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 Sydney (AFP) Oct 11, 2009 
A sudden cluster of massive earthquakes which has shaken Asia-Pacific communities and likely left thousands dead has also jolted some scientists, who are starting to question conventional thought. Experts who dismissed notions that far-away quakes could be linked are beginning to think again after huge tremors rocked Samoa and Indonesia on the same day, followed by another major convulsion ... read more 
Vancouver, British Columbia (UPI) Oct 10, 2009 Wildlife experts say they're trying to determine why fish-eating killer whales roughed up harbor porpoises and left them for dead off British Columbia. Two incidents were observed within the past month, one off Washington state and the other in British Columbia's Strait of Georgia, The Vancouver Sun reported Saturday. While biologists see whales kill porpoises locally about twice ... more |
Trump leaves Paris climate agreement, doubles down on fossil fuels
Trump's climate retreat shines light on green leaders Brazil drought lights a fire under global coffee prices Trump's climate retreat shines light on other green leaders The global forces sending coffee prices skyward CORRECTED: US to withdraw from Paris agreement, expand drilling UN climate chief says door still open to Paris deal US to withdraw from Paris agreement, expand drilling Activists slam 'destructive' Indonesia forest conversion plan Indonesia launches international carbon exchange 
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Antananarivo (AFP) Oct 9, 2009Environmental groups are protesting the resumption of exports of precious woods from Madagascar, arguing that the wood is logged illegally and that the island's forests are being destroyed. On September 21 a government decree "temporarily" legalised the export of "certain stocks" of precious woods, citing the need to "evacuate trees uprooted by the cyclones" that affected the north east of t ... more  
Manila (AFP) Oct 11, 2009Search and rescue teams on Sunday struggled to reach areas of the northern Philippines cut off by storm-triggered landslides and flooding that have left more than 600 people dead, officials said. In the heavily-damaged northern province of Pangasinan, many towns remained under water while landslides had virtually cut off mountainous communities from rescuers, disaster relief officials said. ... more  
Berlin (AFP) Oct 11, 2009Rwandan President Paul Kagame Sunday defended China's programme of investment in developing African countries, while slamming Western nations and firms for polluting the continent. "The Chinese bring what Africa needs: investment and money for governments and companies. China is investing in infrastructure and building roads," said Kagame in an interview with German daily Handelsblatt to app ... more |
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Ouagadougou (AFP) Oct 11, 2009Africa will demand billions of dollars in compensation from rich polluting nations at a UN climate summit for the harm caused by global warming on the continent, African officials said Sunday. With just two months to go before the UN summit in Copenhagen, officials met at a special forum in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou where they underscored the need for compensation for the natural di ... more  
The Hague (AFP) Oct 9, 2009The Dutch cabinet gave the green light Friday to flood a 320-hectare piece of farmland reclaimed from the sea to allow the enlargement of the port of Antwerp in neighbouring Belgium. "We have decided to opt for flooding" of the Western Scheldt estuary, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende told journalists in The Hague after a weekly cabinet meeting. "We have tried everything to find ... more  
Lobira Boma (AFP) Oct 11, 2009In a rustic village at the foot of a steep mountain, women prepare meals by crushing dried grasses, all there is to eat after drought left over a million people in south Sudan short of food. "You soak the herbs in water, and then eat. This is what we eat every day," said Juspine Ifuho, showing the fine green powder collected from a hollow in the rock she uses as a mortar. At the edge of ... more |
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