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Participating in an awareness meeting, APPCB Environmental Engineer emphasises that every mill owner bears the responsibility of preventing pollution that could harm public health
Para 41% dos brasileiros, as mudanรงas climรกticas sรฃo a maior ameaรงa para o futuro. Esse รฉ um dos resultados apresentados nesta semana por uma pesquisa inรฉdita do Instituto Oyรก, em parceria com a Ipsos. Sob o tรญtulo Termรดmetro do Brasil, o levantamento mostra a preocupaรงรฃo das pessoas para si mesmas e para suas famรญlias. Notรญcias relacionadas:Prรชmio reconhece pesquisas brasileiras sobre mudanรงas climรกticasย .Mudanรงas climรกticas figuram como crise de saรบde pรบblica, diz Padilha.O tema supera inclusive outros temas relevantes, como: perda de emprego (32%); retrocesso na democracia (32%); deterioraรงรฃo da saรบde (31%); escassez de alimentos (30%); pandemia (24%).ย O estudo ouviu 2 mil pessoas. No entanto, quando esse grupo รฉ questionado a respeito das principais preocupaรงรตes no momento, o tema das mudanรงas climรกticas vai para o nono lugar (com 14%). As ameaรงas ao meio ambiente estรฃo em dรฉcimo (10%). Esses nรบmeros fazem com que o Brasil ocupe a 20ยช colocaรงรฃo entre os mais preocupados.ย Desinformaรงรฃo De acordo com a diretora executiva do Instituto Oya, Camila Kamilo, um dos dados que mais a surpreenderam รฉ que, em mรฉdia, 78% das pessoas nรฃo sabiam diferenciar notรญcias falsas das verdadeiras, inclusive sobre eventos climรกticos extremos. Um dado preocupante no atual contexto eleitoral no Brasil. ย Ela explica que, a partir de um experimento social cego, ficou demonstrado que os brasileiros aceitam como verdadeiras fake news de forte apelo emocional. Nesse contexto, 81% temem o uso de deepfakes e tecnologias de inteligรชncia artificial para manipulaรงรฃo de imagem e voz. โAlgo que nos deixou bem preocupadas รฉ que 67% dos brasileiros confiam na tecnologia, enquanto 65% desconfiam dos governosโ, afirma a diretora do instituto.ย Segundo a diretora, a deterioraรงรฃo da confianรงa do brasileiro รฉ considerada um motivo de atenรงรฃo em um momento de incertezas.ย โ[Isso] faz com que as pessoas, literalmente, aceitem qualquer coisa como verdade. E isso ocorre, nรฃo sรณ num contexto de crise climรกtica, mas tambรฉm de desafios sociais, econรดmicos e ecolรณgicos.โ Engajamento Camila Kamilo observa que o engajamento social, sobre clima inclusive, tem ocorrido mais pelas redes sociais, de forma distante fisicamente, do que de forma ativa e presencial.ย Para a pesquisadora, รฉ necessรกrio que o paรญs adote polรญticas pรบblicas e novos modelos de comunicaรงรฃo para garantir a veracidade das informaรงรตes que circulam socialmente.ย โO brasileiro nรฃo รฉ negacionista na sua maioria. Ele estรก desinformado.โ ONGs e envolvimento partidรกrio Outra observaรงรฃo que a pesquisadora cita รฉ que, apesar de desconfianรงas nas instituiรงรตes, ย 45% dos brasileiros acreditam nas organizaรงรตes nรฃo governamentais.ย โMais do que nunca รฉ importante a gente fortalecer as nossas organizaรงรตes da sociedade civil, incluindo a imprensa como difusรฃo de informaรงรตes checadasโ, exemplifica.ย Outro dado destacado รฉ que o eleitor brasileiro se mostra afastado do engajamento partidรกrio tradicional. No total, 39% descartam atuar em campanhas ou partidos, e 33% rejeitam protestos de rua.
Malaysiaโs capital topped a global pollution ranking on Wednesday and nearby Singapore came in third, with smoke from wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia blamed for the unhealthy conditions. A milky haze has shrouded the cities for more than a month as smoke drifted from fires on Borneo and Sumatra islands. Kuala Lumpur was the worldโs most polluted major city early on Wednesday, according to Swiss monitor IQAir, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 166. Singapore ranked third at 155. The...
