Pollution
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UN saves Safer oil tanker: avoided worst environmental disaster in history after Deepwater Horizon
After years of attempts to recover the necessary funds, the United Nations start the mission of safety and decommissioning of…
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World Bee Day 2023, we protect pollinators
World Bee Day 2023 aims to raise awareness of the vital role of bees and other pollinators in agriculture and…
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How to reduce plastic pollution by 2040
UNEP publishes roadmap to "turn off the tap" and convert an economy that causes huge plastic pollution
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For American Indians an extra defense against water pollution
Half a million Native Americans will finally have protection against water pollution thanks to an EPA proposal
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First underwater robot cleaner in the shape of a jellyfish
At the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart they developed an underwater cleaner robot inspired by jellyfish to collect waste from…
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Health effects of air pollution: if the heart is at risk
A new research has studied the data of 2,025 hospitals in 322 Chinese cities discovering the link between smog and…
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Microplastics compromise the structure of DNA
Enea and CNR test the genotoxic effect of microplastics on plants and animals. The result is disturbing
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Stop new plastic pollution from 2040, the promise of the G7
The Environment Ministers meeting in Japan signed a commitment not to produce new plastic pollution in 2040
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Phantom emissions from the Gulf of Mexico: oil & gas pollutes 2 times more than it claims
A study conducted by the University of Michigan compares national inventory data with data collected by air near offshore platforms.…
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From leukemia to premature births, the 1st systematic study on the impact of plastics on health
The production of ever-increasing volumes of plastic is the number one problem. Between 1950 and 2019 the pace grew 250…
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