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Indonesia’s coal gasification reboot faces backlash over economic, environmental risks
A renewed plan by the Indonesian government to turn coal into gas or liquid fuel forms has received mounting backlash from ...
Tonnes of microplastics infiltrate Australia’s agricultural soils each year, study shows
Compost applied to agricultural soils in Australia each year contains tonnes of microplastics, our research has revealed.
Landscape scale pesticide pollution detected in the Upper Rhine region, from agricultural lowlands to remote areas
A recent study by the RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau shows extensive pesticide contamination in the landscape of the ...
Mongabay News1d
Tragedy haunts community on shore of Sumatra’s largest solar farm
Mardianis recalls reading the Quran with his parents and two children here on the western shore of Lake Singkarak before the desperate cries of galodoh. A dark wall of rock barreled down the hillside ...
Science Daily1d
Pollution News
Feb. 27, 2025 — Air pollution contributes to nearly 7 million premature deaths each year, and its effects go far beyond the lungs. Breathing in wildfire smoke or ... Feb. 26, 2025 — Tiny bits ...
Salt influx from land and sea spells 'double trouble' for drinking water
An influx of salt from both land and sea and a warming world are condemning the world's rivers, streams and estuaries to a ...
PBS2d
Season 5 History: Who Were Land Girls & What Was the Women’s Land Army?
In Season 5 of All Creatures Great and Small, a Land Girl from Leeds named Doris, stationed on Danby’s farm, befriends Jenny Alderson. But what exactly was the Women’s Land Army and who were ...
BBC15d
Water pollution
Stuart Anderson says he has concerns about Severn Trent's plans for a four-mile wastewater pipe. Clive Lewis joins former singer Feargal Sharkey at an event in Norwich. Lewis Bright says it "feels ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature17d
Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee on Plastic Pollution
In March 2022, the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) decided to work towards an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. IUCN will engage in the negotiations ...
The Financial Times18d
Pollution from Big Tech’s data centre boom costs US public health $5.4bn
Air pollution derived from the huge amounts of energy needed to run data centres has been linked to treating cancers, asthma and other related issues, according to research from UC Riverside and ...
National Geographic news20d
Winter brings more air pollution inside. Here’s how to minimize your risks.
One potential culprit? Your humidifier. During winter, air pollution is a concern indoors as much as it is outdoors. Stoves, fireplaces, and ultrasonic humidifiers produce pollutants that can be ...
The Hindu23d
Lighten the pollution burden of thermal power States
The power producing States bear the burden of all this pollution to provide electricity to the consuming States. So, who should pay for the pollution burdens of thermal power plants? This article ...