Environment

China says launched enhanced climate action plan with US

GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - China and the United States on Wednesday announced a joint initiative to deliver enhanced climate…

Tunisia city on strike after landfill protest death

AGAREB, Tunisia (AFP) - Thousands of Tunisians went on strike and rallied Wednesday after a demonstrator died of tear gas inhalation…

Farm fires stoke Indian capital’s pollution crisis

AMRITSAR, India (AFP) - Crackling flames and plumes of smoke rise from the earth as farmers set their fields alight in…

Israel start-up offers virtual ‘Clean Coins’ for garbage

by Alexandra Vardi Agence France-Presse HAIFA, Israel (AFP) - As she walked her dog Luna near her northern Israel town,…

Climate change and fires: Bolivia’s forests in peril

by Martín SILVA Agence France-Presse Santo Corazón, Bolivia (AFP) - The road through San Matias, Bolivia, is a no man's…

Greenland passes law banning uranium mining

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) - Greenland's parliament voted Tuesday to ban uranium mining and exploration in the vast Danish territory, following through…

New emissions pledges barely affect global heating: UN

by Kelly MACNAMARA / Marlowe HOOD / Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - A flurry of emissions…

‘Climate stripes’ showing 170 years of global warming

READING, United Kingdom (AFP) - A striped design showing the impact of global warming on 170 years of world temperatures…

Rolls-Royce launches nuclear reactor business

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - UK aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce on Tuesday launched plans to build small low-cost nuclear reactors…

Women plant mangroves to bolster India’s cyclone defenses

SUNDARBANS, India (AFP) -- With India facing ever more powerful cyclones, women in the world's largest mangrove forest are planting…

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