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after warnings of an impending eruption

Philippine volcano rains ash, violent eruption feared

A giant mushroom-shaped cloud rises into the air from Mayon volcano.

Legazpi - Muslimchronicle
A giant mushroom-shaped cloud shot up from the Philippines' most active volcano on Monday, turning day into night as it rained ash on communities where tens of thousands have fled after warnings of an impending eruption.... Read more
to find new dumping grounds for growing piles

China's waste import ban upends global recycling industry

China has long been the world's dumping ground for waste

Beijing - Muslimchronicle
The decision was announced in July and came into force on January 1, giving companies from Europe to the United States barely six months to look for other options, and forcing some to store rubbish in parking lots.In China, some... Read more
For Dutch Fishermen

Dutch shocked by call to ban EU electric pulse fishing

The European Parliament is demanding a ban on electric pulse fishing.

Scheveningen - Muslimchronicle
The black clouds hanging over the boats in Dutch ports Friday were not the remnants of wild winter gales, but harbingers of another devastating storm brewing for Dutch fishermen.On Tuesday, the European Parliament struck... Read more
as the city battles its worst drought

Cape Town water ration to be slashed as drought bites

If the rains do not materialise and consumption does not fall in Cape Town, people will to use standpipes.

Cape Town - Muslimchronicle
Cape Town will next month slash its individual daily water consumption limit by 40 percent to 50 litres, the mayor said Thursday, as the city battles its worst drought in a century.... Read more
Floating on the murky waters of the River

Thames paddle-boarders try to turn the tide on plastic

Activists work from sunrise to collect rubbish on the Thames.

London - Muslimchronicle
Floating on the murky waters of the River Thames in London, activist paddle-boarders are trying to rid the waterway of a plague of plastic waste and draw attention to the problem.... Read more
Grazing Dangerously

The Romanian sheep nibbling away at US security

A stubborn farmer is battling the US military over a flock of sheep near a military base in southern Romania.

Stoenesti - Muslimchronicle
Dumitru Bleja's 250 or so sheep "grazed without problem" in the area for years before the Americans arrived at the end of 2013, says Alexandru Damian, mayor of Stoenesti, a community on the vast Danubian plain 40 kilometres (25 miles) north... Read more
after tanker sinks

China races to prevent environmental disaster

The Sanchi was carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil

Beijing - Muslimchronicle
China raced to contain oil leaking from an Iranian tanker stricken off its eastern coast Tuesday amid warnings the burning ship could spark an environmental disaster.The Sanchi was carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil... Read more
in 2017

Sea levels off Dutch coast highest ever recorded

Sea and water levels are carefully watched in the Netherlands

The Hague - Muslimchronicle
"The level has been rising gradually since 1890 by about 0.2 cm per year due to the melting of the ice and the warming up of the ocean," expert Fedor Baart, of the research organisation Deltares, said in a statement Friday.... Read more