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New Delhi Suffocates as Toxic Smoke from Landfill Fire Engulfs the City

New Delhi is engulfed in hazardous fumes as a massive fire erupts at the Ghazipur landfill, exacerbating the city's chronic air pollution crisis. The blaze, which started on Sunday, releases dangerou...

An assessment of the Chernobyl disaster 38 years after it happened

Saturday, April 26, 1986, 01:23:45 AM local time. A terrifying accident was taking place in the northern Ukraine, in the former USSR. Few people realized it immediately, and even fewer were aware of...

A Comprehensive Overview of San Francisco's Waterfront Flood Study

The San Francisco Waterfront Flood Study, a collaborative effort between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the City of San Francisco, has unveiled its Draft Plan, marking a significant milestone i...

Largest dam removal in US history reaches important milestone

The largest dam removal in the history of the United States is currently taking place on the Klamath River, which flows through Oregon and northern California. The Klamath River has historically been...

UN warns on the effects of sand dredging to the ocean floor and marine life

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned on Tuesday about the impact that sand dredging has on the ocean floor and marine life. Furthermore, UNEP’s Centre for Analytics, GRID-Geneva, has developed...

California hit by earthquake and Tropical Storm Hilary

The first tropical storm in 84 years made landfall in Southern California on Sunday, August 20, after the region was hit by a 5.1 moment magnitude earthquake. Furthermore, the earthquake occurred at...

U.S.A. awards $1.2 billion to the development of two carbon air capture hubs

The US Department of Energy announced on August 11 that it is going to fund with $1.2 billion the development of two hubs that will remove CO2 from the air and store it underground. This funding is g...

Parts of Lahaina destroyed from Hawaii wildfires

A wildfire that broke out on Tuesday reached and destroyed parts of Lahaina Town, as was reported by Hawaii Governor Josh Green on Thursday, August 10. Governor Green also said that about 1,700 buil...

World’s largest wind turbine connected to the Chinese power grid

The world’s first 16MW wind turbine has been connected to the Chinese power grid, from the Pingtan offshore wind farm. The park’s developer had announced, back on June 28, that installation work had...

North America’s largest biochar plant to be constructed in Canada

North America’s largest biochar production plant is set to be constructed in Port-Cartier, Quebec, Canada. Furthermore, the project will be realized by a Canadian-French consortium, and its first ph...

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