Amazon pledges $2 billion investment to fight climate change
by Rob Lever Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Amazon on Tuesday pledged to invest $2 billion in projects…
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Weak demand pushing oil, gas toward ‘terminal decline’: report
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Falling fossil fuel demand coupled with mounting risk for investors could…
6 years ago
Football pitch of rainforest destroyed every six seconds
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Vast tracts of pristine rainforest on three continents went up in…
6 years ago
Host Britain asks to delay climate summit to November 2021
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The UN environmental agency said Wednesday it has received a request from host nation Britain…
6 years ago
Scientists warn of ‘zombie fires’ in the Arctic
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Dormant "zombie fires" scattered across the Arctic region -- remnants of record…
6 years ago
India wilts under heatwave as temperature hits 50 degrees Celsius
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India is wilting under a heatwave, with the temperature in places reaching 50 degrees Celsius…
6 years ago
Bushfire-hit Australians still in tents as virus slows recovery
by Andrew LEESON Agence France-Presse COBARGO, Australia (AFP) — Victims of Australia's catastrophic bushfires are still living in tents, garages…
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Climate change is turning Antarctica green, study finds
by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Parts of the Antarctic Peninsula will change color as "green…
6 years ago
COVID-19 to cause record emissions fall in 2020: IEA
by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — COVID-19 is expected to cause global energy emissions to fall a record…
6 years ago
Eurasian ice sheet collapse raised seas eight meters: study
by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The melting of the Eurasian ice sheet around 14,000 years…
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Coronavirus having little impact on climate: UN agency
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Though factories have shut, planes have been grounded and cars left in the garage, the coronavirus…
6 years ago
Six-fold jump in polar ice loss lifts global oceans
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Greenland and Antarctica are shedding six times more ice than during the 1990s,…
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