environment Program [UNEP] Management Officer Soo-Young Hwang called for developing an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution at the upcoming COP28 climate conference due to convene in Dubai.“The realization of f...
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A UK court will on Tuesday consider contentious plans to extend a scheme obliging the most polluting vehicles to pay for using London's roads, as opponents engage in protests -- and even sabotage.The High Court case comes just weeks before London May...
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A total of 400 million tons of plastic waste are produced annually, according to the UN. Plastic pollution would produce 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the UNEP said.
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The fish market of Keratsini, west of Athens, is abuzz in the early morning, with trawlers disgorging crates of sardines and anchovies as trucks await nearby to be loaded.But on his family's fishing boat, Lefteris Arapakis sorts out a different sort...
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Long-term exposure to air pollution raises the risk of depression, according to a pair of new studies published in the JAMA network of scientific journals.A study published on Friday in JAMA Network Open found that long-term exposure to elevated leve...
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Primary schools in India's capital New Delhi will shut to protect children from the toxic smog choking the megacity of 20 million people, authorities said Friday.Smoke from farmers burning crop stubble, vehicle exhaust and factory emissions combine e...
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By AFPDemocrats were Wednesday celebrating victory in a US special election being viewed as the last bellwether of the public mood on abortion ahead of November's midterms, as the party seeks to make reproductive rights a key issue in the campaign.Tu...
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Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday.Across South Asia, the average person would live five years longer if levels of fine particulate matter met...
