Environment

Global decision-makers gather in Davos

PARIS, France (AFP) - Stuart WILLIAMS Global decision-makers gather in Davos starting Tuesday for their annual meeting, with challenges facing…

Heating woes fuel Balkan smog crisis

SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZGOVINA (AFP) - Rusmir SMAJILHODZIC and Emmy VARLEY in Belgrade As winter grips the Balkans, the poor…

Solar-powered barge a key ‘interceptor’ for plastic waste

KLANG, Malaysia (AFP) - Patrick Lee Scooping waste from a Malaysian river to stop it reaching the sea, a solar-powered…

Climate change linked heatwave caused mass starvation of seabirds

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - Issam AHMED Around a million North Pacific seabirds known as common murres died during…

New UK deep coal mine ‘unnecessary’: Green Alliance

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Plans for new deep coal mining projects in Britain are "unnecessary" and incompatible with the…

UN warns of ‘much extreme weather’ ahead after hottest decade on record

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The past decade has been the hottest on record, the UN said Wednesday, warning that the…

Makeshift koala hospital scrambles to save dozens injured in bushfires

KANGAROO ISLAND, Australia (AFP) - Dozens of injured koalas arrive at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park's makeshift animal hospital each…

James Murdoch blasts dad Rupert’s firm over climate ‘denial’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Rupert Murdoch's younger son James has called out his father's media empire for "denial" of…

5,000 feral camels culled in drought-hit Australia

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were…

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon up 85 percent in 2019

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) - Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85 percent in 2019, compared with the…

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