Plea for New Zealand to house fire-threatened koalas
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Thousands of people have signed a petition for koalas to be introduced to New Zealand…
4 years ago
Environment
Australia fires ‘long way from over’ but rain brings relief
by with Glenda Kwek in Sydney / Holly ROBERTSON Agence France Presse Massive bushfires in southeastern Australia still have a…
4 years ago
Citizens battle to save China’s sickly ‘mother river’
by Poornima WEERASEKARA HENAN, China (AFP) -- Water has been a source of death as well as a source of…
4 years ago
Burned tigers, rescued kangaroos: Australia bushfire disinformation
by Johnny Lieu Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Tiger burns in Australia's bushfires? It's a 2012 photo from Indonesia.…
4 years ago
Snipers to cull up to 10,000 camels in drought-stricken Australia
by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Snipers took to helicopters in Australia on Wednesday to…
4 years ago
Firestorms: How Australia’s bushfires created their own weather
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's bushfires have burned so intensely that they have hurled smoke as far away as…
4 years ago
JetBlue to go carbon neutral by July 2020
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- No-frills US airline JetBlue will go carbon neutral for all domestic flights starting this summer,…
4 years ago
Australia’s ‘insurance’ koala population halved by bushfires
by Glenda KWEK Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- At least half of Australia's only disease-free koala population, a key…
4 years ago
Barcelona bans older, most polluting cars
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Barcelona imposed a ban Thursday on older, more polluting vehicles during most of the day in a…
4 years ago
2019 was hottest year on record for Russia
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- This year was the hottest ever registered in Russia, the country's weather chief said on…
4 years ago
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