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Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 1, 2024 - European Green parties issued a joint call Friday for fellow environmentalist Jill Stein to withdraw from the US election - for fear her candidacy could siphon away Democratic votes and clinch the presidency for Donald Trump.
Nov 1, 2024
New York (AFP) Nov 1, 2024 - A New York Supreme Court justice has thrown out an environmental pollution lawsuit against PepsiCo, in a blow to authorities in the US state who wanted the beverage giant to rein in its use of single-use plastics.
Nov 1, 2024
Cali, Colombia (AFP) Nov 1, 2024 - Parties to the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) voted in Colombia Thursday for its next Conference of Parties (COP), in 2026, to be held in Armenia - which had vied for the privilege with foe Azerbaijan.
Nov 1, 2024
Yehliu (AFP) Nov 1, 2024 - Taiwan on Friday raced to remove 284 tonnes of oil from a Chinese carrier that ran aground off the island after losing power in rough seas as Typhoon Kong-rey neared.
Nov 1, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2024 - Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) is pushing the boundaries of technology to decode how sperm whales communicate by gathering an immense database of their vocalizations. One major chall
Nov 1, 2024
Jakarta (AFP) Nov 1, 2024 - Indonesia's top court on Friday rejected an appeal by an Indigenous tribe in its lawsuit against a palm oil firm, leaving it at risk of losing vast swathes of ancestral forest, rights groups said.
Nov 1, 2024
Cali, Colombia (AFP) Nov 1, 2024 - The world's biggest nature conservation conference enters its final day in Colombia Friday with negotiators at odds over how best to fund plans to halt and reverse species loss.
Nov 1, 2024
Yilan, Taiwan (AFP) Nov 1, 2024 - Workers cleared fallen trees and shop owners swept up debris in Taiwan on Friday after one of the biggest typhoons to hit the island in decades claimed at least two lives.
Nov 1, 2024
Sydney (AFP) Oct 31, 2024 - Papua New Guinea on Thursday declared a boycott of next month's UN climate summit, branding the global warming negotiations a waste of time full of empty promises from big polluters.
Oct 31, 2024
Bangkok (AFP) Oct 31, 2024 - A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating plastic yellow measuring spoon.
Oct 31, 2024
Valencia, Spain (AFP) Oct 31, 2024 - Spain mourned at least 158 deaths on Thursday and authorities told people in flood-stricken regions to stay at home as rescuers raced to find survivors in the rare disaster.
Oct 31, 2024
Keelung, Taiwan (AFP) Oct 31, 2024 - Super Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday as one of the most powerful storms to hit the island in years, whipping up 10-metre waves and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes.
Oct 31, 2024
London (AFP) Oct 31, 2024 - The UK government has apologised and settled a legal claim over the death of a nine-year-old girl from an asthma attack which a coroner partly blamed on air pollution, lawyers said Thursday.
Oct 31, 2024
Sedavi, Spain (AFP) Oct 31, 2024 - Rescuers raced Thursday to find survivors and victims of once-in-a-generation floods in Spain that killed at least 95 people and left towns submerged in a muddy deluge with overturned cars scattered in the streets.
Oct 31, 2024
Keelung, Taiwan (AFP) Oct 31, 2024 - Super Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday as one of the biggest storms to hit the island in decades, whipping up 10-metre waves, triggering floods and claiming at least one life.
Oct 31, 2024
Beijing (AFP) Oct 31, 2024 - More than 20 people have been taken to hospital after a fire tore through a building in southwest China on Thursday, state media said.
Oct 31, 2024
