India's Kerala state on high alert as vessel with hazardous cargo sinks off its coast
India’s southern state of Kerala on Monday asked fishermen not to venture near the site of an accident where a container ship carrying hazardous car…
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Chinese gold mining threatens protected UN heritage site in DR Congo
For eight years a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by locals and conservationists o…
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Russia declares emergency in Crimea after Black Sea oil spill
Russia declared a regional state of emergency in Crimea, as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand on either side of the Kerch Strait following an…
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Countries fail to reach agreement in UN plastic talks
Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement, with more than 100 nations wanting to cap production wh…
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Atmospheric CO2 hits record high as fossil fuel emissions rise
The UN's weather monitoring body said that greenhouse gases have been accumulating in the atmosphere ‘faster than any time experienced during hum…
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Harmful waste generation set to jump, UN warns
A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme warns of billions of dollars worth of damages through biodiversity loss, climate change and …
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NASA Confirms that 2023 was the Warmest Year on Record
Earth’s average surface temperature in 2023 was the warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Global temperatures last year were around 2.…
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CO2 emissions to hit record high in 2023
Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are set to hit a record high this year, exacerbating climate change and fueling more destru…
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India's New Delhi blanketed by 'hazardous' toxic haze
New Delhi was wrapped in a thick layer of toxic haze and some schools were ordered closed as the air quality index plummeted to the ‘severe’ category…
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Abu Dhabi accelerates mangrove planting using drones
Using large drones and millions of seeds, UAE's energy company, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, is hoping to accelerate its forestation program i…
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World leaders warn hunger, climate goals in peril
World leaders meeting at the United Nations warned of the peril the world faces unless it acts with urgency to rescue a set of 2030 development goals…
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Jakarta named world's most polluted city
Indonesia's capital Jakarta topped the list as the world's most polluted city, having consistently ranked among the 10 most polluted cities g…
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How Japan plans to release Fukushima water into the sea
Japan is set to begin pumping out more than a million tons of treated water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant this summer, a p…
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World 'more likely than not' to breach 1.5C soon
Reuters | Temperatures are now more likely than not to head over the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold in the next five years, though not year on year. T…
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U.N. chief urges faster shift to 'net zero'
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres urged rich nations to accelerate their shift to ‘net zero’ emissions, after a new assessment from scientists warned there…
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EU approves effective ban on new fossil-fuel cars
The European Parliament formally approved a law to effectively ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars in the European Union from 2035, aiming t…
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Israel refills the Sea of Galilee, supplying Jordan on the way
Israel built a chain of desalination plants along its Mediterranean coast putting it in the unlikely position of having a surplus of water, a bright …
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England to ban some single-use plastic items
England will ban a range of single-use plastic items from October 2023, in an effort to limit soaring plastic pollution.
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Deforestation of Brazilian savanna surged 25% in a year
Deforestation in the world's most biologically diverse savanna, the Brazilian Cerrado, rose by around 25% in the 12 months through July from the …
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Lagoon dries as drought grips Peru
Cconchaccota lagoon, which is located more than 13,000 feet above sea level in the Peruvian Andes, has dried up.
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