A fifth-generation fisherman finds an innovative way to remove and recycle plastic waste from the Mediterranean Sea. Three divers’ heads bobbed in the sea. Then, two white balloons surfaced. Attached to them, recovered from a depth of 16 fathoms (29 metres, 96 feet), was the...
Head of the Jakarta Environmental Agency Asep Kuswanto on Sunday announced that city officials will soon crack down on pollution caused by industrial activities and conjure up solutions to the matter. He acknowledged that the poor air quality in the capital city not only comes from the...
A coalition of French environmental charities on Thursday accused the French state of negligence in regulating the use of pesticides, in a landmark legal case. The five organisations allege the French state is indirectly responsible for the sharp decline in insect...
The Kakimbo forest is suffocating. Conakry’s former green lung has been seriously degraded by the unchecked, massive urbanization of the Guinean capital. Eaten away by pollution, it now occupies just ten hectares, or 10% of what it was 50 years ago. Oumou Hawa Diallo, 24 years old...
A mysterious patch of fluorescent green water that appeared in Venice’s famed Grand Canal Sunday was caused by a chemical commonly used in underwater construction to help identify leaks, environmental authorities say. The chemical – fluorescein – is non-toxic. It remains unclear...
