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On 9th December 2011, a press-call by Barry Gardiner MP calling for the London Olympics Committee to end Dow Chemicals' co-sponsorship of the 2012 games, was interrupted by 'H...

A Climate Championship Fair is held by Kadvibai Virani Kanya Vidyalay in India, which was established by the freedom fighters just before India’s freedom in 1946, as a part of the Const...

State-run housing authority RAJUK start dismantling the structures built illegally along the lake in Dhaka’s posh Gulshan area, in line with the High Court’s order to demarcate the lake...

Several waterways across Metro Manila remain polluted despite the government's effort of cleaning them up. Another "Estero Blitz" has been launched which aims to rid wate...

Dozens of environmental activists stage a protest in front of Grahadi, Surabaya. They urge people to recycle and throw out rubbish in the correct way to help the environment. Surabaya, ...

Mondi Swiecie S.A. viscose pulp factory is one of the largest paper factories in Poland, and is seen here beneath a cloud of smoke. Swiecie nad Wisla, Poland. 25th January 2012

The fog associated with the cold weather that characterizes these days provokes the strange and rare phenomenon of chemical snow that is created when two conditions occur simultaneously...

After a disaster caused by a dam that broke in 2009 causing the loss of hundreds of lives, Situ Gintung Lake at Ciputat in South Tangerang is finally back in operation again. Banten, In...

Brick factories operating in the Kathmandu valley emit black carbon. Black carbon is alleged to be one of the significant contributors to the melting of snowpack and glaciers of the Hi...

A block of ice from the Arctic was brought to OccupyLSX as the end of its journey around the world as part of an arts exhibition. The ice melted whilst speakers & artists spoke abo...

Thousands of demonstrators march to protest against shale gas exploration and production. Sofia, Bulgaria. 14th January 2012

The lignite-fired 'Republika' thermal power plant near the city of Pernik in western Bulgaria is considered the largest emitter of sulfur oxides in the EU, making Pernik one o...

In the Ptolemaida area the most pollutive power station of Europe resides. Dust and coal, ingredients that make up a very unhealthy environment. Ptolemaida, Greece. 5th January 2012

With 200 days to the Olympics, Farah Edwards, a survivor of the Bhopal Disaster, asked Lord Coe and Boris Johnson to taste Bhopal drinking water, bottled as B’eauPal mineral water, and ...

A protest is organized to give pressure to the London Olympic Organizing Committee to drop the Dow Sponsorship, on the occasion of 200 days to go until the Olympic Opening Ceremony. UK....

Barry Gardiner MP and Labour Friends of India held a protest in Trafalgar Square to urge The London Organising Committee of the Olympic to drop the Dow sponsorship. United Kingdom. 9th ...

While inter-militia rivalry and protests continue in coastal towns, inland workers are battling to bring Libya’s oil and gas back on-line. Libyan Desert, Libya. November, 2011

Sugarcane is Florida's most valuable field crop. But, before Florida's sugar is harvested, the massive fields are burned; killing visibility and creating a beautiful spectacle...

Toxic foam flows in Bagmati rive as most of the city household mix the liquid waste directly into this river. The river is one of the holiest but most polluted river that flows in the c...

River pollution has been one of the most talked about topics in the environmental issue of urban Dhaka. Third Bridge to the Tongi Bridge and found two points with extreme pollution. Dha...