Israeli firm in Gaza extracts drinking water from air
by Guillaume Lavallee Agence France-Presse GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — The densely populated Gaza Strip has long lacked sufficient…
5 years ago
Environment
Two smuggled Indonesian orangutans fly home from Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Eating fruit and drinking from plastic bottles, two Sumatran orangutans stared from their cages at Bangkok…
6 years ago
Norway okays giant North Sea carbon storage project
OSLO, Norway (AFP) — Norway gave approval Tuesday to a giant project to capture and store CO2 below the North…
6 years ago
Indonesia’s female forest guardians fight for the environment
by Alfath Asmunda Agence France-Presse INDONESIA (AFP) — Sumini gets up at dawn to do her household chores -- then…
6 years ago
India’s Modi lays foundations for renewable energy megapark
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundations Tuesday for what he said would be the…
6 years ago
Australia’s Byron Bay beach shrinks as sand disappears
BYRON BAY, Australia (AFP) — Australia's Byron Bay usually conjures images of bathers lounging on sunkissed shores, or blissed-out longboarders…
6 years ago
Accounting for carbon footprint changes view of human progress: UN agency
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Dependence on fossil fuels has an impact on the assessment of human progress, according…
6 years ago
Solar eclipse plunges southern Chile, Argentina into darkness
by Alberto PEÑA PUCON, Chile (AFP) -- Thousands of people turned their heads to the sky to watch a solar…
6 years ago
Storms help Australia contain UNESCO heritage island fire
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Australian firefighters have managed to control a bushfire that burned more than half of the UNESCO…
6 years ago
Emissions fell record 7 percent in 2020: study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Carbon emissions fell a record seven percent in 2020 as countries imposed lockdowns…
6 years ago
Trash tracking satellites help Indonesia tackle marine waste
by Lucie GODEAU Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Every year, pounding rains wash away mountains of plastic waste from…
6 years ago
Climate change biggest threat to natural World Heritage sites
by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Climate change has become the biggest threat to UN-listed natural world…
6 years ago
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