Australia pumps cash into Great Barrier Reef protection
SYDNEY, Austalia (AFP) - Australia unveiled a billion-dollar package to protect the climate-ravaged Great Barrier Reef on Friday, hoping to…
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Environment
Sweden approves plan to bury nuclear waste
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) - Sweden's government on Thursday announced it was approving a plan to provide a final storage place…
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Japan to help with Bill Gates’ next-gen nuclear power project
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said Thursday it will work with Japan's atomic energy agency to provide technical…
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Greenpeace says abandoned Yemen oil tanker a ‘grave threat’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) - A long-abandoned fuel tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen poses a "grave threat"…
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Glacier lakes accelerate disappearance of permanent ice: study
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - Glaciers are retreating faster globally due to climate change but they melt more quickly when they…
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Indonesia jails poachers over killing of 5 Sumatran elephants
ACEH JAYA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Nearly a dozen poachers were jailed by an Indonesian court Thursday over the 2020 killing…
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More than 200 new species found in Mekong region: WWF
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Scientists discovered more than 200 new species across the greater Mekong region in 2020, according to…
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Six sue Fukushima nuclear plant operator over thyroid cancer
by Kyoko HASEGAWA Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Six young people sued the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear…
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Thailand rushes to contain oil spill after undersea leak
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) - Thailand's navy and pollution experts battled Thursday to clear up an oil spill close to pristine…
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Bentley says first luxury electric car due 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - German-owned luxury car brand Bentley said Wednesday that its first all-electric vehicle will be ready…
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