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  Ottawa (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 Canada's Ontario province on Thursday scrapped plans to build on protected lands that ring Toronto after a huge backlash that saw two ministers resign over windfall deals for developers. The horseshoe-shaped 810,000-hectare ring of fertile farmlands, forests and wetlands edge Toronto and nearby cities that hug the north and west shores of Lake Ontario - the most densely populated and industrialized region of Canada. A mix of private and public lands, they have been protected since 2005 in an ef ... read more |
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Tuvalu will always be a state, even if underwater, says PMNew York (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 Tuvalu could be one of the first nations to sink beneath the sea as a result of climate change, but that doesn't mean its statehood is up for discussion, the tiny Pacific archipelago's prime minister said Thursday. ... more  
Charles proposes France-UK pact to combat climate 'emergency'Paris (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 King Charles III on Thursday said France and the UK should team up on a new pact to battle the climate emergency, as he hailed the "indispensable" cross-Channel partnership in a rapturously received speech at the French Senate. ... more  
Glyphosate: where is it banned or restricted?Paris (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 One of the world's most popular weedkillers, glyphosate, has divided the scientific and health community, prompting several countries either to ban or limit its use. ... more 
US farmers, tech tycoons square off over plans for utopian cityDenverton, United States (AFP) Sept 22, 2023 A stealth campaign by Silicon Valley elites with a dream of turning a swath of California farmland into a new age city has ranchers who live here challenging their tactics and their motives. ... more |
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Venus on Earth: NASA's VERITAS Science Team Studies Volcanic IcelandPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 20, 2023 With its crushing atmospheric pressure, clouds of sulfuric acid, and searing surface temperature, Venus is an especially challenging place to study. But scientists know that observing its surface ca ... more |
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Fears for ancient Cyrene after Libya floodsBenghazi, Libya (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 Floods that killed thousands in the Libyan city of Derna also inundated one of the country's premier ancient sites, threatening its UNESCO-listed monuments with collapse, a recent visitor and a leading archaeologist said. ... more 
Brazil court rules for Indigenous land rights in key caseBrasilia (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 A lopsided majority of Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Thursday against an effort to restrict native peoples' rights to protected reservations on their ancestral lands, in a win for Indigenous activists and climate campaigners. ... more 
King Charles's France trip closing with climate focusBordeaux (AFP) Sept 22, 2023 King Charles III on Friday puts the environment at the heart of the final day of his state visit to France, learning about climate-induced wildfires and visiting a sustainable vineyard in the heart of wine country. ... more 
Libya flood disaster displaced over 43,000 people: IOMDerna, Libya (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 Libya's flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. ... more |
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  Air pollution from fires hits world's poorest hardest: study  
Guinea junta leader tells UN to 'stop lecturing' AfricaUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 The head of Guinea's junta Colonel Mamady Doumbouya defended the use of military intervention in politics during a UN address Thursday, following a recent series of coups on the African continent. ... more |
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Bitcoin machines, rocket-launchers seized in Venezuela prisonMaracay, Venezuela (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 Venezuelan authorities on Thursday showed off dozens of Bitcoin mining machines and heavy weapons such as rocket launchers and grenades seized in a prison recaptured from gang control. ... more 
UN chief convenes 'no nonsense' climate summit, without China or USUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set Wednesday to host a climate meeting marred at its outset by the absence of speakers from the world's top two emitters, China and the United States. ... more  
Ex-Australia PM says Murdoch leaves legacy of divisionSydney (AFP) Sept 22, 2023 Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said Friday that retiring News Corp and Fox Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch had done "enormous damage" to the democratic world. ... more 
Earth from Space: Blooms in the Gulf of FinlandParis (ESA) Sep 19, 2023 This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features swirls of vivid, emerald green algal blooms in the Gulf of Finland. Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles ... more |
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Vietnam holds think tank chief in latest green detentionHanoi (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 Vietnam has detained the director of an independent energy policy think tank, a rights group said Wednesday, the sixth person working on environmental issues taken into custody in the past two years. ... more |
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Spain livestock farmers raise alarm over rise in wolf attacksMadrid (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 Spanish livestock farmers on Wednesday raised the alarm over increasing wolf attacks on their herds, demanding the government reverse a 2021 ban on hunting this protected species. ... more 
