La Niña climate cycle may reemerge in 2021: UN
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The weather phenomenon La Niña could resurface before the end of 2021, after petering out…
3 years ago
Environment
Solar could comprise almost half US power by 2050, govt says
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Solar power could account for nearly half of the United States' electricity supply by…
3 years ago
On thin ice: Near North Pole, a warning on climate change
by Ekaterina ANISIMOVA A massive icebreaker cuts its way through the frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean, clearing a path…
3 years ago
Donkey milk soap soaking up fans in Jordan
by Mussa Hattar MADABA, Jordan (AFP) -- Friends and family initially mocked one Jordanian family's new venture making soap from…
3 years ago
Merkel’s record mixed as she takes wheel at last IAA show
by Sophie MAKRIS Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - No German leader's diary would be complete without a visit to…
3 years ago
Conservation meet mulls moratorium on deep sea mining
by Laure FILLON Agence France-Presse MARSEILLE, France (AFP) - The world's top conservation forum will vote this week on whether…
3 years ago
Tottenham Spurs aiming to stage world’s first ‘net-zero carbon’ match
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Tottenham are aiming to host the "world's first net-zero carbon" football match at an elite…
3 years ago
Funding needed to tackle life-shortening air pollution: report
by Natalie HANDEL PARIS, France (AFP) -- Even as air pollution shaves years off life expectancy, fossil fuel projects get…
3 years ago
Crews work to contain oil spill in Gulf after Ida’s passage
WASHINGTON D.C., United States (AFP) - Workers have deployed containment booms and skimmer devices as they attempt to contain a…
3 years ago
Conservation meet mulls plan to protect 80% of Amazon
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse MARSEILLE, France (AFP) - Should 80 percent of the Amazon be declared a protected area…
3 years ago
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