A slew of measures, including staggered office timings, doubled parking charges, and weekly hotspot inspections, will remain in force from November 1, 2026, to January 31, 2027
One of the endemic species, Dawkinsia tambraparniei, has already been categorised as endangered
Toxic foam has once again become a concern around Kelavarapalli Dam in Krishnagiri district, with farmers raising concerns over the impact on agriculture, livestock and local communities. The dam receives water from Karnataka during the monsoon. Farmers allege that sewage discharge from Karnataka is contributing to the persistent foam and pollution in the water. Despite repeated demands for action, the problem continues. In this ground report, we speak to farmers and residents about the polluted water, its impact on their lives and livelihoods, and their demand for a lasting solution from the Water Resources Department and the Tamil Nadu Government.
The waste generated in just the first five months of this year far exceeds the total waste produced in any single year over the preceding three years
The multilingual actor says he will return on October 31 when agitation completes a year
Pervasive, persistent and poisonous: How one US company helped pollute the world with forever chemicals.
Malaysiaโs haze crisis has flared again just weeks after emergency measures and cloud-seeding operations brought temporary relief, with experts warning that smoke from Indonesian fires could continue drifting across the country until monsoon winds change. All 108 schools in Serian, a district in the state of Sarawak on Malaysian Borneo, were ordered to close on Thursday after the air pollutant index (API) breached 200 on Wednesday night, forcing pupils back to home-based learning. By noon,...
Sentini BioProducts Pvt. Ltd. has sued farmer M. Muralidhar Reddy of Gandepalli village, near Keesara in the NTR district, requesting that he be directed to issue a public apology and perpetual injunction restraining the farmer from making any misleading and malicious statements in the future
Several half-immersed idols were seen floating amid discarded garlands, wooden frames, and other decorative materials; officials urged the pandal organisers and public to opt for eco-friendly idols from next year
Presence of total coliform and faecal coliform detected in samples
Ghana’s EPA ordered Empire Cement to shut its Weija plant on 14 September 2026, citing five permit conditions and missing monitoring returns. The post Ghana EPA Shuts Empire Cement Weija Plant Over Pollution Breaches appeared first on The Rio Times.
The untreated sewage was discharged into natural streams and water bodies through 39 public drains leading to various water bodies
In the aftermath of the May 2025 accident, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) initiated short term (rapid) and long term (two years) impact assessment studies through Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute (SDMRI) in Thoothukudi.
Russiaโs MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC is talking with a new Chinese partner about a copper processing deal that would enable it to shut down a heavily polluting plant in the Arctic city of Norilsk.
Singapore was shrouded in haze on Tuesday, with smoke from wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia raising island-wide pollution to levels that pose a health risk. All five regions of the city state recorded unhealthy air quality levels, the first time that has happened since September 2019, according to the National Environment Agency. Singaporeโs air currently ranks among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, according to IQAir data, with the capitals of Malaysia and Indonesia also among the...
Winter brings weaker winds, more stable atmospheric conditions and, in many places, temperature inversions that restrict the dispersion of pollutants; the World Resources Institute India study also attributes increased waste burning partly to its use for warmth, alongside seasonal waste disposal practices
Schools in the capital of Indonesiaโs South Sumatra province switched to remote learning on Wednesday as worsening haze from forest and peatland fires pushed air pollution to unhealthy levels, adding to disruptions that had already affected more than 1.4 million students across the country, officials said. Indonesia has been plagued by forest and land fires for decades but an intensifying El Nino pattern and a prolonged dry season made the impact of the fires especially dire this year. Toxic...
Assessment done by International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation on the vesselโs containers that fell into the sea in June 2025 incident
Indore, which topped the list with a score of 200 out of 200 in the 2025 survey, fell just one point short of Lucknow and failed to retain its position
The petitionerโs counsel argued that the timeline for complying with the mandate to install flue gas desulphurisation systems in thermal power plants has been extended from time to time, and people are facing health hazards due to pollution
Carbon credit financing is making clean cooking affordable and accessible to households across Africa, boosting efforts to reduce pollution.
Official statistics confirm that half of the pollution in Rajamahendravaram city comes from the APL, he says in a post on X, while referring to the alleged evasion of โน21.34 crore tax by the company to the local bodies since 2016ย