Environment

Million dead fish cause environmental stink in Australia

  SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- As many as a million fish are believed to have died along the banks of…

Rise of renewables creating ‘new world’: report

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The rapid growth of renewable energy sources and the demise of fossil fuels…

Poland denies cull aimed at wiping out wild boar

WARSAW, Poland (AFP) -- Polish authorities on Thursday denied any plans to wipe out nearly all Poland's wild boar to…

World’s oceans are heating up at a quickening pace: study

TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- The world's oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a…

Singapore eco-tourism plan sparks squawks of protest

by Sam Reeves Agence France Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore is creating a vast eco-tourism zone in a bid…

Energy-related carbon emissions rose in US in 2018: study

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Carbon dioxide emissions significantly increased in the United States in 2018, according to a study released…

Iguanas reintroduced to Santiago Island in Galapagos

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) – A group of more than 1,400 iguanas have been reintroduced to an Ecuadoran island in the…

Bolivian bees under threat from coca pesticides

by William WROBLEWSKI Agence France-Presse COROICO, Bolivia (AFP) -- High up in the Bolivian cloud forest, a woman tends to…

Climate change takes toll on French oyster farmers

by Elia VAISSIERE Agence France Presse CANCALE, France (AFP) -- Gulping down oysters has long been a favourite New Year's…

Runaway lion, wounded elk find home in Russian shelter

by Marina KORENEVA Agence France-Presse RAPPOLOVO, Rusia (AFP) -- A lion that escaped from an airport, a crocodile found at…

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