US, Japanese banks lead fossil fuel financingNews
SourceMay 13, 2024
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US, Japanese banks lead fossil fuel financing
Paris, France (AFP) (UPDATED) - The world's biggest banks financed fossil fuels to the tune of $705 billion in 2023, with US and Japanese lenders…

Chinese firms exit Romania solar tender after EU probeNews
SourceMay 13, 2024
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Chinese firms exit Romania solar tender after EU probe
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) - Two Chinese-owned solar panel manufacturers have withdrawn from a public procurement tender in Romania after the EU launched an anti-subsidy probe,…

Bid to end deadly cooking methods which stoke global warmingNews
SourceMay 13, 2024
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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…

European Battery Production Faces Uncertain Future Despite Environmental AdvantagesNews
Adrian AlexandreMay 13, 2024
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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,…

Parks and restoration: Climate change forces US policy shiftNews
SourceMay 13, 2024
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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…

Early forest fires prompt evacuations in CanadaNews
SourceMay 13, 2024
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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…

Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south BrazilNews
SourceMay 12, 2024
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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…

Dogs, horses, rabbits: more than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floodsNews
SourceMay 12, 2024
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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…

Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit southNews
SourceMay 12, 2024
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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…

Brazil’s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theoriesNews
SourceMay 11, 2024
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Brazil’s catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theories
By Maria-Eduarda JOIA | AFP Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - The climate catastrophe that has struck southern Brazil, killing more than a hundred people and…

First ‘extreme’ solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular aurorasNews
SourceMay 11, 2024
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First ‘extreme’ solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular auroras
By Issam AHMED | AFP Paris, France - Earth was set to be struck by more powerful solar storms on Saturday, a day after the…

US, China pledge joint methane action at climate talksNews
SourceMay 11, 2024
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US, China pledge joint methane action at climate talks
By AFP Washington, United States - The United States and China promised Friday to work together on reduction of methane, the second most abundant greenhouse…

Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruptionNews
SourceMay 11, 2024
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Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruption
By Issam AHMED | AFP Washington, United States - A huge solar storm begun pummeling Earth on Friday, bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power…

Octogenarian Just Stop Oil protesters target Britain’s Magna CartaNews
SourceMay 10, 2024
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Octogenarian Just Stop Oil protesters target Britain’s Magna Carta
By AFP London, United Kingdom - Two environmental activists in their 80s on Friday targeted the historic Magna Carta document at the British Library in…

Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives diseaseNews
SourceMay 10, 2024
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Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives disease
By Sara HUSSEIN | AFP Bangkok, Thailand - Humans have made our planet warmer, more polluted and ever less hospitable to many species, and these…

Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon captureNews
SourceMay 10, 2024
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Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon capture
By Mathilde DUMAZET | AFP Hellisheidi, Iceland - With Mammoth's 72 industrial fans, Swiss start-up Climeworks intends to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the…

Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed VaultNews
SourceMay 9, 2024
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Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed Vault
By Juliette MICHEL Paris, France - Scientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who on Thursday received the prestigious World Food Prize for "their work to…

Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this yearNews
SourceMay 9, 2024
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Australia, Tuvalu to launch climate and security pact this year
by AFP Staff Writers Sydney, Australia - Australia and Tuvalu said Thursday they have agreed to launch a landmark climate and security pact this year, after…

School’s out: how climate change threatens educationNews
SourceMay 9, 2024
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School’s out: how climate change threatens education
By Sara HUSSEIN Bangkok, Thailand - Record-breaking heat last month that prompted governments in Asia to close schools offers fresh evidence of how climate change…

Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish parliament climate protestsNews
SourceMay 8, 2024
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Greta Thunberg fined over Swedish parliament climate protests
by AFP Staff Writers Stockholm, Sweden - A Stockholm court fined climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday for disobeying police orders after blocking access to…

Floods misery reminder of climate’s role in supercharging rainFactsNews
SourceMay 8, 2024
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Floods misery reminder of climate’s role in supercharging rain
By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - Floods have been tearing a path of destruction across the globe, hammering Kenya, submerging Dubai, and forcing…

Rubbish, climate change help boost Portugal’s white stork numbersNews
SourceMay 8, 2024
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Rubbish, climate change help boost Portugal’s white stork numbers
By Levi FERNANDES Aljustrel, Portugal - Above a flowering meadow in southern Portugal, three white stork nestlings click their beaks, adding to the chorus of…

South Korea records hottest April in half a centuryNews
SourceMay 7, 2024
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South Korea records hottest April in half a century
By AFP - Agence France Presse Seoul - South Korea experienced its hottest April since comprehensive records began in 1973, the state weather agency said…

The EU’s new ecocide law may still let environmental criminals get away with itNews
SourceMay 7, 2024
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The EU’s new ecocide law may still let environmental criminals get away with it
By Filippos Proedrou, University of South Wales and Maria Pournara, Swansea University | The Conversation The EU recently passed a law that criminalises actions “comparable to ecocide”. It’s a…
