To tackle plastic scourge, Philippines makes companies pay
Manila (AFP) - Long one of the world's top sources of ocean plastic, the Philippines is hoping new legislation requiring ...
Monday, March 31, 2025
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Future of deep-sea mining stands at a crucial juncture
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Torn between the defenders of the world's seabeds and industrialists eager to exploit the ...
Deep divisions on display at plastic pollution treaty talks
Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - A final round of talks on a treaty to curb plastic pollution opened on Monday, ...
‘Existential challenge’: plastic pollution treaty talks begin
Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - A final round of talks on a treaty to curb plastic pollution opened on Monday, ...
‘Crucial week’: make-or-break plastic pollution treaty talks begin
Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - A final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opens on Monday, ...
UN talks on saving nature stumble on finance hurdle
Cali (Colombia) (AFP) - The world's biggest nature conservation conference closed in Colombia on Saturday with no agreement on a ...
Countdown to Busan: is a plastic pollution treaty in reach?
Bangkok (AFP) - Negotiators meet in less than a month to agree on the world's first treaty to end plastic ...
Ship with suspected toxic waste returns to Albania
Durrës (Albania) (AFP) - A ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of possibly toxic industrial waste returned to Albania's largest seaport ...
BHP, Vale agree to pay $30bn damages for Brazil dam disaster
Brasília (AFP) - Mining giants BHP and Vale on Friday signed a deal with Brazil's government to pay nearly $30 ...
BHP denies responsibility for 2015 Brazil mine disaster at London trial
London (AFP) - Australian mining giant BHP on Wednesday denied responsibility for a 2015 dam collapse in Brazil, one of ...
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