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Faced with a Germany-led coalition seeking to ban internal-combustion-engine car sales from 2035, the EU needs to stay firm on its core economic principles.
Inflating your cars’ tyres properly isn’t just good for your bank account - it can minimise your environmental footprint too.
How to be more a more eco-friendly parent – it’s not as simple as ditching disposable nappies.
Caracals are most likely being exposed to metals like arsenic, lead and mercury through their diet.
The mystery surrounding a forgotten marine mammal, a remote archipelago and man-made pollution.
No place on Earth is free from pollution.
Older imported cars pose risks to motorists and spew pollution. Some countries, including Ghana, are taking steps to limit the harms of this piece of the vehicle life cycle.
Governments are more than regulators — they are also major greenhouse gas emitters.
The water crisis is a women’s crisis. Women need to be equal partners in the process of creating more just and effective water governance systems.
A study shows that exposure to polyester microfibres inhibits growth in mussels.
A new study reveals wide disparities among state-issued Clean Water Act fines, and even among federal fines from regions to region. A law professor explains why it may be illegal.
By washing our clothes, we release microfibres into the environment which are then ingested by marine animals.
It’s far easier to see how the stock market is doing than it is to find out the global price of carbon. That has to change.
Ghana needs improved supply systems to expand the use of clean fuels.
Destructive mining in Congo’s protected areas is rampant because it generates money for citizens, officials and armed groups.
Toxic synthetic chemicals, called PFAS, are a serious threat to humans and wildlife – but many people are unaware of them.
We cannot think of nature as something set aside in wildernesses, far from human activity. We need to conserve some elements of nature everywhere, including in the cities we live in.
New research reveals that the London Underground is polluted with small particles which may carry negative health effects for humans.
Most beaches along Durban’s coastline have critical E. coli levels above acceptable safety levels and should be considered a public health hazard.
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Environment, CSIRO
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate professor, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Director of CORDIO in East Africa and Adjunct Fellow, Pwani University
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Professor, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Lecturer of Environmental Chemistry, Madonna University, Nigeria
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Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Part-time lecturer and Director of the Africa Livelihood Innovations for Sustainable Environment Consulting Group, University of Nairobi
