James Murdoch blasts dad Rupert’s firm over climate ‘denial’
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Rupert Murdoch's younger son James has called out his father's media empire for "denial" of…
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Environment
5,000 feral camels culled in drought-hit Australia
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were…
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon up 85 percent in 2019
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) - Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85 percent in 2019, compared with the…
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Oceans were hottest on record in 2019
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- The world's oceans were the hottest in recorded history in 2019, scientists said…
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EU to lay out trillion-euro ‘Green Deal’
STRASBOURG, France (AFP) - Marine LAOUCHEZ Going green can be a costly business, as the EU's executive body will make…
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Protect 30% of planet by 2030: UN Nature rescue plan
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Thirty percent of Earth's surface across land and sea should become protected areas…
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Siemens to remain in Australia mining project despite environmental concerns
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Siemens boss announced Sunday that the German conglomerate has decided to remain involved in a controversial…
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Plea for New Zealand to house fire-threatened koalas
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Thousands of people have signed a petition for koalas to be introduced to New Zealand…
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Australia fires ‘long way from over’ but rain brings relief
by with Glenda Kwek in Sydney / Holly ROBERTSON Agence France Presse Massive bushfires in southeastern Australia still have a…
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Citizens battle to save China’s sickly ‘mother river’
by Poornima WEERASEKARA HENAN, China (AFP) -- Water has been a source of death as well as a source of…
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