Italy has "persistently and systematically" breached EU rules against small-particle air pollution, the European Court of Justice found Tuesday in a ruling supporting legal action by Brussels against Rome.
Environment
Nov 10, 2020
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Sri Lanka has started shipping 242 containers of hazardous waste, including body parts from mortuaries, back to Britain after a two year court battle by an environment watchdog, officials said Saturday.
Environment
Oct 31, 2020
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India on Tuesday sent fresh supplies of firefighting chemicals to help battle a new blaze on a stricken tanker loaded with a massive cargo of crude oil off Sri Lanka's eastern coast.
Environment
Sep 8, 2020
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Sri Lanka's government is sending scientists to determine whether a three-day fire on a giant oil tanker off its coast damaged the marine environment, an official said Monday.
Environment
Sep 7, 2020
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A massive fire on a stricken oil tanker off Sri Lanka's coast has been extinguished, the island nation's navy said Sunday, as international salvage experts began to assess the damage over fears of an environmental disaster ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2020
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An international team of salvage experts arrived in Sri Lanka Sunday to assess damage to a fire-stricken oil tanker off the east coast, officials said, as fear mounted for an environmental disaster if there is a leak.
Environment
Sep 6, 2020
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A Panamanian-registered oil tanker burned out of control for a second day off Sri Lanka on Friday, raising fears of a major new oil spill in the Indian Ocean.
Environment
Sep 4, 2020
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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation said Monday it is preparing a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, following Maryland in seeking to force a federal crackdown on Pennsylvania for the pollution it sends downstream ...
Environment
Jan 28, 2020
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French authorities on Wednesday banned two US pesticides which ecologists deem harmful to bees.
Ecology
Dec 4, 2019
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New York can stake a claim to being the culinary capital of the world, but one famous dish is about to be taken off the menu: foie gras.
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2019
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