Environment
Greta Thunberg Berates Leaders as UN Climate Summit Falls Short
An emotional Greta Thunberg tore into world leaders at a U.N. climate summit Monday, accusing them of betraying her generation...
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Million Schoolchildren Strike in Largest Ever Global Climate Protest
In what is expected to be the biggest protest ever against the threat posed to the planet by climate change,...
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Thunberg Brings Student Climate Strike to White House
“ it is being discussed as something you believe in or don’t believe in,” Thunberg told Noah talking...
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EU Boosts Emergency Response as Climate Change Heightens Fire Risks
European officials unveiled a new emergency response system to increase reserves of fire-fighting aircraft as climate change challenges continue to...
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‘Flight Shaming:’ Can Air Travel be Part of a More Sustainable Future?
Air travel accounts for a substantial portion of carbon emissions, but advancements in greener flight technology are decades away, at...
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UN Warns Climate Change Has Dire Human Rights Consequences
U.N. rights chief Michelle Bachelet cited the civil wars sparked by a warming planet and the plight of indigenous people...
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Ireland May Withold EU-Mercosur Deal Support Over Amazon Fires: PM
Scientists have issued a dire warning that losing just one-fifth more of Brazil’s Amazon would trigger a feedback loop known...
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Water Contamination Eliminates 1/3 of Potential Economic Growth [World Bank Report]
A new World Bank report has revealed there is an invisible crisis of water quality taking place, which is threatening...
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Trump Wants US to Buy Greenland: Report
The president has been curious about the area's natural resources and geopolitical relevance, the paper reported.
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Carbon Capture: Part of the Climate Problem or Solution?
While support for carbon capture from the fossil fuel industry raises red flags for activists, some don't see it as...
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Thousands of Brazilian Indigenous Women Protest Bolsonaro’s ‘Genocidal Policies’
Thousands of indigenous women marched on Brazil's capital Tuesday denouncing the "genocidal policies" of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who faces...
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‘Unprecedented’ Climate Change Threatens World’s Food Security [UN Report]
Unless unsustainable farming and deforestation are halted, the world will have to face painful trade-offs between food security and rising...
Read moreJuly Hottest Month Ever Measured, 2019 Set to be Among Warmest Years
Wildfires unprecedented in scope and intensity burned in Siberia and Alaska, releasing more than 100 million tons of CO2 into...
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Ethiopia Aims to Plant Four Billion Trees by October
Ethiopia plans to plant a mind-boggling four billion trees by October as part of a global movement to restore forests...
Read moreMurder of Brazilian Tribal Leader Linked to Bolsonaro’s Amazon Agenda: UN Rights Chief
Bachelet said the "proposed policy to open up more areas of the Amazon to mining could lead to incidents of...
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Merkel says Greta Thunberg ‘Drove Us’ to Move on Climate Change
"The seriousness with which Greta, but also many, many other young people, are telling us that this is about their...
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Empty Nets as Overfishing and Climate Change Sap Lake Malawi
Declining fish numbers in Lake Malawi reflect a combination of environmental change and overfishing that augurs ill for the future.
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UN Climate Talks Limp to Close as Europe Sizzles
Amid soaring temperatures, nations were set to wrap up UN climate talks on Thursday with meager progress in the plan...
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Toxic Politics: Oil, Chemical Companies Rally Against Regulation of PFAS
PFAS substances are linked to a host of serious health problems and have been detected in American food and drinking...
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World Faces ‘Climate Apartheid:’ UN Expert
"We risk a 'climate apartheid' scenario where the wealthy pay to escape overheating, hunger and conflict while the rest of...
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