Greenland already locked in to major sea level rise: study
by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Even without any future global warming, Greenland's melting ice sheet will…
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Environment
In risky recyling venture, Gazans burn plastic for fuel
JABALIA, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Living in one of the poorest parts of the Middle East and facing some of…
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Brazil records worst day for Amazon fires in 15 years
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon hit a nearly 15-year high…
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California says new cars must be zero emission by 2035
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) by Huw GRIFFITH California ruled Thursday that all new cars sold in America's most populous…
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Half of China hit by drought in worst heatwave on record
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A crippling drought exacerbated by a record heat wave has spread out across half of…
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‘We are divided’: lake upends life for tiny Kenyan tribe
by Nick Perry Agence France-Presse EL MOLO BAY, Kenya (AFP) -- At first light, children from one of Kenya's smallest…
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California set to ban fossil fuel cars by 2035
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) All new cars sold in California by 2035 will have to be zero emission under…
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Boiling heat and no water: taps run dry in southern Iraq
AL-AGHAWAT, Iraq (AFP) - Younes Ajil turns on the tap in his home but nothing comes out: dozens of villages…
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Whistle blows in Germany for world’s first hydrogen train fleet
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Germany on Wednesday will inaugurate a railway line powered entirely by hydrogen, a "world first" and…
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China warns of ‘severe’ threat to harvest from worst heatwave on record
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging…
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