Ecology and Environment

As Earth Day approaches, prepare for the annual spectacle of U.S. lawmakers donning their environmentalist hats, waxing poetic about their love for the planet while disregarding the devastation their actions wreak. The harsh reality is that alongside their hollow pledges…

CSOs urge ASEAN leaders to take a strong stance in the ongoing negotiations to develop an international legally binding instrument to address plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. 18 April 2024; Jakarta, Indonesia:  Today, the Global Alliance for Incinerator…

April 18, 2024, Quezon City— Days before the celebration of Earth Day, environmental and planetary health experts sounded the alarm about the prevalence of microplastics in the ecosystems and their insidious effects on our health. During the seminar organized by…

by: Assaf Levy, BioDB   Every year on April 17, the world turns its attention to the skies at dusk to celebrate Bat Appreciation Day. This special day is not just a tribute but a call to recognize these nocturnal…

A breakthrough in the fight against pollution. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science in India have developed a sustainable hydrogel that removes microplastics from water by binding them and breaking them down under ultraviolet light. This hydrogel consists of…

The Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 set the standards for how nation/states must approach the net zero target year 2050 by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in stages, starting with major reductions by 2030. Paris ’15 is dead. According to a…

In a historic ruling, the European Court of Human Rights has found that Switzerland’s inadequate efforts to tackle climate change violated the human rights of its country’s citizens, represented by more than 2,000 older Swiss women. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The landmark decision…

When America’s leading authority on the climate system Gavin Schmidt of NASA throws his hands up in the air, exclaiming, we’ve got a knowledge gap for the first time since satellites started tuning into the planet’s climate system, what does…

Rapid urbanization in the last few decades has made Guwahati, the prime city of Assam, a polluted city, but can it feature on top of a list comprising the regions containing highly polluted air across the Asian region? The issue…

Multi-year Healthcare Waste Management Project Launched Healthcare workers, who bravely put themselves at risk to protect our communities, deserve to be safeguarded. This was BAN Toxics’ message as the country celebrates the Day of Valor. “As we continue to navigate…