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Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warns
Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warnsClimateNews

Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warns

By Sara HUSSEIN | AFP Bangkok, Thailand (UPDATED) - Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
Wildfire closes in on Canadian oil sands city
Wildfire closes in on Canadian oil sands cityNews

Wildfire closes in on Canadian oil sands city

Fort McMurray, Canada (AFP) - A wildfire in Canada's major oil-producing region doubled in size as it drew closer to the city of Fort McMurray…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
Finnish court suspends permits to hunt protected eagles
Finnish court suspends permits to hunt protected eaglesNews

Finnish court suspends permits to hunt protected eagles

Helsinki, Finland (AFP) - Finland's top administrative court stepped in on Wednesday to suspend hunting permits against a protected species of eagle on a Finnish…
SourceSourceMay 15, 2024 Full article
Man pleads not guilty to chopping down one of UK’s most famous trees
Man pleads not guilty to chopping down one of UK’s most famous treesNews

Man pleads not guilty to chopping down one of UK’s most famous trees

Newcastle, United Kingdom (AFP) - A 38-year-old man on Wednesday denied criminal damage, after one of the UK's most-loved and photographed trees was found cut…
SourceSourceMay 15, 2024 Full article
Raw sewage pumped into England’s largest lake due to fault
Raw sewage pumped into England’s largest lake due to faultNews

Raw sewage pumped into England’s largest lake due to fault

London, United Kingdom (AFP) - Raw sewage was released into Windermere, England's largest and best-known lake, over a 10-hour period after a fault caused pumps…
SourceSourceMay 15, 2024 Full article
Amazonian chief at UN to combat traditional knowledge piracy
Amazonian chief at UN to combat traditional knowledge piracyNews

Amazonian chief at UN to combat traditional knowledge piracy

By Agnès PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - The leader of the Brazilian Amazon's Huni Kui people remains hopeful that a planned United Nations treaty…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
$2.2b pledged to end deadly planet-heating cooking methods
$2.2b pledged to end deadly planet-heating cooking methodsNews

$2.2b pledged to end deadly planet-heating cooking methods

Paris, France (AFP)- The International Energy Agency announced on Tuesday that $2.2 billion had been pledged by governments and companies to improve access to less…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years: study
Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years: studyNews

Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years: study

By Linda GIVETASH | AFP Paris, France - Last year's northern hemisphere summer was the hottest in 2,000 years, according to a new study published…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
EURESFO to host 2024 edition in EU Green Capital Valencia
EURESFO to host 2024 edition in EU Green Capital ValenciaNews

EURESFO to host 2024 edition in EU Green Capital Valencia

Valencia, Spain - The 2024 edition of the European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) will take place from 26 - 28 June within the framework of…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
Australia unveils budget aimed at becoming ‘renewable superpower’
Australia unveils budget aimed at becoming ‘renewable superpower’News

Australia unveils budget aimed at becoming ‘renewable superpower’

By Steven TRASK | AFP Canberra, Australia - Australia touted plans to become a "renewable energy superpower" in an annual budget Tuesday, but the government's…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages
Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damagesClimateNews

Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages

By Izzy Ross, GRIST "This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here." This coverage is made possible through a…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
Activists warn against EU ‘tearing up’ green policies
Activists warn against EU ‘tearing up’ green policiesNews

Activists warn against EU ‘tearing up’ green policies

By AFP Paris, France (UPDATED) - Over 100 civil society groups on Monday expressed alarm at attacks on green policies in Europe as key elections loom,…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
University of Helsinki and Vetcare collaborate for research innovations in animal welfare
University of Helsinki and Vetcare collaborate for research innovations in animal welfareNews

University of Helsinki and Vetcare collaborate for research innovations in animal welfare

By Anna Humalamäki, University of Helsinki In April 2024 Vetcare and the University of Helsinki signed a partnership agreement to further deepen their research collaboration…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
Illegal wildlife trafficking persistently pervasive: UN
Illegal wildlife trafficking persistently pervasive: UNNews

Illegal wildlife trafficking persistently pervasive: UN

Vienna, Austria (AFP) - The proportion of the global wildlife trade that is illegal has risen, the UN reported Monday, saying progress to end the…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
US, Japanese banks lead fossil fuel financing
US, Japanese banks lead fossil fuel financingNews

US, Japanese banks lead fossil fuel financing

By AFP Paris, France (UPDATED) - The world's biggest banks financed fossil fuels to the tune of $705 billion in 2023, with US and Japanese…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
Chinese firms exit Romania solar tender after EU probe
Chinese firms exit Romania solar tender after EU probeNews

Chinese firms exit Romania solar tender after EU probe

By AFP Brussels, Belgium - Two Chinese-owned solar panel manufacturers have withdrawn from a public procurement tender in Romania after the EU launched an anti-subsidy…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
A new campaign wants to redefine the word ‘nature’ to include humans – here’s why this linguistic argument matters
A new campaign wants to redefine the word ‘nature’ to include humans – here’s why this linguistic argument mattersNews

A new campaign wants to redefine the word ‘nature’ to include humans – here’s why this linguistic argument matters

Tom Oliver, University of Reading What does the word nature mean to you? Does it conjure visions of wild places away from the hustle and…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
Bid to end deadly cooking methods which stoke global warming
Bid to end deadly cooking methods which stoke global warmingNews

Bid to end deadly cooking methods which stoke global warming

By Catherine HOURS | AFP Paris, France - Fifty countries are meeting in France on Tuesday to discuss the lack of access to clean cooking…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
European Battery Production Faces Uncertain Future Despite Environmental Advantages
European Battery Production Faces Uncertain Future Despite Environmental AdvantagesNews

European Battery Production Faces Uncertain Future Despite Environmental Advantages

New analysis by Transport & Environment (T&E) reveals that European-made batteries could potentially be up to 60% less carbon-intensive than those produced in China. However,…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreMay 13, 2024 Full article
Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shift
Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shiftNews

Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shift

By Lucie AUBOURG | AFP Washington, United States - Can America's national parks remain "unimpaired" forever, with their majestic scenery and wildlife unaltered? Global warming…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
Early forest fires prompt evacuations in Canada
Early forest fires prompt evacuations in CanadaNews

Early forest fires prompt evacuations in Canada

By AFP Montreal, Canada - Thousands of people fled their homes Sunday in western Canada as hundreds of wildfires beginning earlier than usual portend a…
SourceSourceMay 13, 2024 Full article
Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south Brazil
Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south BrazilNews

Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south Brazil

By Florian PLAUCHEUR Porto Alegre, Brazil - River levels were rising again Sunday as strong rains lashed waterlogged southern Brazil, where flooding has killed more…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2024 Full article
Dogs, horses, rabbits: more than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floods
Dogs, horses, rabbits: more than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floodsNews

Dogs, horses, rabbits: more than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floods

By Mauricio RABUFFETTI Porto Alegre, Brazil - At a makeshift field hospital for pets rescued from Brazil's flooded south, a steady stream of volunteers arrives…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2024 Full article
Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit south
Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit southNews

Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit south

By Mauricio RABUFFETTI | AFP Porto Alegre, Brazil - New rains in waterlogged southern Brazil are expected to be heaviest between Sunday and Monday, authorities…
SourceSourceMay 12, 2024 Full article

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