Kunming, China (AFP) Nov 16, 2021 Environmental activist Zhang Zhengxiang is almost blind, and lives in poverty – but he has successfully faced down hundreds of companies on the banks of one of China’s most polluted lakes. The 74-year-old strident campaigner has spent his life trying to protect the sprawling Lake Dian in southwestern China, challenging businesses to clean up their act around the local … Continue reading ‘The water is poison’: Chinese activist spends life protecting polluted lake

Copenhagen (AFP) Nov 14, 2021 Premature deaths caused by fine particle air pollution have fallen 10 percent annually across Europe, but the invisible killer still accounts for 307,000 premature deaths a year, the European Environment Agency said Monday. If the latest air quality guidelines from the World Health Organisation were followed by EU members, the latest number of fatalities recorded in 2019 could be cut … Continue reading Air pollution in Europe still killing 300,000 a year: report

Bras?lia (AFP) Nov 12, 2021 Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest hit a new record in October, a Brazilian government agency said Friday, just days after President Jair Bolsonaro announced ambitious environmental goals at the COP26 climate summit. An area more than half the size of the city of Rio de Janeiro – 877 square kilometers (339 square miles) – of Amazon’s lush rainforest was cleared, … Continue reading Amazon deforestation hits monthly record in Brazil

Chichiriviche, Venezuela (AFP) Nov 12, 2021 The dazzling, colorful lionfish is a must for any exotic aquarium, but it has also become a major threat to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean. “It’s beautiful, but you have to kill it,” says Mavi Escalona, a Venezuelan nurse and amateur spearfisher. “It causes a lot of damage, and it’s delicious!” The spectacular, stripey lionfish with its … Continue reading Lionfish — an invasive menace terrorizing Venezuela’s coast

New Delhi (AFP) Nov 13, 2021 New Delhi authorities announced Saturday a one-week closure of schools and said they would consider a “pollution lockdown” to protect citizens from toxic smog. “Schools will be shut so that children don’t have to breathe polluted air,” Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal told reporters. Delhi is ranked one of the world’s most polluted cities, with a hazardous melange of … Continue reading Delhi shuts schools as government considers ‘pollution lockdown’

The Hague Nov 13, 2021 Two teenage brothers from India urged world leaders to act against climate change after winning a prestigious global children’s award on Saturday for tackling pollution from household waste in New Delhi. Vihaan and Nav Agarwal, aged 17 and 14, received the 2021 KidsRights International Children’s Peace Prize for developing an initiative to segregate recyclables and organise pickups for trashhttp://dlvr.it/SCSq3Q Continue reading Indian trash-tackling brothers win children’s prize

Tehran (AFP) Nov 12, 2021 Hundreds of farmers rallied in Iran’s central city of Isfahan to decry the drying up of its river and the impact of drought, state media reported on Friday. Images broadcast on state television showed several hundred people gathered in the dry bed of the Zayandeh Rood river, which cuts through the city. “A large number of farmers have gathered here … Continue reading Farmers in Iran’s Isfahan protest drought in dried-up river

Closing physical storefronts in favor of internet-based direct-to-consumer selling options is not necessarily the best approach for typical store owners, according to Mark Delaney, retail industry consultant at Zebra Technologies. The E-Commerce Times heard more from Delaney in a wide-ranging conversation about today’s supply chain disruptions and evolving consumer shopping habits.http://dlvr.it/SCMB2J Continue reading Future-Proofing Retail Operations in the Era of Supply Chain Chaos

Glasgow (AFP) Nov 11, 2021 China and the United States on Wednesday vowed to work together to accelerate climate action this decade, separately announcing a surprise pact on global warming, which is already causing disasters across the world. The joint declaration came as the crunch COP26 summit in Glasgow entered its pivotal final days, with negotiators wrestling over ways to limit global warming to 1.5-2 … Continue reading China, US unveil surprise climate pact at COP26 summit

Washington (AFP) Nov 11, 2021 A US federal judge on Wednesday awarded a $626 million settlement against the state of Michigan to residents of the city of Flint, whose drinking water was poisoned by lead. The payment, one of the largest civil settlements in Michigan’s history, will mainly go to people who were children at the time of the water crisis in the former industrial … Continue reading US federal judge awards $626 mn payment to Flint residents over lead poisoning in water supply