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    India government bans single-use plastic to combat pollution

    01 Jul 2022

    The country generates around four million tonnes of plastic waste per year, about a third of which is not recycled and ends up in waterways and landfills that regularly catch fire and exacerbate air pollution.

    Is going meat-free the answer to climate change?

    25 Jul 2022

    People have many reasons to limit or eliminate animal foods from their diet, “but if curbing climate change is one of them, they are being deceived by misinformation.

    Up to Dhs1 million fine for environmental violations in Abu Dhabi

    22 Dec 2021

    Violations were classified into three categories: namely development and industrial violations, hunting, biodiversity and reserves' related violations, and fishing and discharge in marine environment violations.

    Emirates Environmental Group completes last leg of 'Clean Up UAE' in Ras Al Khaimah

    18 Dec 2021

    The event witnessed the involvement of more than 450 participants and the collection of more than 1.5 tonnes of waste. The total waste collected from all the seven Emirates was 30 tonnes by more than 8,150 participants who covered an area of 35 kilometres.

    Students use puppets to banish 'big ghost' of plastic waste in Indonesia

    28 Oct 2019

    "Small amounts of waste that we are hoarding in our homes can become a 'big ghost'," said Abdul Latief, who set up the first puppet school on Lombok in 2015, to ensure it did not lose its next generation of puppeteers. "It can fill the guts of dead whales, and get stuck in the noses of dead turtles at sea.

    Madrid decides to clip wings of noisy birds

    08 Oct 2019

    The Spanish capital is home to some 12,000 Argentine Quaker parrots which are common in much of South America and compete with other birds for Food and rip branches from trees to build their nests.

    Volunteers in Greece struggle to save rare turtle

    09 Oct 2019

    Loggerheads turtle can live to 80 years of age, grow to more than half a metre (20 inches) and weigh up to 80 kilos (175 pounds) but face mortal danger from birth.

    Earth's 2019 resources 'budget' spent by July 29: Report

    30 Jul 2019

    Mankind will have used up its allowance of natural resources such as water, soil and clean air for all of 2019 by Monday, a report said.

    Poland needs to save water for non-rainy day

    28 Jul 2019

    Poland, which is located at the confluence of oceanic and continental climate zones, has never had much water. It receives less rainfall than countries further west, while the rate of evaporation is comparable.

    Iceland tries to bring back trees demolished by Vikings

    17 Jul 2019

    Before being colonised by the Vikings, Iceland was lush with forests but the fearsome warriors razed everything to the ground and the nation is now struggling to reforest the island.

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