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Danny OCallaghan

Chile's largest city temporarily shut down due to smog 'emergency' | World news | The G... - 2 views

www.theguardian.com/...ago-smog-environment-emergency

pollution Chile

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 26 Jun 15
     
    "Measures relaxed on Monday night after cars were ordered off streets of Santiago, businesses shut and 7 million residents told to stay indoors"
Danny OCallaghan

Air pollution: Delhi is dirty, but how do other cities fare? | News | The Guardian - 1 views

www.theguardian.com/...y-but-how-do-other-cities-fare

air pollution

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 26 Jun 15
     
    "The WHO last week named India's capital the worst of 1,600 cities for PM2.5 particles. What are the other measures of pollution, and do the experts agree?"
Danny OCallaghan

Up to 90% of world's electronic waste is illegally dumped, says UN | Environment | The ... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...te-is-illegally-dumped-says-un

e-waste

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 22 May 15
     
    "PCs and smartphones adding to 'e-waste mountain' that could reach 50m tonnes by 2017, much of it dumped and traded in developing countries, reports "
Danny OCallaghan

The human cost of China's untold soil pollution problem | Environment | theguardian.com - 3 views

www.theguardian.com/...-untold-soil-pollution-problem

pollution

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 02 Jul 14
     
    "Rapid industrialisation has left a legacy of soil pollution that is damaging health and livelihoods in villages across China, "
Danny OCallaghan

UK to give £720m to help poor countries cope with climate change | Environmen... - 2 views

www.theguardian.com/...tries-cope-with-climate-change

climate change

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 22 Nov 14
     
    "The UK will give £720m to an international fund to help poor nations cope with climate change, the Guardian can reveal."
Danny OCallaghan

From rainforest to your cupboard: the real story of palm oil - interactive | Guardian S... - 3 views

www.theguardian.com/...ainforest-cupboard-interactive

palm Oil

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 22 Nov 14
     
    "You wash with it, you brush with it, you toast it, it's in 50% of what you buy - but what's the real story of palm oil? Use the interactive below to trace the journey of palm oil from the rainforest through to your kitchen cupboard"
Danny OCallaghan

Rate of deforestation in Indonesia overtakes Brazil, says study | Environment | theguar... - 3 views

www.theguardian.com/...ia-overtakes-brazil-says-study

deforestation

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 02 Jul 14
     
    "Indonesia lost 840,000 hectares of forest in 2012 compared to 460,000 hectares in Brazil, despite its forest being a quarter the size of the Amazon rainforest"
Danny OCallaghan

Remittances: how much money do migrants send home? - interactive | Global development |... - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...oney-migrants-home-interactive

remittances

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 04 Feb 13
     
    great interactive
Danny OCallaghan

Global carbon emissions and sinks since 1750 - 0 views

shrinkthatfootprint.com/carbon-emissions-and-sinks

Carbon emissions

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 22 May 13
     
    "Since 1750 the human race has been responsible for 2,000 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. These human carbon emissions have added to the much larger natural carbon cycle and resulted in the growing atmospheric concentrations so well documented by the Keeling Curve."
Danny OCallaghan

Campaigners in China challenge authorities over environmental impact of planned petroch... - 0 views

www.independent.co.uk/...trochemical-plant-8619776.html

china

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 22 May 13
     
    "Fears over proposed refinery in southern city of Kunming attracts thousands of protesters"
Danny OCallaghan

Mount Everest's glaciers shrinking at increasing rate, say researchers | World news | T... - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...ciers-shrinking-global-warming

climate change

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 24 May 13
     
    "Glaciers on or around Everest have shrunk 13% in 50 years with the snow line 180 metres higher than it was 50 years ago"
Danny OCallaghan

BBC News - Brazil 'to write off' almost $900m of African debt - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...world-latin-america-22669331

aid Brazil Africa

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 28 May 13
     
    "Brazil has announced that it will cancel or restructure almost $900m (£600m) worth of debt with Africa. Oil- and gas-rich Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania and Zambia are among the 12 African countries to benefit. The move is seen as an effort to boost economic ties between the world's seventh largest economy and the African continent."
Danny OCallaghan

Multinational and deforestation - 0 views

www.feedly.com/home

Rainforest

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 28 May 13
     
    "In only a few years, logging and agribusiness have cut Indonesia's vast rainforest by half. The government has renewed a moratorium on deforestation but it may already be too late for the endangered animals -and for the people whose lives lie in ruin"
Danny OCallaghan

'Indonesia is seeing a new corporate colonialism' | Global development | The Observer - 1 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...esia-new-corporate-colonialism

Colonialism

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 28 May 13
     
    "Multinational companies have been encouraged to seize and deforest land owned by indigenous people, say human rights groups"
Danny OCallaghan

McDonald's 'Italianised' menu: the future of fast food? | Life and style | guardian.co.uk - 3 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...lianised-menu-future-fast-food

Globalisation

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 30 May 13
     
    As we discovered last week in Italy, the company likes to to localise its menu. Can global chains 'do' regional specialities?
Danny OCallaghan

Inside China's 'cancer villages' | World news | The Guardian - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...china-villages-cancer-deaths

china cancer

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 04 Jun 13
     
    "Death rates in communities near chemical, pharmaceutical or power plants exceed the national average, but residents face a wall of denial and intimidation"
Danny OCallaghan

China signals hunger for Arctic's mineral riches | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...china-arctics-mineral-riches

china Arctic

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 04 Jun 13
     
    "China's admission to the Arctic Council reflects the Arctic's natural resources becoming a top priority for world powers"
Danny OCallaghan

Ocean scene: before and after overfishing | News | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...n-before-and-after-overfishing

Overfishing

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 22 May 13
     
    "What do emptier waters look like? This web aquarium shows declining fish populations over the past 100 years - and it uses more than 200 datasets to do it. We recommend that you closely analyse the data showing that the population of big fish has been decimated while small fish are now overly abundant. Or else you can leave it on your screen as a digital pet and a grim modern Tamagotchi. "
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