Wounded whale found dead on Greek island
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) - A young whale that washed up near Athens last week was found dead on a nearby…
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Environment
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits January record
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new record for January just three weeks…
4 years ago
Amazon oil spill in Ecuador was 6,300 barrels
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - An oil spill caused by a ruptured pipeline in Ecuador's Amazon region leaked almost 6,300 barrels…
4 years ago
Wildlife rebounds in divided Cyprus ‘dead zone’
by Peter Martell Agence France-Presse VARISEIA, Cyprus (AFP) - In a long-abandoned village in the UN buffer zone that divides…
4 years ago
Mexico’s energy reforms test relations with US
by Samir Tounsi Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) - Relations between the United States and Mexico are under strain…
4 years ago
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…
4 years ago
Oil spill pollutes nature reserve in Ecuadoran Amazon
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - An oil spill in eastern Ecuador has reached a nature reserve and polluted a river that…
4 years ago
France limits visitors to save beloved Marseille beach
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) - French authorities said Monday they would begin testing limited daily permits to visit one of the…
4 years ago
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…
4 years ago
More than 9,000 tree species still undiscovered: study
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Researchers estimate there are significantly more species of trees on Earth than currently known, with…
4 years ago
Ukraine tensions jumble up Germany’s energy puzzle
by Florian CAZERES Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Rising tensions with Moscow over Ukraine have exposed Germany's problematic dependence…
4 years ago
Peru government says oil spill twice as big as previously thought
by Francisco JARA Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) - The oil spill off the coast of Peru sparked by a…
4 years ago
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