Huge fire, more than 30 injured after North Sea ships crash
Grimsby (United Kingdom) (AFP) - A cargo ship ran into a US-military charted tanker carrying jet fuel in the North ...
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Tag: pollution
Did cuts to shipping emissions spur more global warming?
Paris (AFP) - Could a sudden drop in pollution from cargo vessels criss-crossing global shipping lanes be inadvertently making the ...
Toyota arm Hino makes deal to settle emission fraud case
Washington (AFP) - US officials late Wednesday announced a $1. 6 billion deal with Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors to settle ...
Oil leak in Peru tourist zone triggers ‘environmental emergency’
Lima (AFP) - Peru has declared an "environmental emergency" after an oil spill that triggered a clean-up operation on a ...
New York appeals dismissed PepsiCo plastic pollution suit
New York (AFP) - New York state this week appealed the dismissal of a pollution lawsuit against soda giant PepsiCo, ...
Ghana’s illegal mining boom seeps into presidential election
Osino (Ghana) (AFP) - Dressed in a white singlet with a scarf tied around his head, Frank crouched near a ...
Vietnam pushes electric motorbikes as pollution becomes ‘unbearable’
Vietnam (AFP) - In Vietnam's heavily polluted capital Hanoi, teenage taxi driver Phung Khac Trung rides his electric motorbike through ...
US ‘disappointed’ after plastic pollution talks collapse: White House
Washington (AFP) - The US government said Tuesday it was "disappointed" after nations negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic ...
The farm fires helping to fuel India’s deadly air
Jind (India) (AFP) - Blazing flames light the sky as Indian farmer Ali Sher burns his fields to clear them ...
Waste pickers battle for recognition at plastic treaty talks
Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - As diplomats negotiate behind closed doors in Busan on a treaty to curb plastic pollution, ...
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