‘The water is poison’: Chinese activist spends life protecting polluted lake
by Patrick BAERT KUNMING, China (AFP) -- Environmental activist Zhang Zhengxiang is almost blind, and lives in poverty -- but…
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Glasgow: industrial canal’s climate-fighting future
by Anna CUENCA Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - Glasgow was a vital cog in the machine of Britain's…
4 years ago
‘Down’ but not ‘out’: Growth needs fuel India’s coal addiction
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - Even as its capital was blanketed by toxic smog, India…
4 years ago
Air pollution in Europe still killing 300,000 a year: report
by Camille BAS-WOHLERT Agence France Presse COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- Premature deaths caused by fine particle air pollution have…
4 years ago
Drought, overpumping cut Morocco river link to sea
by Kaouthar Oudrhiri SAIDIA, Morocco (AFP) -- Moroccan environmentalist Mohamed Benata stood taking photos of what should be the mouth…
4 years ago
Drought forces Iraqi farmers to leave their land
by Raad Al-Jammas Agence France-Presse Iraqi wheat farmer Khamis Ahmad Abbas lost it all when his battle with drought forced…
4 years ago
COP26 strikes hard-fought deal but UN says ‘not enough’
by Patrick GALEY, Jitendra JOSHI, Kelly MACNAMARA and Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - Nearly 200 nations…
4 years ago
Africa diabetes cases to soar: WHO
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- Africa is set to see diabetes cases more than double to 55 million by 2045,…
4 years ago
World needs trillions to face climate threat: draft UN report
by Kelly MACNAMARA / Marlowe HOOD / Patrick GALEY GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Helping vulnerable nations cope with the…
4 years ago
Porters carry Istanbul’s trade traditions on their backs
by Remi BANET Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - Just blocks from Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, porter Bayram Yildiz waits his…
4 years ago
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