Australia backs law to speed carbon emission cuts
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia enshrined deeper cuts to carbon emissions in new legislation Thursday, aiming to shed its decade-long…
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Environment
Japan regulator OKs release of treated Fukushima water
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Friday 7/22/2022 Japan's nuclear regulator on Friday formally approved a plan to release more than…
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‘Shocking’ report lists devastation to Australia wildlife
by David Williams Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss…
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Western US drought brings Great Salt Lake to lowest level on record
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Water in Utah's Great Salt Lake has fallen to its lowest level ever recorded,…
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Weathering sandstorms, Iraqis grit teeth and battle on
by Tony GAMAL-GABRIEL Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Another sandstorm has darkened Iraqi skies and it's hard to breathe,…
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Glacier collapses in Italian Alps, six dead: rescuers
by Francesco GILIOLI, with Gildas LE ROUX in Rome Agence France-Presse CANAZEI, Italy (AFP) -- An avalanche set off by…
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California passes sweeping law to reduce non-recyclable plastic
LOS ANGELES, California (AFP) -- Garbage be gone: California Thursday passed an ambitious law mandating reduction of non-recyclable plastic…
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Putin guarantees supply of fertilizers to Brazil
BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday promised his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro that Russia "is committed"…
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Pollution linked to 10% of cancer cases in Europe: report
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- Pollution is linked to more than 10 percent of cancer cases in Europe, a report by…
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Russian gas threat revives German nuclear power debate
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) -- Germany should extend the lifetime of its nuclear plants to avoid an "extreme scenario" in…
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China’s mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain
by Matthew Walsh Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China…
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Global plastic waste on track to triple by 2060
A world severely blighted by plastic pollution is on track to see the use of plastics nearly triple in less…
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