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US senator warns of fossil fuel coup, economic reckoning
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - One of the US Senate's leading climate advocates says President Donald Trump's administration no longer governs -- it "occupies" the nation on behalf of Big Oil.
UN conference seeks foreign aid rally as Trump cuts bite
AFP, Published on 27/06/2025
» MADRID - Spain will host a UN conference next week seeking fresh backing for development aid as swingeing cuts led by US President Donald Trump and global turmoil hinder progress on fighting poverty, hunger and climate change.
Glamour and gripes in Venice ahead of Bezos wedding
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» VENICE - Celebrities in superyachts are sailing into Venice this week for the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, despite irate locals who say the Unesco-listed city is no billionaires’ playground.
Solar cycle madness
Postbag, Published on 15/06/2025
» Re: "Poison from above", (PostBag, June 10) & "It's time to go geoengineering on climate issue", (Opinion, June 5).
Info pollution hurts climate fight
News, Published on 12/06/2025
» The devastation caused by the 2024 flash floods in Valencia, Spain, was so surreal that some images sparked a global debate over their authenticity. In an era when AI technology can produce hyper-realistic fakes, photos showing cars piled haphazardly atop one another in narrow, mud-filled streets seemed almost too shocking to be true. Tragically, these images were all too real.
Israel deports Greta Thunberg after seizing aid boat
Published on 10/06/2025
» TEL AVIV - High-profile campaigner Greta Thunberg left Israel on a flight to Sweden via France on Tuesday, after she was detained along with other activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid boat.
Indonesia revokes most mining permits in dive hotspot
AFP, Published on 10/06/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesia revoked permits on Tuesday for four of the five mining companies operating in the eastern archipelago of Raja Ampat after activists shared videos of islands damaged by nickel extraction.
UN summit to tackle 'emergency' in world's oceans
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» NICE (FRANCE) - A global summit on the dire state of the oceans kicks off Monday in France, with calls to ban bottom trawling and bolster protections for the world's overexploited marine areas.
Israel says to block Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg
AFP, Published on 08/06/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday ordered the military to stop a humanitarian ship carrying activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, breaking the blockade of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
World leaders head to France for UN summit on ocean threats
AFP, Published on 08/06/2025
» NICE (FRANCE) - World leaders descend on the French Riviera on Sunday ahead of a high-level summit to tackle a deepening crisis in the oceans driven by overfishing, climate change and pollution.