Tag: Pollution
Pollution and forest fires: global warming increases deaths, study finds
News Published on 10/26/2024 at 8:01 p.m. updated on 10/26/2024 at 8:01 p.m. Reading 1 min. Global warming, which increases the frequency of forest fires, is directly responsible for a…
Research: Smoke pollution caused by forest fires may cause more than 12,000 additional deaths annually in the future | News in brief
Deaths caused by smoke inhalation are said to be on the rise, especially in Australia, South America, Europe and parts of Asia. 22:31•Updated 22:33 Smoke pollution caused by forest fires…
Water in Europe is of poor quality, warns a report from the European Environment Agency
“ European waters are not healthy “. This is the conclusion of a report from the European Environment Agency published Tuesday October 15 and which brings together data provided by…
Brittilehti: Water companies are suspected of illegally dumping waste water hundreds of times into waterways | News in brief
At the same time, the companies have paid large profits to their owners. Britain’s two largest water supply companies have dumped waste water 1,374 times into waterways in different parts…
villages polluted by the exploitation of a quarry by a Chinese company
Several villages in northern Liberia are threatened by pollution, residents of the region have warned. They denounce the uncontrolled exploitation of quarries by a Chinese company: the company China Railway…
UK announces €26 billion investment in carbon capture
UK announces funding for carbon capture projects. This technology makes it possible to offset greenhouse gas emissions by capturing carbon and then burying it and should enable London to achieve…
the trial of the ex-CEO of Volkswagen suspended for health reasons
The trial of former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn, tried in Germany in the “dieselgate” affair, is suspended until at least the first months of 2025, the accused being unable to…
California sues ExxonMobil for lying about plastic recycling
The West Coast state accuses the oil giant of deceiving consumers for decades into believing that single-use plastics could and would be recycled, when the overwhelming majority of them are…
Banning plastic bags actually reduces beach pollution
News Published on 09/15/2024 at 09:02 updated on 09/15/2024 at 09:02 Reading 1 min. Bans on single-use plastic bags in the United States have significantly reduced the number of them…
Is there noise at home? Be careful, noise pollution affects couples’ fertility
News Published on 09/09/2024 at 2:59 p.m. updated on 09/09/2024 at 2:59 p.m. Reading 2 min. According to a recent study, noise pollution could have a significant impact on the…