Environment

Fossil fuel polluters from US to China far off climate targets: UN

The world's major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global...
Shut 27 factories, pvt hospitals on Buriganga bank: HC to DoE

The High Court (HC) has directed Department of Environment (DoE) to...
Sundarbans’ infrastructure badly damaged by Cyclone Bulbul

Cyclone Bulbul that raged through the country’s southwest region on...

Nat Geo female-led team back for ‘Sea to Source: Ganges’ expedition

In late October this year, a team of scientists and engineers, co...
Cyclone Bulbul: 4,589 trees damaged in Sundarbans

At least 4,589 trees were damaged under the influence of Cyclone...
Forest dept bans tourists in Sundarbans, starts work to assess damage

Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) bars tourists from visiting the...

Dolphin Day: Art meets wildlife conservation

It could be seen from a few yards away. The long, dried leaves of...
Bangkok enshrouded in toxic air

An unhealthy level of air pollution covers 14 areas of Greater...
Dr Mahathir goes horse riding

The haze blanketing much of the Klang Valley did not stop Dr...

‘Over 19m Bangladeshi children at frontline of climate crisis’

Over 19 million children -- a quarter of them under 5 -- spread...
Bangladesh rural poor bear financial burden of climate change: Study

Poor, rural Bangladeshis are spending far more than the government...
Plan underway to monitor Sundarbans with drones

The Forest Department has planned to monitor the Sundarbans, the...

Kiswa, the small dabbling duck completes round migration trip, returns to Bangladesh

Kiswa, the wild duck was named and fitted with a Global Positioning...
Healthy ozone layer, climate essential to meeting all SDGs: UN chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a healthy ozone layer...
7 Amazon countries sign forest pact

Seven Amazonian countries sign a pact to protect the world's...

Amazon crisis: Brazil bans burning for 2 months

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro signs a decree to ban burning...
Brazil slams G7 aid offer as Amazon fires rage

Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires...
‘Amazon fires turn atmosphere from green to red with carbon monoxide’

Two satellite images released by NASA and the National Oceanic and...

Bolsonaro weakens environment agency as fires ravage Amazon

As the world recoils at the sight of fires ravaging Brazil’s Amazon...
Trump, on climate, says he won't jeopardise US wealth on 'dreams'

US President Donald Trump, responding to a question about climate...
On the path to climate action

Through the UN Climate Action Summit on September 23, 2019, UN...

Sundarbans tigress wasn’t killed by poachers: Investigators

A tigress, found dead in Sundarbans East Zone on August 20, was not...
Brazilian warplanes dump water on burning Amazon forest

Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the...
Raging Amazon wildfires ‘a crime against humanity’

Former Brazilian environment minister and presidential candidate...

Amazon fire: Bolsonaro tells rest of world not to interfere

Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro admits farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze but tells foreign powers not to interfere.
The sky never goes dark while the Amazon burns

There are no lights in sight but the night sky glows a dusky yellow, for the Amazon is burning.
Asian Paper Mill ordered to shut for polluting Halda

The Environment department orders Asian Paper Mill to shut down for polluting a water body that drains into the Halda river in Chattogram.
Evidence of 'Herculean' parrot found in New Zealand

The remains of a super-sized parrot that stood more than half the height of an average human and roamed the earth 19 million years ago have been discovered in New Zealand.
Quarter of world's population facing extreme water stress

Nearly a quarter of the world's population lives in 17 countries facing extremely high water stress, close to "day zero" conditions when the taps run dry, according to a report.
Halda pollution: Power plant fined Tk 20 Lakh

The power plant of Chattogram responsible for releasing untreated furnace oil to a nearby water body that connects to the Halda river is fined Tk 20 lakh for damaging the environment.
Java pre-teen writes to Trump

Aeshnina Azzahra, a 12-year-old from Gresik, East Java, writes to Trump complaining about the amount of waste US exports to Indonesia and urges him to stop the practice.
Eviction drive faces obstruction in Keraniganj; 5 hurt

A group miscreants attack a team of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) during an eviction drive at Postogola along the Buriganga riverbank, leaving an executive magistrate and four members of the team injured.
Dramatic warming projected in world's major cities by 2050

By the year 2050, London's climate will resemble Madrid's today; Paris will be more like Canberra; Stockholm like Budapest and Moscow like Sofia, according to a new analysis published Wednesday that relied on optimistic projections.
Waste oil dumped into water body linked to Halda river

