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Wildfires producing 'witches' brew' of air pollution: UN
AFP, Published on 05/09/2025
» GENEVA - Wildfires are releasing a "witches' brew" of pollutants that can end up wrecking air quality a continent away from the blaze, the UN's weather and climate agency said Friday.
Unicef: Air pollution killing 100 Asian children daily
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/02/2025
» Air pollution is linked to the daily deaths of over 100 children under five in East Asia and the Pacific, according to a United Nations agency, as several countries in the region are battling a surge in toxic air.
Universities in China change course to meet government's need for hi-tech workforce
South China Morning Post, Published on 23/08/2024
» HONG KONG: More than a dozen Chinese universities are overhauling their engineering and technology majors in favour of hi-tech areas such as AI and big data to answer a government call for more talent.
Indian solar mission reaches destination
Published on 06/01/2024
» BENGALURU - India’s first solar mission, Aditya-L1, has reached its destination within the anticipated four-month timeframe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday.
Over 110 countries support tripling renewables by 2030: EU chief
AFP, Published on 02/12/2023
» DUBAI - More than 110 countries want the COP28 climate negotiations to adopt a goal of tripling renewable energy and doubling energy efficiency by 2030, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday.
Virgin pilots first transatlantic flight with low-carbon fuel
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» LONDON - British airline Virgin Atlantic on Tuesday piloted the first long-haul flight powered entirely by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), an event environmental groups labelled "greenwashing".
Proof humans reshaped the world? Chickens
AFP, Published on 10/07/2023
» PARIS: When aliens or our distant progeny sift through layers of sediment 500,000 years from now to decode the Earth's past, they will find unusual evidence of the abrupt change that upended life half-a-million years earlier - chicken bones.
Early wildfire in Spain rages out of control
AFP, Published on 25/03/2023
» MADRID - Some 700 firefighters were battling Spain's first major forest fire of the year Saturday, which was raging out of control 48 hours after it began, forcing 1,500 people to flee.
On climate, most corporations more talk than action
AFP, Published on 13/02/2023
» PARIS - The world's biggest and richest companies are failing to deliver on their climate pledges, according to an in-depth analysis released Monday that calls on governments to crack down on corporate greenwashing.
Subarctic boreal forest, vital for the planet, is at risk
Diane Desobeau and Marion Thibaut of AFP, Published on 14/11/2022
» FORT MCMURRAY, Canada: It burns, it drifts, it falls victim to insects. And it's shrinking.