Cities wiped out, or nearly, by disastersParis (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 The coastal city of Derna in Libya, devastated by a huge flash flood, joins a grim list of metropolises nearly annihilated by natural disasters since the turn of the century. ... more 
Libya flood survivors endure unbearable wait for missing relativesDerna, Libya (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 In Libya's flood-hit city of Derna, the Mediterranean Sea breeze mixes with the nauseating stench of human remains buried under the mud-caked rubble. ... more 
Morocco sets aside nearly $12 bn for quake recoveryRabat (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 Quake-hit Morocco's government announced on Wednesday a budget of more than $11 billion for reconstruction, rehousing and socio-economic development of areas hit by the deadly disaster. ... more |
 
China launches Yaogan 39 remote sensing satelliteBeijing (XNA) Sep 19, 2023 China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Sunday afternoon at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province to place several remote-sensing satellites into orbit, according to China ... more 
Communications cut to flood-hit Libya city after protestsDerna, Libya (AFP) Sept 19, 2023 Communications were severed Tuesday to the flood-hit Libyan city of Derna and journalists were asked to leave, a day after hundreds protested against authorities they blamed for the thousands of deaths. ... more  
Tornado in eastern China kills 10, hundreds relocatedBeijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 A tornado in eastern China killed 10 people and seriously injured several others, state media said Wednesday, the latest in a string of extreme weather events to strike the country. ... more 
'Worse than war': trauma of Libya flood haunts survivorsBenghazi, Libya (AFP) Sept 19, 2023 Grief etched into her face, 15-year-old Ibrar struggled to find the words to describe her pain at the loss of three friends in the huge flood that shattered her Libyan hometown. ... more |
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Marshes, mills and Michelin stars: Spain's 'chef of the sea'El Puerto De Santa Maria, Spain (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 As a child, Angel Leon spent hours fishing in the marshes of Cadiz in southwestern Spain - and today the chef draws inspiration from this terrain for his three-star Michelin restaurant. ... more 
Invasive species on the menu at London restaurantLondon (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 A London restaurant is exploring whether eating invasive species such as grey squirrel, American Signal crayfish and Japanese knotweed could help fight their spread, but scientists remain sceptical. ... more 
Australia gives up fight to eradicate bee-killing parasiteSydney (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 Australia on Wednesday abandoned its fight to eradicate the destructive Varroa mite, an invasive parasite responsible for the collapse of honeybee populations across the planet. ... more  
Climate targets should not bankrupt British people: UK ministerLondon (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 UK interior minister Suella Braverman said Wednesday that green policies should not mean "bankrupting" British citizens as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared set to soften some of the government's net-zero pledges. ... more |
Children trek to tent school in quake-hit MoroccoAsni, Morocco (AFP) Sept 19, 2023 In the earthquake-hit mountains of Morocco, 13-year-old Abdessamad El Berd gets up before dawn to make the long trek to the tent city that is his new school, walking by torchlight and careful to avoid roaming dogs. ... more  
Chinese youths trade city-living for ceramicsJingdezhen, China (AFP) Sept 19, 2023 China's "Porcelain Capital" Jingdezhen is attracting droves of young people drawn to the city of artisans in search of an escape from the urban rat race among its ceramics workshops. ... more 
DR Congo trial over shootings sparks questions, tensionGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) Sept 19, 2023 Two weeks into a military trial over the killing of more than 50 civilians in eastern DR Congo, the circumstances of how soldiers came to open fire are still unclear. ... more  
Escaped Chinese crocodiles all captured: state mediaBeijing (AFP) Sept 19, 2023 Dozens of crocodiles that escaped a flooded Chinese farm have all been recaptured, state media reported on Tuesday, a week after the reptilian runaways wriggled free. ... more |
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Courtrooms: a growing arena in the climate fightUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 The battle against climate change is increasingly being fought in the courtroom, as national governments, specific laws and individual companies are targeted for their roles in the crisis. ... more 
Six young people sue 32 European states over climate changeStrasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 Six Portuguese youths are taking 32 nations to the European Court of Human Rights this month for not doing enough to stop global warming, the latest bid to secure climate justice through the courts. ... more 
Google AI tool predicts danger of genetic mutationsWashington (AFP) Sept 19, 2023 Researchers at Google DeepMind, the tech giant's artificial intelligence arm, on Tuesday introduced a tool that predicts whether genetic mutations are likely to cause harm, a breakthrough that could help research into rare diseases. ... more  
Heaviest rains in century bring floods to Caspian Sea coastTehran (AFP) Sept 19, 2023 Flash floods have injured 20 people in northern Iran, after what officials described as the region's heaviest rains in a century, Iranian media reported. ... more |
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