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Lawyers Are Working to Put ‘Ecocide’ on Par with War Crimes. Could an International Law Hold Major Polluters to Account?

Lawyers Are Working to Put ‘Ecocide’ on Par with War Crimes. Could an International Law Hold Major Polluters to Account?

The history of the ecocide movement The term ecocide first rose to the public consciousness in 1972, when Olof Palme, the premier of Sweden, used the term at a United Nations...

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Veddah Chief’s challenge of deforestation will be supported in Court of Appeal on Friday

Veddah Chief’s challenge of deforestation will be supported in Court of Appeal on Friday

By Chitra Weerarathne The writ application filed by the Veddah Chief Uruwarigelage Wannila Eththo will be supported in the Court of Appeal on Friday. The Veddah Chief has complained about...

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Earth just had its 7th-warmest January on record

Earth just had its 7th-warmest January on record

True to trend, Mother Earth kicked off 2021 with a balmy January that ranked 7th-warmest in the temperature record, according to scientists with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. Warmth took its...

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As Plastic Pollution in Rivers Gets Worse, Species Are Increasingly Living on Litter

As Plastic Pollution in Rivers Gets Worse, Species Are Increasingly Living on Litter

Scientists have long warned that the world’s major rivers and estuaries are hotspots for plastic waste, as trash and microparticles wash down tributaries and congregate before entering oceans. Now, new research has found...

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Coal and COVID-19: How the pandemic is accelerating the end of fossil power generation

Coal and COVID-19: How the pandemic is accelerating the end of fossil power generation

POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH08.02.2021 COVID-19 has not only caused a temporary drop in global CO2 emissions, it has aCoal and COVID-19: How the pandemic is accelerating the end...

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Is This the End of the A-68A Iceberg?

Is This the End of the A-68A Iceberg?

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY 05 FEBRUARY 2021 Satellite images have revealed that the once colossal A-68A iceberg has had yet another shattering experience. Several large cracks were spotted in the berg...

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Disruptive activities of a Coal Power Plant; ‘Norochcholai’ too hot for marine life

Disruptive activities of a Coal Power Plant; ‘Norochcholai’ too hot for marine life

Whilst the world’s coral reef sanctuaries are facing the threat of being destroyed due to rising sea temperatures, local environmental groups have identified that the Kalpitiya Reef in Sri Lanka...

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Sinharaja Elephant habitat under threat

Sinharaja Elephant habitat under threat

Environmentalist claim that two hotels are under construction blocking the main elephant corridor Manikkawatta- Bovitiyathenna in Sinharaja, where elephants live in the Dellawa-Walankanda forest area move from the Morning Side...

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