Environment

Cyclone Kenneth: UNHCR team witnesses destruction, needs in immediate aftermath

In Mozambique, a UNHCR team arrived in the north-eastern town of Pemba on Saturday(April 27th), a day after the surrounding region was hit by Cyclone Kenneth, one of the strongest storms recorded in mainland Africa. Although the area is less populated...

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Two Greek Shipping Companies Sentenced After Illegally Discharging Oil Into Texas Port Waters

Two Greek shipping companies, Avin International LTD and Nicos I.V. Special Maritime Enterprises, were sentenced in the Eastern District of Texas before Judge Marcia A. Crone on charges stemming from several discharges of oil into the waters of Texas...

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New research exposes a crisis in the global trade of “recyclable” plastics

Water contamination, crop death, illness, and the open burning of plastic waste have all flooded into Southeast Asia along with the world’s “recycled” plastics, according to a report by GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) with data...

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Greenpeace Norway protest oil rig bound for Arctic drilling

Four peaceful activists from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany have climbed the oil rig West Hercules, located near Rypefjord village in the north of Norway to protest against drilling for oil in the Arctic. While a growing movement calling for...

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