Environment

Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 07:36 UTC
Dozens of dead dolphins washing up on France's Atlantic coast

$Postmortems often show fractures, broken tails and flippers and deep incisions cut into their skin by the nets. Some have been mutilated as fishermen release their bodies$

Dead dolphins are washing up on France's Atlantic coast in such high numbers that local populations of the mammals are at risk, marine biologists say.
Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 06:45 UTC
Brazil recorded longest lightning bolt, 700km and Argentina a lighting megaflash of 16,7 seconds

The UN's weather agency announced this week the longest lightning bolt on record -- a single flash in Brazil on October 31, 2018 that cut the sky across more than 700 kilometres.
Friday, June 26th 2020 - 08:19 UTC
District of Columbia files lawsuit against oil majors for “misleading” consumers con climate change

The attorney general for the District of Columbia on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell for “systematically and intentionally misleading” consumers about the role their products play in causing climate change, the latest action by a US attorney general against the oil and gas industry.
Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 06:49 UTC
Bayer settles US Roundup weed-killer lawsuits with US$ 10,9 billion after year long of talks

Bayer AG agreed to settle U.S. lawsuits claiming that its widely-used weed killer Roundup caused cancer for as much as US$10.9 billion after more than a year of talks, resolving litigation that has hit the company's share price.
Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 05:55 UTC
Micro plastics pollution reaches Antarctica: found in land based food systems

Scientists have found bits of polystyrene in the guts of tiny, soil-dwelling organisms in the Antarctic, raising concern that micro-plastics pollution has already “deeply” entered the world's most remote land-based food systems.
Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 05:40 UTC
Saharan sand cloud darkened much of Cuba and is affecting Florida

A massive cloud of Saharan dust darkened much of Cuba on Wednesday and began to affect air quality in Florida, sparking warnings to people with respiratory illnesses to stay home. The dust cloud swept across the Atlantic from Africa over the past week, covering the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico since Sunday and hitting south Florida in the United States on Wednesday, authorities there said.
Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 09:47 UTC
Coronavirus has turned Italians into peddlers: record sales of bicycles

Italy has seen a surge in bicycle sales since the government ended its coronavirus lockdown as people steer clear of public transport and respond to government incentives to help the environment.
Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 09:31 UTC
Investment funds managing US$ 4 trillion call on Brazil to halt deforestation

Investment funds managing close to US$4 trillion in assets called on Brazil on Tuesday to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that biodiversity loss and carbon emissions pose a “systemic risk” to their portfolios.
Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 07:42 UTC
Magnitude 7,4 earthquake strikes the south of Mexico's Pacific coast

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck southern Mexico’s Pacific coast on Tuesday, killing at least five people and cutting off isolated villages, as well as causing damage to buildings hundreds of miles away in Mexico City.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 10:00 UTC
Major European investors warn Brazil with divestment if Amazon deforestation is not stopped

Major European investment firms have said they will divest from beef producers, grains traders, and even government bonds in Brazil if they do not see progress in resolving the surging destruction of the Amazon rainforest.