Potential for major mercury leak as permafrost melts, new study finds
February 14th, 2018
A new study by the American Geophysical Union has warned that the thawing of permafrost may lead to massive changes in the...
Agri-food sector continues to dominate EPA name-and-shame list
February 14th, 2018
The Irish agri-food sector remains a major polluter, the latest Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) quarterly worst offender’s list shows.
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Standard Chartered ‘breaching climate policy’ with Vietnam coal plant investment
A London-based bank has been accused of breaching its climate pledges over the financing of a heavily polluting coal-fired power plant in Vietnam.
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Colombian youths suing their State over environmental and climate issues
February 14th, 2018
A group of young Colombians has taken legal action against the government, demanding that it safeguards their rights to a better environment,...
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A gold mine swallowed their village. This Amazon tribe is here to take it...
Published on 14/02/2018, 9:25amBy Fabiano Maisonnave in PV Village
In 1996, Osvaldo Wuaru and his family arrived on the outskirts of the vast Munduruku Amazon...
Farewell to a pioneering pollution sensor
By Carol Rasmussen,NASA's Earth Science News Team
On Jan. 31, NASA ended the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer's (TES) almost 14-year career of discovery. Launched in 2004...
NASA’s longest running survey of ice shattered records in 2017
By Maria-José Viñas,NASA's Earth Science News Team
Last year was a record-breaking one for Operation IceBridge, NASA’s aerial survey of the state of polar ice. For...
New study finds sea level rise accelerating
By Katie Weeman, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,and Patrick Lynch, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
The rate of global sea level rise has been...
Small drones could be better for climate than delivery trucks, says study
Automated, unmanned drones are poised to revolutionise the package delivery industry, with a number of companies already testing drone-based delivery methods.
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