Rains raise alarm over water contamination, food poisoning
As the festive season nears, concerns grow over the quality of drinking water, which has already fuelled cases of food poisoning and water-borne diseases—diarrhoea, dysentery,…
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Fukushima treated water to undergo 2-step process before release in small amount on Thursday
Tokyo Electric Power Company said that for fiscal 2023, which runs through the end of March 2024, it plans to release about 31,200 cubic metres of treated water.
Japanese, Korean public submit petitions against water release plan as Kishida visits crippled nuclear plant
Amid opposition from inside and outside the country, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the Fukushima plant to inspect the progress of the plan to release…
Employers oppose Indonesia’s WFH plan to curb pollution
Businesses saw the proposed policy as unsustainable and warned that it might do more harm than good, citing the risks of slower economic growth and lower productivity.
Jakarta opts for remote working, learning to curb pollution
The city will start imposing the remote working policy for 50 percent of its employees next week until Oct. 21.
Beijing issues warning for geological hazards
According to the warning, for the 48 hours beginning at 11 pm on Aug 20, there will be a relatively high risk of geological hazards in the eastern part of Pinggu district and the…
Rescue operations, evacuations under way in parts of Punjab as Sutlej continues to see high flood
According to the authorities, a total of 23,364 individuals from flood-affected areas in Kasur were rescued and shifted to safe locations on Aug 20, 2023.
Understanding grows for release of Fukushima nuclear plant water
“In order to move forward with Fukushima’s reconstruction, this is an issue that cannot be put off,” Kishida said of the release plans after a trilateral summit with US…
The insane reclamation projects in Manila Bay
The writer says reclamation projects make Manila Bay ugly, and they’re meant exclusively to make the rich super rich, but will never benefit the poor, directly or indirectly.
More Koreans to suffer from ‘climate depression’: experts
Although no hard data has been presented, experts believe that the number of people suffering from climate depression will increase significantly in the future.