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Death toll from Texas storm rises to 7
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Death toll from Texas storm rises to 7News

Death toll from Texas storm rises to 7

Houston, United States (AFP) - The death toll from severe weather that lashed the Texas city of Houston has risen to seven, authorities said Friday.…
SourceSourceMay 18, 2024 Full article
World Bank supports better access to rural water and sanitation in Brazil
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World Bank supports better access to rural water and sanitation in BrazilNews

World Bank supports better access to rural water and sanitation in Brazil

WASHINGTON, DC - The World Bank Board of Directors approved a substantial new investment to increase access to water and sanitation for about one million…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
UK wildlife group accuses European zoos of animal welfare breaches
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UK wildlife group accuses European zoos of animal welfare breachesNews

UK wildlife group accuses European zoos of animal welfare breaches

London, United Kingdom (AFP) - A British wildlife conservation group on Friday said it had uncovered thousands of breaches of animal welfare standards at zoos…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
Dozens of southern white rhino rewilded in South Africa
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Dozens of southern white rhino rewilded in South AfricaNews

Dozens of southern white rhino rewilded in South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP - Dozens of rhino have been released to the wild in South Africa in a first step of an initiative…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
Endangered Iberian lynx population doubles in three years
Endangered Iberian lynx population doubles in three yearsNews

Endangered Iberian lynx population doubles in three years

Madrid, Spain (AFP) - The number of endangered Iberian lynx in the wild in Spain and Portugal has nearly doubled since 2020 to surpass 2,000…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
Energy transition risks critical mineral shortage: IEA
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Energy transition risks critical mineral shortage: IEA

By Isabel Malsang and Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France (UPDATED) - The sharp drop in prices for minerals critical to the green energy transition…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientists
Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientistsNews

Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientists

By Lucie AUBOURG | AFP Washington, United States - The massive coral bleaching episode signaled by US authorities last month is expanding and deepening in…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
Tesla’s German factory gets approval for extension
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Tesla’s German factory gets approval for extension

Berlin, Germany (AFP) - Tesla on Thursday said its plans to extend its production site outside Berlin had been approved, overcoming opposition from residents and…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
Brazil’s Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen
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Brazil’s Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happenNews

Brazil’s Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen

By Sandra FERRER | AFP Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Porto Alegre, the Brazilian metropolis left submerged after torrential rains, had been lulled into a…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
Green policies can be vote winners, London mayor says
Green policies can be vote winners, London mayor saysNews

Green policies can be vote winners, London mayor says

By Ella IDE Vatican City, Holy See - Green policies can win votes, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said Thursday, after winning a record third term…
SourceSourceMay 16, 2024 Full article
Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warns
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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$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
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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’
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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
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Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages

By Izzy Ross, GRIST This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. Michigan Attorney General Dana…
SourceSourceMay 14, 2024 Full article
Activists warn against EU ‘tearing up’ green policies
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Activists warn against EU ‘tearing up’ green policiesNews

Activists warn against EU ‘tearing up’ green policies

Paris, France | AFP (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
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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