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The rare fishing cat from Pakistan is closer to extinction in the middle of the loss of habitat, the pollution Blogging Sole

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The rare fishing cat from Pakistan is closer to extinction in the middle of the loss of habitat, the pollution Blogging Sole

Listen to the article Pakistan has long had difficulties with the gradual disappearance of its rare wild species due to a lethal mixture of environmental factors and induced by humans, in particular the destruction of habitat, the decrease in water resources, pollution and poaching. Among these disappeared species, there is the endangered industrial cat, found … Read more

Can countries agree to “end the global plastic pollution crisis”? Blogging Sole

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Delegates from 175 countries gathered this week in Busan, South Korea, to try to negotiate a legally binding treaty to combat global plastic pollution. This gathering marks the fifth and final phase of the multi-year negotiations of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5), with a decision expected on a treaty at … Read more

Worsening ‘severe plus’ air pollution in India requires even more drastic safety measures Blogging Sole

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New Delhi — Authorities in India’s sprawling capital imposed even stricter emergency measures Monday in a bid to prevent disease as thick smog blanketed New Delhi. Air pollution was even worse, and considerably greater, than last weekwhen the annual smog first descended. Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) – a measure of the severity of air … Read more