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 Amman (AFP) Sept 27, 2009 
Jordan has decided to go it alone and build a two-billion-dollar pipeline from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea without help from proposed partners Israel and the Palestinian Authority, an official told AFP. "Jordan is thirsty and cannot wait any longer," said Fayez Batayneh, the country's chief representative in the mega-project to provide drinking water and begin refilling the Dead Sea, which ... read more 
Paris (AFP) Sept 26, 2009UN negotiations for a global climate treaty resume in Bangkok on Monday, mired in a disputed draft text after summit-level talks failed to deliver hoped for breakthroughs. Just 10 weeks will be left before a showdown in Copenhagen that scientists say will be critical for the planet. Yet nearly two years of haggling have failed to tease out even the kernel of an agreement. ... more |
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Data centres chase water, energy savings as AI race ramps up Generative AI's environmental impact in figures Scientists cast doubt on famous US groundhog's weather forecasts World's longest cargo sail ship launched in Turkey First major chunk breaks off world's biggest iceberg Portugal lawmakers take step toward deep-sea mining ban Green energy projects adding to Sami people's climate woes: Amnesty Indonesia deforestation rises for third year running: NGO Indonesia deforestation rose again in 2024: NGO 
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Geneva (AFP) Sept 25, 2009The World Health Organisation said Friday that anti-viral drugs should not be used to prevent swine flu, noting that almost half of drug resistance cases were linked to use of the medication before infection. "The risk of resistance is... considered higher in people who receive oseltamivir for so-called 'post-exposure prophylaxis' following exposure to another person with influenza and who ... more  
Paris (AFP) Sept 27, 2009People who were killed, injured or bereaved in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake had the cruel misfortune to be victims of an event that probably occurs just once in four millennia, seismologists said on Sunday. In a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, Shen Zhengkang of the China Earthquake Administration and colleagues said the May 12, 2008 quake comprised a strong seismic wave ... more  
Bangkok (AFP) Sept 25, 2009Scientists discovered 163 new species in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region last year, but all are at risk of extinction due to climate change, the WWF said in a report released Friday. The newly discovered creatures include a bird-eating frog with fangs, a bird that would rather walk than fly and a gecko whose alien appearance inspired the report's title of "Close Encounters", the ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Sept 27, 2009Indian police said on Sunday they were questioning Chinese engineers and site workers as part of investigations into how a power plant chimney collapsed, killing 41 people. China's Shandong Electric Power Construction was one of the firms contracted by Balco, a subsidiary of London-listed resources giant Vedanta, to build the electricity station in central Chhattisgarh state. ... more  
Reykjavik (AFP) Sept 25, 2009Iceland's fin whaling company said on Friday it plans a huge export of about 1,500 tonnes of whale meat, mainly to Japan, after wrapping up its hunting season for this year. Kristjan Loftsson, boss of company Hvalur, said the firm brought ashore 125 fin whales this season following a huge rise in the number of animals they were allowed to catch. Last year the whalers were permitted to ... more 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 25, 2009Major emerging economies such as China and India must turn public pronouncements on limiting greenhouse gases into "concrete actions," the Swedish EU presidency stated Friday. "Recent encouraging public statements from the big emerging economies about limiting their emissions growth need to be turned into concrete actions and put on the negotiating table as well," Swedish Environment ... more |
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