The state of the world’s human rights 2024
This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed groups
This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed groups
An empirical study released shows that the Bush administration has repeatedly used the federal courts to try and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a law environmentalists
Scientists have developed a remediation method that takes minutes to treat contaminated soil, uses waste materials and locks up greenhouse gases in the process. Colin Hills and colleagues at the
A new geographical information system (GIS) that is soon to be launched will allow firms in the construction and demolition industries to reduce their transport of bulky waste by locating the nearest
Small and medium sized businesses now have their own environmental management standard, with the launch of the British Standards Institute's new BS 8555: 2003. The new standard is part of Project
Dust in homes across the UK contain phthalates, brominated flame retardants and organotin compounds, according to a study by campaign group Greenpeace. Greenpeace does not want the EU to sleep
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4 rocked northern Hiroshima Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the 9:31 a.m.
The Punjab (Pakistan) government has notified yet another National Environmental Quality Standards for the obliteration of toxic industrial waste and pollution to save the citizens from the harmful
Drought has decimated crops in Croatia's bread basket region of Slavonia and a state of natural disaster was declared, the state news agency Hina reported. The fertile Vukovar-Srijem county declared
An electric crematorium designed to minimise pollution caused by emissions from burning dead bodies was installed at the Kannamapet burial ground in West Mambalam in Tamil Nadu. The crematorium was
For years, the slopes of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, were littered with heaps of oxygen bottles, food packets, tents, batteries and other climbing paraphernalia left behind by