Former vice-president says oil pipeline is ‘really a losing proposition’ and demands climate plan promised at inauguration . . . → Read More: Al Gore says Obama must veto ‘atrocity’ of Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
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Darkening causes the snow to absorb more sunlight which in turn increases melting . . . → Read More: Why Greenland’s darkening ice has become a hot topic in climate science
Burning coal also costs companies and governments billions of pounds in disease treatment and lost working days . . . → Read More: European coal pollution causes 22,300 premature deaths a year, study shows
A growing number of people are giving up plastic, for health or environmental reasons. So how easy is it to become a plasticarian? And what would you struggle to give up? . . . → Read More: Should we purge plastic from our lives?
The city is emerging as a water management leader, investing in green infrastructure to capture water where it falls . . . → Read More: Philadelphia water management: from grey to green infrastructure
Report by China’s Environment Ministry highlights decreasing standards in the country’s water and air quality . . . → Read More: China’s environmental problems are grim, admits ministry report
South-north diversion project aimed at preventing water shortages has had no shortage of problems and criticism . . . → Read More: China’s mega water diversion project begins testing
Cities shunt polluting plants to areas where damage is less visible as proof linking cancer rates to pollution remains elusive . . . → Read More: China’s cities: push for ‘green’ centres creates suburban ‘cancer villages’
Death rates in communities near chemical, pharmaceutical or power plants exceed the national average, but residents face a wall of denial and intimidation . . . → Read More: Inside China’s ‘cancer villages’
Experts call on governments to start conserving water in face of climate change, pollution and over-use . . . → Read More: Global majority faces water shortages ‘within two generations’ |
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