Plastic Pollution

Legendary naturalist David Attenborough on Wednesday urged international action to tackle pollution as he received a prestigious award from Queen Elizabeth II, recognizing the role his "Blue Planet" series played in highlighting the issue. The 2019 Chatham H…

A blue whale jumping out of the long pond in front of the Regional Science Centre and Planetarium is the latest tourist attraction in the city. Students, who have always been the greatest patrons of the centre, is thronging the place increasingly these days t…

Since the Chinese plastic recycling market closed, 58% of New Zealand’s plastic waste goes to countries in South-East Asia. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND New Zealand is ranked the third-most-wasteful country in the OECD. New Zealanders produce five time…

In recent months, Billie Eilish has been increasingly vocal about the impending environmental crisis, confronting a world on fire in her all the good girls go to hell video, and urging her fans to live a greener lifestyle. Now, the singer is offering free gig…

Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land with pristine white sand beaches that are teeming with life. But on the ground, there's a different scene: plas…

All business establishments, especially hotels, hospitals and diagnostic centres in the district, violating the waste management norms should be identified and stringent action should taken against them, Collector V. Vinay Chand has said. Medical waste The…

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November 7th, 2019 by Andrea Bertoli  Currently there is a little bill with big impact making its way through the Honolulu City Council, and its set to make history. Bill 40, which has already passed two readings in the Council, is set to be one of the most …

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land with pristine white sand beaches that are teeming with life. B…

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has proposed banning plastic, his spokesman said on Thursday, which could provide the impetus needed for the Congress of one of the world's top plastic polluters to pass environment protection laws. The…