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UN hails end of leaded petrol as 'huge milestone for global health and our environment'

Business Green

Leaded petrol is no longer officially being sold or used anywhere in the world, in a move hailed by the UN as "a huge milestone for global health and out environment" and an exemplar of successful multilateral efforts to phase out harmful fossil fuels.

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Replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration, says study

Envirotec Magazine

Up to now, however, it has been unclear whether this is best achieved through allowing forests to restore themselves naturally (using dormant seeds in the soil) or through active replanting. The first trees were planted in 2002, with nearly 100,000 planted in total over the following years.

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Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows

Grist

The research relies on satellite data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, used to measure subtle changes in Earth’s stores of water, including groundwater, surface water, snow, ice, and soil moisture. Warmer air can suck moisture out of the soil, amplifying droughts.

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Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows

Grist

The research relies on satellite data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, used to measure subtle changes in Earth’s stores of water, including groundwater, surface water, snow, ice, and soil moisture. Warmer air can suck moisture out of the soil, amplifying droughts.

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A Poisoned Chalice: Curious case of glamour and deterioration of Punjab post Green Revolution

The Environmental Blog

With a planned and targeted strategy we achieved that and beyond, and state of Punjab was poster boy of this widely hailed success story but it came at the harrowing cost of human lives and health. It came, and came at the harrowing cost of human lives and health, scarring families for generations. kms of area holding approx 26.12-million-acre

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Leaded gasoline finally phased out worldwide

AGreenLiving

Leaded gasoline was used to improve engine performance, but concerns over its health effects began following the death of five workers at a Standard Oil refinery. It can contaminate the air, degrade soil quality and pollute water, among other effects. Since 2002, UNEP has helped governments phase out the substance.

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Waste: an environmental justice issue we should be talking about

GreenBiz

"Too many Americans live without any affordable means of cleanly disposing of the waste from their toilets, and must live with the resulting filth," writes Catherine Coleman Flowers, an environmental health advocate, in her book "Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret," published by The New Press in November.

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