Environment

Singapore races to save ‘Garbage of Eden’

By Martin ABBUGAO Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Visitors to the island hosting Singapore's only landfill might expect foul…

‘Fight is on’ at deep sea mining debate in Jamaica

By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS UNITED NATIONS, United States, July 26, 2023 (AFP) - Nations opposed to deep sea mineral mining and…

51 pilot whales dead after beaching in Western Australia

SYDNEY, July 26, 2023 (AFP) - More than 50 pilot whales have died hours after stranding themselves on a beach…

51 whales dead after beaching in Western Australia

    SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Dozens of pilot whales have died just hours after stranding themselves on a beach…

Europe, US heatwaves ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change

By Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Blistering heat that has baked swathes of North America and Europe…

Greta Thunberg goes on trial over Swedish climate protest

STOCKHOLM, July 24, 2023 (AFP) - Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is set to go on trial on Monday charged…

Thousands of tourists flee wildfire on Greece’s Rhodes island

RHODES, Greece, July 24, 2023 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people fled wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes…

Aluminum recycling in Brazil: Scraping by in a billion-dollar

By Luján Scarpinelli SAO PAULO, July 20, 2023 (AFP) - Shirlei Aparecida de Souza uses her foot to crush the…

Lebanese activists fight rampant beachside development

By Jonathan Sawaya AMCHÎT, Lebanon, July 20, 2023 (AFP) - In a pristine patch of Lebanon's north coast, a rare…

Heat-struck Mediterranean is climate change ‘hot spot’

PARIS, July 20, 2023 (AFP) - Struck by near-record temperatures and wildfires during this week's heatwave, the Mediterranean region is…

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