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Bangkok smog blankets city hospitalising 200,000

The popular holiday destination is currently recommending that anyone who goes outside wears a high-quality N95 anti-pollution mask.

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There’s no escaping deadly air pollution. How can we tackle it?

99.999 per cent of the world’s population are breathing unsafe air.

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Could a 'tyre tax' help cut car emissions in the UK?

Particles from tyres could be the next avenue for clean air campaigners to tackle pollution.

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‘Frightening’ scale of Europe's forever chemical pollution revealed

An investigation has revealed that 17,000 European sites are contaminated with these persistent manmade substances.

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This map shows the environmental consequences of the war in Ukraine

Millions of hectares of forest and nature reserve have been affected since 24 February last year.

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EU dumps 37 million ‘junk plastic’ clothing items in Kenya every year

The clothing is too dirty or damaged to be reused and immediately becomes plastic waste.

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Euroviews. View: To beat deadly superbugs, we must tackle pollution

Environmental pollution is helping to breed deadly superbugs. We must cut it off at the source, writes Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme.

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Watch as ballet dancers twirl amid ‘celestial’ plastic waste set

Japan's K-Ballet troupe is highlighting the plastic waste problem in its latest performance.

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Bacteria eat some of the ocean’s ‘missing plastic’

When plastic enters the ocean, sunlight degrades it into “bite sized chunks”. Then bacteria eat some of it, researchers believe.

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How do you bring a river back from the dead?

Poland's River Oder suffered an ecological catastrophe last year. Germany’s Emscher might hold some clues for its recovery.

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French authorities hunt for source of 'nightmare' plastic pellet spill

Hundreds of thousands of tiny white plastic beads have washed up across beaches in France and Spain.

Living

This new grocery store is stocked entirely with plastic bags

Humans have swamped the world’s waterways and oceans with damaging plastic debris. This unique store seeks to highlight the problem.

Nature

The fish species you should avoid to dodge ‘forever chemicals'

Dangerous forever chemicals have been linked to increased risk of cancer and reproductive problems. If you want to avoid them, you might want to steer clear of freshwater fish.

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'Shouting' dolphins reveal the impact of human noise pollution

The study has implications for the impact of noise produced by wind farms, shipping and sonar on marine mammals.

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Is your gas oven polluting your home?

A new study - shared exclusively with Euronews Green - has found that gas cookers are fuelling air pollution in homes and increasing the risk of childhood asthma.

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Spanish energy giant hit with new €5.5m fine for oil spill in Peru

Nearly 12,000 barrels of oil spilled into the sea off Peru in January last year.

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How can human hair be used to fight pollution?

Belgian NGO Dung Dung uses human hair clippings to absorb environmental pollutants in water.

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Amazon plastic packaging could go ‘around the world 800 times’

According to a report by ocean advocacy organisation Oceana, Amazon’s plastic footprint increased by nearly a fifth (18 per cent) between 2020 and 2021.

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EU strikes deal to make ‘polluters pay’ for carbon heavy imports

Its meant to prevent companies from moving polluting activities to countries with weaker environmental rules.

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Watch: Hundreds march for biodiversity and human rights in Canada

Protesters marched for biodiversity and human rights in Montreal, where the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference is taking place.