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A huge mass of used wet wipes has formed an 'island' that has changed the course of England's second longest river, MP says
Thousands of discarded wipes flushed down toilets end up on the river Thames banks, forming a mass …
Alia Shoaib
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Ban on single-use plastic kicks in across India as the country recognises the choking impacts of plastic waste on the environment
India generates nearly one crore tonnes of plastic waste annually, of which around 35 lakh tonnes r…
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Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court 'does not have a clue about how to address climate change' as it limits EPA's authority on greenhouse gases
The Supreme Court on Thursday handed down a major ruling that narrowed the EPA's power to combat cl…
Jake Epstein,Oma Seddiq
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Supreme Court limits EPA's ability to fight climate change, a major environmental ruling that could affect Biden's goals
The decision restricts the EPA's ability to set environmental regulations that aim to slow the adva…
Jake Epstein,Oma Seddiq
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53 migrants died after being inside a trailer during a heat wave. Crossing into the US may get deadlier as climate change makes extreme heat more common.
The deaths of dozens of migrants, who were found in a sweltering tractor-trailer, highlight how cli…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Impulse buys, fast fashion end up in landfills and stay intact for 200 years
Did you know that 99% of what we buy ends up in the trashcan within the first six months, which is …
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Impulse buys, fast fashion end up in landfills and stay intact for 200 years
Did you know that 99% of what we buy ends up in the trashcan within the first six months, which is …
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2.2 million people in America live without access to running water and basic plumbing: report
While the Biden administration aims for universal broadband internet in the United States, some peo…
Hanna Kang
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200 Indian companies register for extended producer responsibility for plastic packaging
Ahead of the total ban on Single Use Plastic (SUP) from July 1, about 200-odd brand owners, includi…
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Nepal is planning to move its Everest base camp because of rapidly thinning glaciers and erosion from climbers
The base camp, which is on top of a glacier thinning at a rate of 1 meter per year, is unsafe for c…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Can digital technology innovations help fight climate change better?
The natural environment is changing as a result of rapid digitisation. It's altering how we view, c…
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Heat wave threatens 100 million people in the US, closing schools and killing cattle. It may last another week.
A heat wave has killed at least three people and 2,000 cattle. Storms and tornadoes churned at its …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Workers all over the world have hit a new record for stress on the job — and that's not even the worst of it
Sixty percent of workers worldwide are emotionally detached at their jobs, and 19% are plain misera…
Sarah Jackson
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OPINION: As ESG risks and performance disclosures go mainstream, complex challenges continue to plague the system
As sustainable investing takes centre stage, can ESG benchmarking & ratings help identify leaders f…
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Texas locals say FAA failed them after it found that SpaceX's launch site won't cause any significant environmental impact
One local said SpaceX should be shut down, while an environmental non-profit said the FAA didn't pr…
Kate Duffy
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Across the world, extreme weather events are fueling gender-based violence during and after disasters
The analysis found that gender-based violence — such as sexual assault, intimate partner violence, …
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Despite sparking New Mexico's biggest-ever fire, experts say 'planned burns' are still best way to curb wildfires
Forest managers intentionally set small fires, known as "planned burns," to clear dead leaves and t…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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OPINION: Time to remind ourselves that there’s #OnlyOneEarth and we must live in harmony with nature
Changing people's attitudes toward nature is the key to solving the problem. When we realise that t…
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OPINION: Only One Earth—As Assam continues to suffer, why did we stop caring? Lessons for World Environment Day 2022
The floods of May 2022 affected more than 1.7 million lives in Assam, which witnesses immense destr…
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71% Indians can't afford a healthy diet and 1.7 million die of it every year
The diseases attributable to dietary risk factors include respiratory ailments, diabetes, cancer, s…
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California court rules that bees are a type of fish in order to protect them under the state's endangered species act
In a move that thrilled bee enthusiasts, California judges decided that endangered invertebrates ar…
Mia Jankowicz
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Want to be a sustainability leader? Get away from the screen and go see it in action
Eunice Heath, global corporate director of sustainability at Dow, says leaders need to step away fr…