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British mining firm may be liable for pollution by subsidiary

The latest hearing in the case of the Zambian communities consistently polluted by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a subsidiary of British miner Vedanta, will be heard...
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‘Hazardous materials’ prompt response to consulates in Melbourne

Australian emergency services are responding to several calls involving hazardous materials near foreign consulates in Melbourne, officials and local media said on Wednesday, January 9, 2019. Victoria...
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Regulating environmental pollution for human safety

A mother, Sadiya, as fondly called, cried uncontrollably on the aisle of a general hospital in her neighbourhood in Abuja as medical personnel worked to announce...
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Rain clears smog in Indian capital yet air quality ‘very poor’

A rainy spell early on Sunday, January 6, 2019 brought better air to residents of New Delhi, giving them a brief respite from thick grey smog...
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Intensifying campaign against plastic pollution

Environmentalists claim that million metric tonnes of plastic pollute the environment annually with little effort at making the world free of plastic pollution and its toxic...
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EU ministers back 15% emissions cut for lorries, buses

EU environment ministers agreed on Thursday, December 20, 2018 to cut emissions from lorries and buses for the first time ever, by 15 per cent in...
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EU agrees to ban throw-away plastics to limit ocean pollution

Throw-away plastic items such as straws and polystyrene cups will be banned in the European Union by 2021, EU officials agreed on Wednesday, December...
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Five bodies with signs of carbon monoxide poisoning found in Russia

Five bodies with signs of carbon monoxide poisoning were discovered in a boiler room of a non-residential building in the town of Domodedovo South...
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Nigeria targets $2.3trn to bridge infrastructure gap

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Ewalefoh, says the country has intensified efforts to...
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Dangote engages World Bank, IMF, US EXIM chiefs on investment drive

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, held a series of high-level bilateral meetings with global financial leaders on...
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Cobalt mining in Congo: Dirty truth behind ‘clean’ electric cars

Electric cars are sold as clean. But, in southern Congo, communities near the Tenke Fungurume mine are breathing toxic...

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