Environment

Burned tigers, rescued kangaroos: Australia bushfire disinformation

by Johnny Lieu Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Tiger burns in Australia's bushfires? It's a 2012 photo from Indonesia.…

Snipers to cull up to 10,000 camels in drought-stricken Australia

  by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Snipers took to helicopters in Australia on Wednesday to…

Firestorms: How Australia’s bushfires created their own weather

  SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's bushfires have burned so intensely that they have hurled smoke as far away as…

JetBlue to go carbon neutral by July 2020

NEW YORK, United States  (AFP) -- No-frills US airline JetBlue will go carbon neutral for all domestic flights starting this summer,…

Australia’s ‘insurance’ koala population halved by bushfires

by Glenda KWEK Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- At least half of Australia's only disease-free koala population, a key…

Barcelona bans older, most polluting cars

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Barcelona imposed a ban Thursday on older, more polluting vehicles during most of the day in a…

2019 was hottest year on record for Russia

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- This year was the hottest ever registered in Russia, the country's weather chief said on…

Rhino believed to be ‘world’s oldest’ dies aged 57 in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (AFP) -- A black rhino believed to be the oldest in the world has died in…

Climate change caused 15 disasters costing over $1 bn this year: charity

PARIS, France (AFP) -- At least 15 natural disasters linked to climate change this year caused damage of over $1…

Elephants in Thailand ‘broken’ for lucrative animal tourism

by Sophie DEVILLER and Jonathan KLEIN Agence France Presse Separated from their mothers, jabbed with metal hooks, and sometimes deprived…

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