Tag: #Pollution
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‘Ghost’ fishing gear: the trash haunting ocean wildlife
ON BOARD THE ARCTIC SUNRISE, South Africa, Nov 6 (AFP/APP): Far out in the South Atlantic Ocean, invisible to the South African coastline, diver Pascal Van Erp surfaced with an abandoned lobster cage covered in algae and other marine organisms. He pulled it up to the deck of the Arctic Sunrise, a Greenpeace vessel conducting…
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Taj Mahal gets air purifier as Indian capital chokes
New Delhi, Nov 4 (AFP/APP): New Delhi banned half the Indian capital’s private cars from its roads on Monday as city’s 20 million people spluttered with stinging eyes in the worst pollution in three years. As smog levels exceeded those of Beijing by more than three times, authorities also parked a van with an air…
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Climate-fuelled flooding to imperil 300 million by 2050
Paris, Oct 30 (AFP/APP): Coastal areas currently home to 300 million people will be vulnerable by 2050 to flooding made worse by climate change, no matter how aggressively humanity curbs carbon emissions, scientists have warned. In the second half of the 21st century and beyond, however, choices made today will determine whether the global coastlines…
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Hanoi pollution crises expose growth risks
Hanoi, Oct 23 (AFP/APP): A major mercury leak, tap water contamination, and “alarming” levels of haze: several pollution crises in Hanoi have sparked public fury and accusations that communist Vietnam is putting the economy ahead of the environment. Long tapped as an investors’ paradise thanks to its low-cost labour and pro-business policies, rapidly industrialising Vietnam…
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Everest garbage given new lease of life
Kathmandu, Oct 22 (AFP/APP) :A group of tourists sip water at a five-star hotel in Kathmandu, unaware that the green glasses in their hands were once bottles discarded on Mount Everest — left by climbers eager to make their ascent. In homes across the Nepali capital upcycled items, from pots to lamps, crafted from Everest…
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Maritime industry seeks solutions to limit pollution
London, Oct 21 (AFP/APP): Shipowners say they are trying to cut their heavy-polluting industry’s impact on the environment by using cleaner energy — but some have stalled over limiting the speed of ships. Led by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the industry is considering several options to replace so-called heavy fuel oil that propels over…