Sat 28 January 2023: The air pollution in London was the worst in six years. The level of air pollution rose as the number of house fires increased. In the United Kingdom, wood fires produce more particle pollution than traffic exhausts. According to local media reports, London has been dealing with air pollution issues, with […]
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The British Antarctic Survey said the formation of the new iceberg was not due to climate change [Courtesy: NASA Earth Observatory] Wed 25 January 2023: A massive iceberg nearly the size of Greater London has broken off the Antarctic ice shelf near a research station, the second such split in two years, according to researchers. […]
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Thu 19 January 2023: Failure to act on the climate emergency means ‘parts of our planet will be uninhabitable and for many it will be a death sentence’, Antonio Guterres warns. Some big oil companies ignored their own science on the dangers of climate change and “peddled the big lie” for decades about the […]
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Tue 17 January 2023: German police detained climate activist Greta Thunberg during a demonstration against the expansion of a coal mine in the west German village of Lützerath. This is the second time Thunberg has been detained at the site, police spokesperson Christof Hüls told media Tuesday. She was part of a large group of […]
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Sun 15 January 2023: After scores of protestors were injured in a harsh police response on Saturday, German climate activists pledged to continue their anti-coal mining demonstrations in the western village of Lutzerath, Anadolu Agency reported. “We’ll continue to our resistance in the coming days,” Mara Sauer, spokesperson of the activists told Anadolu, adding that […]
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Sat 14 January 2023: A range of polluting single-use plastics will be banned in England, Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has announced today. The ban will include single-use plastic plates, trays, bowls, cutlery, balloon sticks, and certain types of polystyrene cups and food containers. This ban will be introduced from October 2023, allowing businesses time to […]
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Sat 07 January 2023: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose 150 percent in December from the previous year, according to government figures, presenting a final bleak report for far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro in his last month in office. Satellite monitoring detected 218.4 square kilometres (84.3 square miles) of forest cover destroyed in Brazil’s share […]
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Fri 06 January 2023: Eighty-three percent of the world’s glaciers might disappear by the year in question, new research shows. The world’s glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of them projected to melt out of existence by the end of the century at current climate change trends, according to a new study. […]
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The natural organic reduction (or human composting) funeral home in Kent, US. Sun 01 January 2023: New York has approved the human composting law, which is aimed at a natural organic reduction after death, which basically means an eco-friendly solution to burial and cremation to transform human remains into life-giving soil. It is also known […]
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Sun 11 December 2022: Over 10% of premature deaths in countries of the European Union are connected with environmental pollution, though significant differences are seen among EU states, the European Commission said on Thursday. According to the EEA analysis, air pollution continues to pose significant risks to health in Europe, causing chronic illness and premature deaths. In […]
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