TOKYO – Plastic utensils and straws will no longer be given out for free in Japan from April next year, joining plastic bags in being…
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More harmful algal blooms expected from intense aquaculture and human activities: UN report
SINGAPORE – The world is on the alert for microscopic sea-dwelling algae that can multiply and smother the seas, causing swaths of the ocean to…
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China makes desalination push to ease water scarcity
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – China will invest in new desalination plants over the 2021-2025 period and raise capacity to 2.9 million tonnes a day in a…
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Discarded disposables in S'pore enough to fill 400 Olympic swimming pools
SINGAPORE – Last year, about 200,000 tonnes of disposables including carrier bags and takeaway containers were thrown away here, said the National Environment Agency. These were…
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Scientists find only 3% of land areas unblemished by humans
SINGAPORE (REUTERS) – Very little of today’s world resembles Planet Earth from 500 years ago. In fact, only about 3 per cent of land surfaces…
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New fund for coffee shops and foodcourts to install more tray-return facilities
SINGAPORE – Coffee shops and foodcourts will soon have new funding to install more tray-return facilities as part of a nationwide campaign to get diners…
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Most European city-dwellers support 2030 ban on combustion car sales, survey finds
BRUSSELS (REUTERS) – A majority of residents of European cities support a Europe-wide phaseout of combustion engine car sales from 2030 to reduce planet-warming emissions,…
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Malaysia sends back over 300 containers of illicit plastic waste
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Malaysia said on Tuesday (April 6) it had sent 267 containers of illegal plastic waste back to their countries of origin…
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UK-hosted summit seeks solutions for 'searing injustice' of climate change
LONDON (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION) – Britain will highlight how the poorest who have done the least to cause climate change are suffering the worst of…
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Burden and blessing for Singapore to be city in nature: Desmond Lee
SINGAPORE – Like no other country, Singapore carries both the burden and the blessing of having greenery and nature reserves in the midst of one…
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Satellite images show over 8ha of Kranji woodland was cleared almost a year before JTC knew
SINGAPORE – Satellite images of Kranji woodland shared on social media on Thursday (Feb 18) showed over 8ha of forested land being cleared since last…
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'Corals are being cooked': A third of Taiwan's reefs are dying
TAIPEI (AFP) – Nearly a third of Taiwan’s corals are dying from bleaching caused by warming oceans, in an alarming phenomenon that poses a severe…
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Increase in mask litter at Singapore's parks and beaches
Conservation experts are becoming increasingly concerned with surgical mask litter all over the island. Cleanup groups here have been picking up an average of four…
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Last-minute White House decision opens more Arctic land to oil leasing
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Monday (Jan 4) it has made final its plan to open up vast areas…
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