Purity or power: India’s coal quandary
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse SINGRAULI, India (AFP) - Thick grey dust hangs in the air and vast chasms are gouged…
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Environment
United States is world’s biggest plastic polluter, report finds
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States is by far the biggest contributor to global plastic…
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Bird watching for peace in Colombia
by Hervé BAR Agence France-Presse PLANADAS, Colombia (AFP) - As a bird perches on a telegraph pole, two young girls…
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Sumatran baby elephant dies after trunk snared in poacher trap
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) - A critically endangered Sumatran baby elephant has died after losing half of its trunk in a…
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‘Find a solution,’ say residents as smog blankets Pakistan’s Lahore
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) -- The Pakistani city of Lahore was declared the most polluted city in the world by an…
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Delhi schools shut indefinitely as smog worsens
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - Delhi shut down schools until further notice, urged people to work from home and banned…
3 years ago
GM factory launch ushers in Detroit’s EV pickup campaign
by John BIERS Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - General Motors takes a leap Wednesday towards its much-touted…
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Top banking regulator urges climate rules for lenders
ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) - The top international banking supervisory authority on Tuesday said lenders should account for climate risks when managing…
3 years ago
India welcomes back tourists but smog shrouds Taj Mahal
by Laurence THOMANN Agence France-Presse AGRA, India (AFP) - Foreign tourists have been welcomed back to India after pandemic travel…
3 years ago
‘The water is poison’: Chinese activist spends life protecting polluted lake
by Patrick BAERT KUNMING, China (AFP) -- Environmental activist Zhang Zhengxiang is almost blind, and lives in poverty -- but…
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