Authorities in Karachi, Pakistan, have promised a cleanup after Shaniera Akram, wife of cricket legend Wasim, tweeted a video of syringes and medical waste on the seafront.
In Russia’s Komi Republic, a major petroleum hub, crude oil leaks from pipelines and seeps into the ground and water. The routine small spills add up to an environmental crisis. Now a group of local activists is fighting to make oil producers clean up their mess.
