Plastic overshoot day report 2024
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Pollution
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Check your Cola
Cadmium traced in soft drink sludge
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Heavy metals, light target
A floating plant shows Kolkata wetlands are turning toxic
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Extinguisher doused
India has stopped producing halon, the ozone-depleting fire-extinguishing agent used in electronic installations, aircraft, military vehicles, ships, submarines and oil platforms. Union minister of
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Protests against crude production in Peru
Argentina's biggest oil facility and natural gas producer Pluspetrol has come to a standstill following protests by the indigenous Achuar groups in Peru, who say that crude production is
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Weakening resolve
In a softening of stance, Indonesia recently said it is ready to negotiate an out-of-court settlement of the us$133.6 million civil lawsuit against us gold producer Newmont Mining Corp, charged
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Old wives tale
The US pollution laws surpass all limits of hypocrisy
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Undertaking to oversee
I t's not economic and political challenges alone that the eu countries plan to face together. They also intend putting up a united front against the growing threat of pollution. The European
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Weed out the menace
Simple method to biodegrade DDT pesticide
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South Asia
pm halts road: Mauritius' prime minister Navin Ramgoolam has announced a halt to construction of a 25-km highway running through Ferney Valley, which helps to speed up journeys to tourist resorts.
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Clean up act
The environment ministry of China recently ordered the cleanup of 20 chemical and petrochemical units that a study found were a threat to the country's waterways and environment due to poor planning