Coal workers feel pain of France’s climate goals
by Estelle EMONET Agence France-Presse GARDANNE, France (AFP) - The Gardanne smokestack is the highest in France at 295 metres (975…
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Planet vs people as Panama’s mangroves are turned into coal
by Moises AVILA Agence France-Presse Elieser Rodriguez emerges blackened from the thick smoke of burning pyres slowly transforming the limbs…
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China aims to cut fossil energy use to below 20% by 2060
BEIJING, China (AFP) - China is targeting an ambitious clean energy goal of reducing fossil fuel use to under 20 percent…
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Isolated and unpaid, Mongolian coal drivers queue at Chinese border
by Khaliun Bayartsogt Agence France-Presse TSAGAAN KHAD, Mongolia (AFP) - Snaking across the barren Mongolian desert, a convoy crawls along…
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Rio Tinto says to ‘halve’ emissions by 2030
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australia-based mining giant Rio Tinto on Wednesday announced plans to cut direct carbon emissions 50 percent…
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Planned fossil fuel output shatters 1.5C climate target: UN
by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - The world's nations are currently planning to produce more than double…
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‘Running out of time’: Asia struggles to kick coal addiction
by with Sam Reeves in Kuala Lumpur / Haeril Halim Agence France-Presse CILEGON, Indonesia (AFP) - Smokestacks belch noxious fumes…
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Green energy springs from abandoned UK coalmine
by Olivier DEVOS Agence France-Presse Dawdon coalmine in northeast England was abandoned three decades ago, but is being brought back…
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Australian PM says may not join global climate summit
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, under pressure to adopt a 2050 net-zero carbon emissions target, said…
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Britain runs coal power stations amid energy crisis
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Britain, which faces soaring natural gas prices, has been forced to run coal-fired power stations…
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Germany’s climate militants fight for parliamentary seats
by Yann SCHREIBER with Pauline CURTET in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Agence France-Presse MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AFP) - Dressed in a rainbow-coloured unicorn costume,…
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US, UK welcome China end to coal funding but seek more
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) - The United States and Britain on Wednesday welcomed China's promise to end funding for…
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