Massive chunk of Greenland’s largest glacier crashes into sea
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- A massive chunk of ice -- larger than the city of Paris -- has broken off…
4 years ago
Environment
Tanzania, Uganda, ink deal on $3.5b oil pipeline project
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) — Tanzania and Uganda signed an agreement Sunday to commence construction on a 1,445-kilometre (900…
4 years ago
New worry over August deforestation in Brazilian Amazon
RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil (AFP) — Last month was the second-worst August on record for deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon,…
4 years ago
Greenpeace lifts Swedish refinery blockade
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Environmental campaigners Greenpeace said Sunday they had lifted a blockade of an oil refinery imposed to…
4 years ago
Large oil spill washes up to Venezuela shores
CARACAS, Venezuela (AF) — Oil has washed up to Venezuela's west coast after a leak in a pipeline that takes crude…
4 years ago
Why are Brazil’s wetlands engulfed in flames?
by Louis GENOT RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- The Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands, is burning at record-shattering…
4 years ago
Water warning as climate risks intensify: report
by Kelly MACNAMARA LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Record temperatures are accelerating the rise of sea levels, melting glaciers and…
4 years ago
Smuggled gasoline rescues Venezuelans running on fumes
by Luis Bravo with Margioni Bermudez in Caracas Agence France-Presse MARACAIBO, Venezuela (AFP) — Cheap gasoline smuggled over the border…
4 years ago
US towns destroyed as firefighters battle wildfires under orange skies
by Javier TOVAR Agence France-Presse Hundreds of homes including entire communities were razed by wildfires in the western United States…
4 years ago
Syria battles forest fires for seventh day straight
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — Syrian firefighters and army helicopters Wednesday battled forest fires for a seventh consecutive day in government-held…
4 years ago
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