Pollution

Industry Ministry-Litani Authority: Joint Committee to Reduce Pollution

This is Beirut, 22/08 12:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Baalbeck South Lebanon Litani Industry Pollution

Industry Minister Joe Issa al-Khoury has set up a joint committee with the Litani River Authority to oversee and enforce environmental compliance in industrial facilities across the Litani River Basin, the two bodies said in a joint statement issued Friday. The committee will survey both licensed and unlicensed factories, document violations, and ...

Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks in Disarray

This is Beirut, 14/08 05:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

International Plastic Pollution Climate

Attempts to secure a landmark treaty combating plastic pollution descended into disarray on the penultimate day of talks Wednesday as dozens of countries rejected the latest draft text, leaving the talks in limbo. With time running out to seal a deal among the 184 countries gathered at the United Nations in Geneva, several countries slammed a ...

Four Days Left to Square the Circle on Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

This is Beirut, 11/08 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United Nations Plastic Pollution

Countries remained at loggerheads Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark global treaty on reining in the ever-growing scourge. While plastic has transformed modern life, plastic pollution poses an increasing threat to the environment and the human body -- and every day the garbage accumulates on ...

Plastic Odyssey: A Boat Against Plastic

This is Beirut, 07/08 14:09 - Reading : less than a minute

Plastic Pollution

In 2016, young French sailor Simon Bernard was shocked by a beach in Dakar completely covered in plastic. That moment sparked Plastic Odyssey, a 40-meter lab-boat sailing the world to tackle plastic pollution. With 30 stops across 3 continents, the mission brings together local partners and smart solutions. The message is clear: to save the ...

Plastic Pollution 'Grave and Growing' Health Threat: Lancet

This is Beirut, 04/08 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

United States USA Pollution Plastic

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review of the existing evidence, which was carried out by leading health researchers and doctors, was published one day ahead of fresh talks opening in Geneva aiming ...

Germs, Pollution, Junk Food: Lebanon’s Summer of All Dangers

Makram Haddad, 24/07 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Lebanon Pollution Germs

A Feverish Country, Citizens Out of Breath A morning like any other in Beirut. Unusual lines at the pharmacy, overwhelmed medical offices, worried parents in pediatric waiting rooms. Fever, cough, diarrhea, vomiting… For several weeks, Lebanese citizens have been falling ill. Gastroenteritis, rotavirus, summer flu, COVID and lung infections are ...

Study Links Chemicals In Plastic To Cardiovascular Deaths

This is Beirut, 30/04 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Plastic Pollution Health Chemicals

Daily exposure to chemicals used for many plastic household items, could be linked to more than 356,000 deaths from cardiovascular disease worldwide in 2018, according to a study published on Tuesday. The study published in the Lancet eBioMedicine journal, led by researchers at NYU Langone Hospital in New York, focused on a phthalate chemical ...

Gasping for Air: Respiratory Issues Soar Amid Relentless Beirut Raids

Vanessa Kallas, 2024-11-14 10:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Lebanon Generator WHO Pollution Air Electricity

Since September, Israeli raids have targeted Lebanese territory almost daily, leaving behind a dense cloud of smoke for people to inhale. Combined with existing pollution from Lebanon’s overreliance on generators, the smoke is slowly endangering the health of the Lebanese population. Breathless in Beirut Manal lives in Ain El Remmaneh, a ...

COP28 Highlights: Funding Challenges and Renewed Commitments

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-02 16:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

COP28 Pollution Renewable Energy UAE

COP28 in Dubai starts with the UAE leading climate initiatives, but concerns arise over attention-grabbing pledges potentially diverting from crucial issues like fossil fuels and formal negotiations. Meanwhile, nations will collaborate to achieve a global renewable energy generation capacity of at least 11,000 gigawatts by the decade's end. The ...

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