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Hundreds of toxic chemicals are coursing through US tap water
Nov 18, 2021 15:16Since 2019, more than 320 toxic substances have been detected in U.S. drinking water systems, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization.
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Indian officials impose new lockdown to tackle dangerous levels of air pollution in Delhi
Nov 17, 2021 10:39India stepped up efforts on Wednesday to combat high levels of pollution in New Delhi that threaten the lives of residents and others nearby, ordering a temporary halt to operations of five power stations and longer school closures.
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Iran to build 5,000 MW of coal-fired power capacity
Nov 17, 2021 09:43Iran has to build 5,000 megawatts of coal-fired power capacity in the coming years due to limitations of gas supplies to power plants in cold seasons and the need to diversify the fuel basket of thermal power generation units, a senior energy official says.
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COP26 leaves too many loopholes for fossil fuel industry
Nov 16, 2021 14:24Despite the overwhelming evidence that most of the world’s fossil-fuel reserves must stay in the ground, governments are still approving new projects. The UK government has 40 fossil-fuel projects in the pipeline despite being the host of COP26. Australia, too, continues to approve new gas and coal developments.
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Settler attacks on Palestinian olive harvest 'most dangerous in years’
Nov 14, 2021 14:14Palestinian olive farmers say attacks 'under the watchful eye' of the Zionist regime army have destroyed the otherwise festive harvest season.
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How the Israeli regime occupation ravages the environment in Palestine?
Nov 14, 2021 14:12Not a single day passes without a Palestinian tree or an orchard being set ablaze or cut down. ‘Clearing’ the Palestinian environment is, and has always been, the prerequisite of constructing or expanding the illegal settlements. For these illegal units to be built, countless trees have to be ‘removed’, along with the Palestinians who have planted them.
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Two strong quakes jolt southern Iran
Nov 14, 2021 10:27Two strong earthquakes measuring 6.3 and 6.4 struck the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan near the port city of Bandar Abbas on Sunday.
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COP26 ends in Glasgow with ‘compromise’ climate deal, but ‘catastrophe’ still looms
Nov 14, 2021 08:14United Nations climate talks have ended with the vast majority of world leaders agreeing to make efforts to harness global warming by reducing gas emissions and gradually ending deforestation by 2030.
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Capitalism's only plan for climate is collapse
Nov 12, 2021 17:45If we continue not acting against the real cause of the climate crisis—the capitalist mode of production and the capitalist worldview—they will take it as a social license to carry on with collapse.
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Fossil fuel lobbyists have larger presence at COP26 than any single country: Report
Nov 12, 2021 17:36A coalition of watchdog groups estimated that fossil fuel industry representatives have a larger presence at COP26 than officials from any single country, a finding that further intensified environmentalists' concerns about the legitimacy of the high-stakes climate summit.