Environment
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Paris climate summit a chance for real progress
Dec 11, 2017The Paris climate summit next week offers a chance for concrete advances in the fight against global warming, even without the support of President Donald Trump, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said. “What makes this... -
UN concludes environmental assembly with pledges to end pollution
Dec 9, 2017The third session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) ended in Nairobi on Wednesday with leaders pledging to end pollution for a clean environment. Over 4,000 heads of state, ministers, business leaders, UN officials, civil... -
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted New Zealand
Dec 8, 2017Earthquakes occur frequently in New Zealand as the country is situated in the collision zone between the Indo-Australian and Pacific tectonic plates, part of the Pacific Basin Ring of Fire, where many earthquakes and volcanoes occur.... -
Babies’ brains at risk from toxic pollution
Dec 7, 2017As New Delhi and other major cities hit new toxic smog peaks, the United Nations sounded the alarm Wednesday over the damage that pollution is doing to babies’ developing brains. The UN’s children’s agency, UNICEF, said... -
Indonesia re-opening Bali airport shut by volcanic ash
Nov 30, 2017Bali’s international airport will re-open Wednesday afternoon after a nearly three-day shutdown, Indonesian airport authorities said, as ash from a rumbling volcano that looms over the island paradise shifted direction. The eagerly awaited decision opens up... -
9 killed in a blaze in a rental apartment in north Taiwan
Nov 23, 2017The fire was said to start on the fourth floor of the building in the city’s Zhonghe District at around 8:00 p.m. and quickly spread to rooms on the fifth floor before being put down an... -
Thousands flee over Bali volcano eruption fears
Nov 22, 2017Thousands living in the shadow of a rumbling volcano on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali fled Wednesday as fears grow that it could erupt for the first time in more than 50 years. Mount Agung belched... -
Delhi half marathon goes ahead despite smog, health warnings
Nov 19, 2017Tens of thousands of runners braved smoggy conditions for the Delhi half marathon on Sunday despite dire health warnings from doctors who wanted the race postponed in the heavily-polluted capital. Around 35,000 people registered for the... -
UN climate envoys agree to 2018 stocktake of planet-warming emissions
Nov 18, 2017UN negotiators agreed at climate talks Saturday to take stock in 2018 of country efforts to cut fossil fuel emissions as part of a pact rejected only by Washington to limit global warming. Closing two weeks... -
Global 2% rise in CO2 ‘giant leap backwards for humankind’
Nov 14, 2017The carbon dioxide emissions that drive global warming, flat since 2014, are set to rise two percent this year, dashing hopes they had peaked, scientists reported at UN climate talks Monday, reports BSS. “This is very...
