Pollution
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Environment
Environment United KingdomThese Drones Are Helping to Clean up Our Planet (and It’s Working!)
A UK-based startup is using camera-fitted drones as a revolutionary way to map out pollution and plastic trails: the drones collect large amounts of data in record time, enabling scientists to discover the underlying problems in specific areas and help educate locals.
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Environment
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Environment
Environment VietnamSoda Giant Helps Tackle Plastic Pollution by Cleaning Rivers
Coca-Cola has joined forces with The Ocean Cleanup, a technological non-profit organization, to clean up 15 rivers located around the world - kicking off with the Can Tho river in Vietnam - and tackle plastic pollution.
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Environment
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Environment
Environment United KingdomConservation Efforts Bring This River Back to Life
Thanks to nearly two decades of conservation work, the United Kingdom's River Thames is no longer considered “biologically dead,” a declaration that was made 64 years ago when it was so pollution-ravaged that animals could no longer survive in it.
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Heroes
Heroes USAThis Hashtag Aims to Remove Tons of Trash from the Earth’s Oceans
A millionaire YouTuber is turning to his fans for help in cleaning up our Earth’s oceans: in a project set to remove 30 million pounds of ocean waste, the YouTuber has already reached almost half his fundraising goal in under a month.
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Technology
Technology United KingdomCall-to-Action Brings Extinct Animals “Back” to Life
A new project brings once-extinct animals back to life in an augmented reality experience: “The Zoo of Extinct Animals” was created in an effort to raise awareness of how humans are impacting the planet and its species, with a focus on animals that have gone extinct…
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Environment
Environment United KingdomHere’s to Cleaner Air and Better Health, with This Low-Traffic Neighborhood Plan
Birmingham is working on a plan to curb pollution and emissions, combat poor health, and reduce congestion: the UK's second largest city aims to ensure low traffic with initiatives to close roads, remove parking spaces, introduce new zero-emission buses and create more cycleways.
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Environment
Environment IndonesiaThe Right to Health: “We Must Improve Air Quality” Orders Capital City
A court in Jakarta ruled that the Indonesian government has failed to protect citizens’ rights to clean air, ordering them to take action. The city is home to ten million people, with some thirty million more living in its suburbs.
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Environment
