Wildfires, forest fires around world in 2020
The year 2020 saw many massive wildfires and forest fires around the world, including the Australian bushfires which started last year and continued…
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Oil companies accused of wanting to dump plastics in Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya
The oil industry has asked the United States to pressure Kenya to change its world-leading stance against the plastic waste that…
Key air monitors offline after Laura hits Louisiana gas hub
Hazardous emissions from a chlorine plant fire, abruptly shuttered oil and gas refineries and still-to-be assessed plant damage are seeping into the…
Indigenous activists clash with UN over proposed park
JAKARTA, Indonesia
When farmer May Cho Win learned that a conservation project proposed by the U.N. Development Program in Myanmar would include…
Italy garbage dips with virus lockdowns, but plastics rise
ROME
Italy produced 10% less garbage during its coronavirus lockdown, but environmentalists warn that increased reliance on disposable masks and…
Mauritius declares emergency as stranded ship spills fuel
JOHANNESBURG
The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground…
Coronavirus slams Poland’s already-troubled coal…
WARSAW, Poland
The coronavirus has ripped through Poland’s coal mines, where men descend deep underground in tightly packed elevators and work…
Germany finalizing plan to phase out coal energy
BERLIN
Germany’s parliament was preparing Friday to pass new legislation finalizing the country’s long-awaited phase-out of coal as an energy source,…
Seawater seeping into decaying oil tanker off Yemen coast
CAIRO
The United Nations said an abandoned oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil is at risk…