Cyclone Batsirai closes in on eastern Madagascar
As powerful Cyclone Batsirai closed in on eastern Madagascar on Saturday people sought shelter in more secure concrete buildings while…
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Record heat, forest fires in Colombia’s Amazon in January
January of this year was the hottest month in the Colombian Amazon in a decade, leading to an increase in…
4 years ago
Brussels weathers backlash over calling gas and nuclear sustainable
by Daniel ARONSSOHN Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) - The European Commission on Wednesday defied angry dissent from EU governments…
4 years ago
Extreme weather kills 140,000 Europeans in 40 years: report
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) - Extreme weather events such as heatwaves and floods have cost Europe almost 510 billion euros and…
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Austria to challenge EU nuclear green label in court
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) - Austria will challenge a European Commission decision to give a sustainable finance label to investments in…
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EU presses on with green label for gas, nuclear
by Alex PIGMAN Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) - The EU will face the fury of opponents to nuclear and…
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Corals doomed even if global climate goals met: study
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Coral reefs that anchor a quarter of marine wildlife and the…
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Greenland ice cap loses enough water in 20 years to cover US: study
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) - Greenland's immense ice sheet has lost enough ice in the past 20 years to submerge the…
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22 dead, dozens injured as flooding hits Ecuador capital
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades has killed at…
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Flooding kills at least 11 people in Ecuador capital
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - At least 11 people were killed and 32 injured on Monday after the heaviest flooding to…
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US to reimpose limits on power plants’ mercury emissions
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - The US government announced Monday it wants to revive a regulation limiting air emissions…
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Climate change, population threaten ‘staggering’ US flood losses by 2050
by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Climate change is on track to ramp up the annual cost of…
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