Gabonese activists outraged at yet another oil spill by Perenco
[ad_1] Issued on: 03/05/2022 – 18:59Modified: 04/05/2022 – 14:52 A leak was detected on April 28 in a petrol terminal run by the French-British petrol...
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Emissions must peak before 2025 for ‘liveable future’, UN report says
[ad_1] Humanity has less than three years to halt the rise of planet-warming carbon pollution, UN climate experts warned Monday, with any delay to peak...
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Weather quirk or unprecedented bad news?
[ad_1] Late last week, temperatures broke all records in both Antarctica and the Arctic, with temperatures up to 40°C above the seasonal average not far...
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Body composting: ‘Green’ burial trend takes root in USA
[ad_1] Issued on: 23/03/2022 – 18:17 At a morgue near Seattle, Washington State, human bodies inside metal containers are slowly being turned into compost in...
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Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate: 'Not all climate action is climate justice'
[ad_1] Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate began her activism back in 2019 by staging a solo climate protest at the gates of the Ugandan parliament,...
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Tens of thousands flee Sydney as Australia’s deadly floods continue
[ad_1] Issued on: 08/03/2022 – 11:10 Flood warnings stretched across Australia’s east coast on Tuesday and tens of thousands of Sydney residents fled their homes...
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Tunisian NGOs triumph in David-vs-Goliath toxic waste battle with Italy
[ad_1] Tunisia was victorious this weekend in a protracted David versus Goliath rubbish battle against Italy. On Saturday, a consignment of 7,900 tonnes of toxic...
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Chilled stadiums and desalinated water: Qatar’s extreme lengths for 2022 World Cup turf
[ad_1] Issued on: 21/02/2022 – 17:20 From blasting turf with cold air to pumping thousands of litres a day of desalinated seawater, Qatar is going...
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Macron announces plans to protect the French Antarctic at ‘One Ocean’ summit
[ad_1] Issued on: 11/02/2022 – 15:49 French President Emmanuel Macron’s department on Friday announced new plans by the United States and France to protect the...
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Australia officially labels koalas ‘endangered’ as numbers plummet
[ad_1] Issued on: 11/02/2022 – 08:19 Australia officially listed koalas across a swathe of its eastern coast as “endangered” on Friday, with the marsupials fighting...
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‘Unprecedented’: Deadly algae swamps Brittany’s beaches even in winter
[ad_1] Issued on: 08/02/2022 – 18:08 Vast amounts of green algae have been appearing on the beaches of Brittany in France for years, usually appearing at...
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Floating carpet of dead fish highlights France’s ‘lax’ attitude to overfishing
[ad_1] Issued on: 05/02/2022 – 18:02Modified: 05/02/2022 – 18:14 Some 100,000 dead fish were thrown back into the sea off the French coast on Thursday...