Environmental movement
World Celebrates Mother Earth Day to Promote Harmony with Nature
Today (April 22) is Earth Day, an international event celebrated around the world to pledge support for environmental protection. The year 2021 marks the 51st anniversary of the annual celebrations. This year's theme for Earth Day is 'Restore Our Earth'.
In 2009, the United Nations designated April 22 as 'International Mother Earth Day'.
For Earth Day, UN chief urges ‘green recovery’ in response to coronavirus
UN chief Antonio Guterres urged governments to use their economic responses to the coronavirus pandemic to tackle the "even deeper emergency" of climate change, in a message for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
Deforestation prevention key to fight climate change
Preventing deforestation should be key to fighting climate change as forests store carbon and provide oxygen and water, according to an official with a nonprofit environmental group.
Navy commander calls for indictments over Gulf of Corinth pollution
A Hellenic Navy commander has formally appealed to the Supreme Court prosecutor's office to indict those responsible for the ongoing environmental disaster in the Gulf of Corinth.
New film on China's pollution sparks debate, seen as milestone
Could "Under the Dome", Chinese journalist Chai Jing's new documentary about pollution, become China's "Silent Spring", the 1962 book that spurred the development of the U.S. environmental movement?
Since it was released online on Saturday, the film has been viewed more than 150 million times and has sparked a national debate on environmental problems.