Environment

England’s drought-hit summer 2022 joint hottest on record

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - England had its joint hottest summer on record this year, tied with 2018, the country's…

Greenhouse gas, sea levels at record in 2021: US agency

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Earth's concentration of greenhouse gases and sea levels hit new highs in 2021, a…

‘Dangerous’ heat wave hits southwestern US

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- A "dangerous" heat wave was taking hold of the southwestern United States Tuesday, with…

Greenland already locked in to major sea level rise: study

by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Even without any future global warming, Greenland's melting ice sheet will…

In risky recyling venture, Gazans burn plastic for fuel

JABALIA, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Living in one of the poorest parts of the Middle East and facing some of…

Brazil records worst day for Amazon fires in 15 years

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon hit a nearly 15-year high…

California says new cars must be zero emission by 2035

Los Angeles, United States (AFP) by Huw GRIFFITH California ruled Thursday that all new cars sold in America's most populous…

Half of China hit by drought in worst heatwave on record

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A crippling drought exacerbated by a record heat wave has spread out across half of…

‘We are divided’: lake upends life for tiny Kenyan tribe

by Nick Perry Agence France-Presse EL MOLO BAY, Kenya (AFP) -- At first light, children from one of Kenya's smallest…

California set to ban fossil fuel cars by 2035

Los Angeles, United States (AFP) All new cars sold in California by 2035 will have to be zero emission under…

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