On December 26, the French Agency for Ecological Transformation (AFET) released a study showing that microplastics were detected in 25 out of 33 (76%) soil samples collected from agricultural land in France, with an average of 15 microplastic particles per kilogram of dry soil. This study is the first to systematically assess the extent of…

According to the Sanya News Network December 29 news, by the Sanya Huanong Group construction, the construction of the Sanya Qingliuyuan water purification plant project piling works were successfully completed on December 26, marking the project into a comprehensive earth excavation and the main construction stage. The project is Sanya’s first fully buried sewage treatment…

In December 2024, an oil spill occurred in the Lovitos region of northwestern Peru, affecting multiple beaches and threatening the local ecosystem and tourism industry. The spill occurred near PetroPeru’s Talara refinery, where the company’s vessels detected the leak and suspended operations while conducting pre-loading operations related to oil.

The electricity needed to support artificial intelligence could pose a serious public health problem in the U.S. by 2030, a study has found, leading to an estimated 600,000 cases of asthma and a public health burden of up to $20 billion as emissions of air pollutants rise due to increased energy consumption in data centers,…

2024 There have already been 159,417 fires across Brazil, with nearly 2 million hectares destroyed by fire in the Pantanal wetlands in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul alone. The fires led to increased levels of air pollution in Porto Velho, the capital of the state of Rondônia, and the city of Rio Branco,…

According to 2024 News, former Tesla employees have revealed that the Tesla Austin, Texas Superfactory had environmental problems, such as furnace doors that failed to close causing toxins to be spewed into the air, and hazardous wastewater from the manufacturing process that was untreated and flowed into the city’s sewers. In addition, California regulators noted…

The Humboldt penguin population along the central coast of Chile is reported to be in danger of extinction due to a dramatic decline. The main threats are marine pollution, disturbance during nesting, and shifts in penguin food sources caused by avian influenza and the intensification of the El Niño phenomenon, which have reduced breeding rates…

The UK has published draft Environmental Protection Regulations 2024, proposing a ban on the supply and sale of wipes containing plastics, with exemptions for medical and industrial use and business-to-business sales, which applies to Scotland, with similar legislation to be introduced in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

On December 10, 2024 China-UK Clean Energy Cooperation Forum was successfully held in Manchester, UK. Tang Rui, Consul General of China in Manchester, Bev Krieger, Speaker of Manchester City Council, Zhu Kucheng, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Wuhan People’s Congress, as well as famous enterprises, industry associations, experts and scholars from China…

The Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Plastics Treaty (INC-5) was held in Busan, Korea, from November 25th to the early morning of December 2nd, with the participation of more than 1,400 negotiators from 178 member states. Although the meeting reached a greater degree of consensus on the structure and elements of…