Ecology and Environment

Report by Journalist Zahida Parvez Chhanda from Dhaka Every year during the monsoon season, the agricultural workforce of Bangladesh, especially those living by the rivers, is gripped by fear of excessive rainfall and early floods. This time of the year,…

Insects are crucial for the health of nature, whereas humans are not. And since insects are ‘dropping like flies’, does the loss of insects mean nature is collapsing? That question of whether nature is collapsing because of insect armageddon is…

On the first day of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France, on Monday, 18 new countries ratified the High Seas Treaty for a total of 49 — just 11 shy of the 60 needed for the agreement to be…

China-made Paints Manufactured in March 2025 Found Non-compliant with Regulations 11 June 2025, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has stumbled upon lead-containing spray paints made in China and sold locally, which are ironically labeled as compliant with…

With the nationwide Brigada Eskwela, environmental group BAN Toxics has partnered with Payatas B Elementary School (PBES) in Quezon City to campaign for a toxics-free and waste-free opening of classes on June 16, 2025. About 1,500 students, teachers, parents, local…

Solar farms and rooftops in the United Kingdom generated a record 42 percent more electricity from January through May 2025 than during the same period in 2024, according to a new analysis by Carbon Brief. The UK also just had its sunniest spring since record keeping began in 1910,…

Proving Zero Waste Works—even in Islands 08 June 2025 – Philippines – Island communities face extra challenges in waste management, but the success of three Philippine island communities — Isla Verde in Batangas City, Apo Island, and Siquijor — shows that…

On Friday, almost the entire country is under an Environment Canada air quality warning as wildfires continue to rage across the Prairies. As world leaders prepare to gather in Alberta in Kananaskis for the G7 summit next week, some activist…

Group Urges Brigada Eskwela Participants to Heed 20 Pollution Prevention Reminders 6 June 2025, Quezon City.  The EcoWaste Coalition, a non-governmental organization working for a zero waste and toxics-free society, enjoined all participating schools, groups and individuals to aim for…

Global warming just got a brand-new source for trapping heat as Arctic tundra turns up the dial on CO2 emissions. It’s now in the ranks of cars, trains, and planes as an official emitter of carbon dioxide, CO2. But it…