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Pollution behind 1 in 6 global deaths in 2019: study
AFP, Published on 18/05/2022
» PARIS: Pollution caused some 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new global report published Wednesday, with experts raising alarm over increasing deaths from breathing outside air and the "horrifying" toll of lead poisoning.
Dismissing more moderate voices, Biden is Putin's accuser-in-chief
AFP, Published on 13/04/2022
» WASHINGTON - A "war criminal" and "butcher" who "cannot remain in power": over recent weeks, US President Joe Biden has made a series of unscripted remarks that have raised the temperature in his relations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Bolsonaro ousts Petrobras president after fuel increases: official
AFP, Published on 29/03/2022
» BRASíLIA (BRAZIL) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro decided on Monday to replace the president of state-owned oil giant Petrobras, Joaquim Silva e Luna, amid strong pressure due to recurrent increases in fuel prices.
Amazon nears climate 'tipping point' faster than expected
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» PARIS: Hammered by climate change and relentless deforestation, the Amazon rainforest is losing its capacity to recover and could irretrievably transition into savannah, with dire consequences for the region and the world, according to a study published Monday.
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.
Climate: Removing CO2 from the air no longer optional
AFP, Published on 19/10/2021
» PARIS - The burning question going into the Glasgow climate summit is whether major economies can, by 2050, reduce emissions enough to deliver a carbon neutral world in which humanity no longer adds planet-warming gases to the atmosphere.
'Net zero' climate targets? Read the fine print
AFP, Published on 09/12/2020
» PARIS: The worldwide effort to prevent Earth from becoming an unlivable hothouse is in the grips of "net zero" fever.
Battered by virus and oil slump, biofuels fall out of favour
AFP, Published on 27/11/2020
» LONDON: Hit by the coronavirus pandemic and a sharp drop in oil prices, biofuel demand has declined for the first time in two decades and may struggle to recover, according to experts.
Close to tipping point, Amazon could collapse in 50 years
AFP, Published on 11/03/2020
» PARIS - The Amazon rainforest is nearing a threshold which, once crossed, would see one of the world's largest and richest ecosystems morph into arid savannah within half-a-century, scientists said Tuesday.
Flight of fancy? Aviation industry tries to go green
AFP, Published on 16/02/2020
» SINGAPORE - From an emissions-reducing model jet that looks like something from a sci-fi movie to electric aircraft and sustainable fuel, the aviation industry is ramping up efforts to go green as consumer pressure grows.