Untreated furnace oil has been allegedly released to a nearby water body that connects the Halda river from a power plant in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila.
Jakarta residents sue Indonesia government over air pollution

Residents of Indonesia’s capital have filed a lawsuit against the government over the toxic levels of air pollution that regularly blanket the city.
'June was hottest month ever recorded on Earth'

Last month was the hottest June ever recorded with soaring temperatures worldwide capped off by a record-breaking heatwave across Western Europe, satellite data showed on Tuesday.
Fishing in Sundarbans to remain banned in July, August

Netting of fish has been banned in all the canals of Sundarbans from July 1 to August 31 in order to promote safe breeding and to preserve aquatic animals.
Millions urge Indian govt to declare a 'climate emergency'

More than 450,000 people have signed two petitions demanding that the Indian government declare a climate emergency as severe heatwaves and crippling water shortages grip the country.
Schools in Malaysia town hit by toxic fumes shut for 3 days

All educational institutions in Johor's Pasir Gudang district have been ordered to close for three days following chemical pollution in the area.
Climate change on track to reduce ocean wildlife by 17%

Climate change is set to empty the ocean of nearly a fifth of all living creatures, measured by mass, by the end of the century, researchers have calculated.
Canada to ban single-use plastics from 2021

Canada will ban single-use plastics from 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced, declaring it a “global challenge” to phase out the plastic bags, straws and cutlery clogging the world’s oceans.
Bangladesh among countries with highest antibiotic river pollution: Study

Bangladesh is among the countries with the highest levels of antibiotic river pollution along with Kenya, Ghana, Pakistan and Nigeria, a study revealed yesterday.
In climate change-hit Bangladesh, hospital boats keep healthcare afloat

Living on a secluded island in northern Bangladesh, several hours from the nearest hospital, Abdul Jalil believed he was destined to die blind. That changed earlier this month when the 67-year-oldunderwent free cataract surgery on a ship moored next to his home.
Trump’s EPA shifts more environmental enforcement to states

Susan Holmes’ home, corner store and roadside beef jerky stand are right off Oklahoma Highway 31, putting them in the path of trucks hauling ash and waste from a power plant that burns the high-sulfur coal mined near this small town.
Rare 'Batagur Baska' hatched in Sundarban’s Karamjal

Wildlife conservation efforts always involve immense patience and resilience and takes a long time to show any tangible progress. On the morning of May 16, conservationist and forest department officials at the wildlife breeding centre in Karamjal of East Sundarbans woke up to see some of the conservation efforts producing results.
'Super corals' give glimmer of hope for world's dying reefs

Hawaiian "super corals" that have recovered despite living in warm and acidic water offer a glimmer of hope that dying reefs across the world could be saved, a new study says.
City corporation negligent in curbing pollution: HC

Dhaka city corporation authorities are negligent in curbing pollution and mosquito menace, the High Court says in an observation.
Trash found littering ocean floor in deepest-ever sub dive

On the deepest dive ever made by a human inside a submarine, a Texas investor and explorer finds something he could have found in the gutter of nearly any street in the world: trash.
37 spotted seal pups rescued from China traffickers released

Animal rights groups on Saturday cheered the release of 37 spotted seal pups rescued from traffickers into the wild in northern China in a small victory for efforts to save the country’s endangered species.
180 nations agree UN deal to regulate export of plastic waste

Around 180 governments have agreed on a new UN accord to regulate the export of plastic waste, some eight million tonnes of which ends up in the oceans each year, organisers say.
Cyclone Fani and global climate change

The temperature of the Earth changes over geologic time. During periods of glaciation, it was about five degrees Celsius cooler and in the interglacial period about five degrees warmer.
A million species risk extinction, are we one of them?

Humanity is rapidly destroying the natural world upon which our prosperity -- and ultimately our survival -- depends, according to a landmark UN assessment of the state of Nature.
ADB launches action plan for healthy oceans

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launches the Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region.
Odisha on yellow alert as Cyclone Fani turns ‘extremely severe’

Cyclone Fani which has intensified into an ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic storm is to cross the Odisha coast between Gopalpur and Chandbali with a maximum sustained wind of speed 175-185 kmph gusting to 205 kmph. The Met department issues a “yellow warning” for the Odisha coast predicting heavy to very heavy rain in several areas.