In April 2025, 72 people were poisoned and 1 person died at a boxed lunch supplier in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, after an employee was asymptomatically carrying norovirus. The incident exposed hygiene loopholes in the food processing chain, and the government urgently revised regulations to require food workers to undergo regular screening for the virus. Experts…

In March 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to rescind dozens of regulations, including the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, including overturning the 2009 “Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Determination,” which leaves carbon emission controls without a legal basis. The move could lead to a rebound in power plant pollution, threatening the health…

The European Times, April 3 – The French Ministry of Ecological Transition recently released the State of the Environment in France 2024 report, which shows that despite increased spending on pollution control, pollution levels in France remain too high, with fine particulate matter causing 40,000 premature deaths a year, while biodiversity is declining due to…

UNESCO set up the first “World Glacier Day” in March, data show that global glaciers melt 267 billion tons per year, and at the current rate, 80% of small and medium-sized glaciers will disappear before 2100. The retreat of Himalayan glaciers has led to the double risk of floods and droughts in Nepal, India and…

The recent 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has shattered the peace of this land and sounded a heavy alarm for the survival of the human environment. By midday on March 30, the death toll from the earthquake had reached 1,700, with about 3,400 injured and 300 missing, and the number of casualties is likely to…

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that Southern Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years, resulting in a 40% reduction in maize production and 23 million people facing food shortages. Abnormal rainfall patterns due to climate change have been blamed as the main cause, with several countries declaring states of…

A report by the European Audit Office says that EU cities may not meet a 30% reduction in traffic noise by 2030, and that three-quarters of them still have excessive nitrogen dioxide pollution that threatens public health.

Nickel mining in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has led to a rise in respiratory illnesses and cancer in neighboring communities, with local residents protesting the government’s neglect of environmental and health risks. Indonesia, the world’s largest nickel producer, has accelerated development to meet demand for electric vehicle batteries, but lagging environmental measures have sparked controversy.

Satellite data for the year 2025 show that Arctic sea ice is at a record low for the same period, threatening the survival of polar bears and other species, and sea levels are rising faster than expected. The accelerated melting of Arctic sea ice has become a key indicator of global climate change, with impacts…

Project 2025: Proposed by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in the United States, Project 2025 advocates the abolition of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the elimination of the “30×30” marine conservation goal (to protect 30% of the sea area), and the revision of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, among others. Marine…