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China lithium boom harming fragile Tibetan plateau: report
AFP, Published on 01/11/2023
» BEIJING - China's booming electric vehicle industry is fuelling a lithium rush in the Tibetan plateau that risks damaging the troubled region's fragile ecology and deepening rights violations, research published Wednesday said.
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NASA set to journey to a metal-rich asteroid
AFP, Published on 13/10/2023
» KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (UNITED STATES) - It's a world like no other: a metal-rich asteroid that could be the remnants of a small planet, or perhaps an entirely new type of celestial body unknown to science.
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45 dead, 20 missing as Ukraine ends tower block search
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» DNIPRO (UKRAINE) - Rescuers called off the search Tuesday for victims of the Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, with 20 people still missing and funerals being held in the grief-stricken community.
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Patriot missiles: crucial but limited help for Ukraine
AFP, Published on 15/12/2022
» WASHINGTON: The United States is expected to announce it will equip Ukraine with Patriot missile units, boosting its defenses against Russia's assault on its infrastructure.
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Ailing oceans in the spotlight at major UN meet
AFP, Published on 27/06/2022
» LISBON: A long-delayed UN conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicks off in Lisbon Monday, with thousands of policymakers, experts and advocates on the case.
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Ailing oceans in state of 'emergency', says UN chief
AFP, Published on 27/06/2022
» LISBON: A long-delayed conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicked off in Lisbon on Monday, with the head of the UN saying the world's seas are in crisis.
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Lapland reindeer herders battle wind turbine farms
AFP, Published on 13/01/2022
» ÅFJORD, Norway: On a gusty mountain crest, the Jama brothers weave between wind turbines that stretch as far as the eye can see, on what used to be their animals' winter pasture. Climate emergency or not -- for these reindeer herders, the turbines have to go.
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Northvolt opens Europe's first homegrown battery gigafactory
AFP, Published on 29/12/2021
» STOCKHOLM - Swedish battery group Northvolt said Wednesday it has launched its "gigafactory" in northern Sweden, the first of its kind to be undertaken by a European company on the continent.
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Carmakers warn chip shortage putting brakes on recovery
AFP, Published on 01/08/2021
» PARIS: The automobile industry is being hit hard by a shortage of computer chips that has slowed production and is set to drag on for months.
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Nissan unveils UK battery gigafactory
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» SUNDERLAND, United Kingdom: Nissan launched plans Thursday for a vast battery gigafactory in northeastern England, where it will manufacture a new electric vehicle as companies and governments accelerate away from fossil-fuel cars.
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