Solar eclipse plunges southern Chile, Argentina into darkness
by Alberto PEÑA PUCON, Chile (AFP) -- Thousands of people turned their heads to the sky to watch a solar…
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Environment
Health centre water crisis increasing virus risk: WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — One in four health centres worldwide lacks access to water, putting around 1.8 billion people at…
3 years ago
Storms help Australia contain UNESCO heritage island fire
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Australian firefighters have managed to control a bushfire that burned more than half of the UNESCO…
3 years ago
World urged to move on ‘climate emergency’ after pandemic
by Jitendra JOSHI and Patrick GALEY in Paris Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The United Nations on Saturday…
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Emissions fell record 7 percent in 2020: study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Carbon emissions fell a record seven percent in 2020 as countries imposed lockdowns…
3 years ago
Trash tracking satellites help Indonesia tackle marine waste
by Lucie GODEAU Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Every year, pounding rains wash away mountains of plastic waste from…
3 years ago
Climate change biggest threat to natural World Heritage sites
by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Climate change has become the biggest threat to UN-listed natural world…
3 years ago
Namibia defends drilling in unique biodiversity site
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AFP) — Namibia's environment minister on Thursday defended a decision to allow oil and gas drilling in a biodiversity…
3 years ago
2020 one of three hottest years ever recorded: UN
by Robin MILLARD Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — This year is on course to be one of the three warmest…
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Romania’s mining heartland faces up to post-coal future
by Mihaela RODINA and Ionut IORDACHESCU Agence France-Presse PETROSANI, Romania (AFP) — In the large, dark locker room of southern Romania's…
3 years ago
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