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EU report blames poor air quality for 400,000 yearly deaths

Air pollution causes more than 400,000 premature deaths across Europe annually, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. EU action...

admin - September 12, 2018

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4.5tr cigarette butts thrown away yearly – Studies

The World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) says cigarette butts have become the most discarded waste item worldwide, with some 4.5 trillion...

admin - September 5, 2018

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30,000 tonnes of microplastics enter environment yearly – Study

The Fraunhofer Society, a German research organisation, says some 330,000 tonnes of microplastics are entering the environment each year. According to a study released on Tuesday,...

admin - September 4, 2018

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Privatising the oceans through pollution

Nnimmo Bassey, Director of the ecological think tank, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), speaking at the Sustainability Academy (with the theme “Extractives, Oceans...

admin - August 31, 2018

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Air pollution linked to mental decline

Shocking new research suggests air pollution has a serious impact on mental capabilities as well as physical health in human beings. High levels of pollution...

admin - August 29, 2018

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Hundreds evacuated as forest fire sends smoke over Berlin

Hundreds of people were on Friday, August 24, 2018 evacuated from their homes as about 600 firefighters battled a blaze in a forest strewn...

admin - August 24, 2018

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Oil spill: We’re making progress in Aghoro, Odimodi clean-up – Shell

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) says it has recovered over 95 percent of spilled oil from the recent spill incidents on sections...

admin - August 19, 2018

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Five German states to reduce private car use, curb air pollution

Five sites in Germany are due to present plans to make public transport more enticing in the bid to reduce private car use and...

admin - August 14, 2018

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