Environment

Firm transforms waste as Morocco faces trash ‘time bomb’

by Kaouthar Oudrhiri Agence France-Presse MEKNES, Morocco (AFP) - Recycling in Morocco may be in its infancy, but the North…

End of an era nears for Berlin’s coal stoves

by Raphaelle LOGEROT Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Alban Nikolai Herbst's Berlin apartment is covered in dust, his precious…

Beneath La Palma volcano, scientists collect lava ‘to learn’

by Rosa Sulleiro Agence France-Presse EL PASO, Spain (AFP) - As soon as he heard that La Palma's volcano had…

Operator of leaking California pipeline charged with negligence

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The operators of a California pipeline that leaked crude oil onto beaches south of…

Mayan Train, the president’s pet project exposing Mexico’s cracks

by Alexander MARTINEZ Agence France-Presse CAMPECHE, Mexico (AFP) - A proposed Mayan tourist train in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula has divided…

Operator of leaking California pipeline charged with negligence

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) - The operators of a California pipeline that leaked crude oil on to beaches south…

Estonia’s wood pellet industry stokes controversy

by Polina KALANTAR Agence France-Presse IMAVERE, Estonia (AFP) - Estonia's thriving wood pellet industry is pitting environmentalists who warn it…

Illegal but essential, migrants recycle Istanbul’s waste

by Anne CHAON Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - Shrouded by acrid smoke, a young Afghan crouches sorting waste he…

Vulnerable to climate change, New York constructs seawall

by Ana FERNANDEZ Agence France-Presse After major storms highlighted New York's weaknesses in the face of climate change, the city…

Adored and endangered: the complex world of the Japanese eel

by Mathias CENA HAMAMATSU, Japan (AFP) -- Tsuyoshi Hachisuka gently places skewered eel on a grill, preparing a much-loved Japanese…

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