environment

Hundreds of toxic chemicals are coursing through US tap water

Nov 18, 2021 15:16

Since 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.
Indian officials impose new lockdown to tackle dangerous levels of air pollution in Delhi

Nov 17, 2021 10:39

India 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.
Iran to build 5,000 MW of coal-fired power capacity

Nov 17, 2021 09:43

Iran 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.
COP26 leaves too many loopholes for fossil fuel industry

Nov 16, 2021 14:24

Despite 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.
Settler attacks on Palestinian olive harvest 'most dangerous in years’

Nov 14, 2021 14:14

Palestinian olive farmers say attacks 'under the watchful eye' of the Zionist regime army have destroyed the otherwise festive harvest season.
How the Israeli regime occupation ravages the environment in Palestine?

Nov 14, 2021 14:12

Not 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.
Two strong quakes jolt southern Iran

Nov 14, 2021 10:27

Two strong earthquakes measuring 6.3 and 6.4 struck the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan near the port city of Bandar Abbas on Sunday.
COP26 ends in Glasgow with ‘compromise’ climate deal, but ‘catastrophe’ still looms

Nov 14, 2021 08:14

United 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.
Capitalism's only plan for climate is collapse

Nov 12, 2021 17:45

If 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.
Fossil fuel lobbyists have larger presence at COP26 than any single country: Report

Nov 12, 2021 17:36

A 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.