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Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles firesAltadena, United States (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 The fires that tore through Los Angeles nine months ago didn't destroy Karen Girard's home. But the smoke left her walls, floors and furniture infused with a toxic cocktail. ... more  
'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UNUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 He mocked renewables as a "joke," praised "clean, beautiful coal" and declared climate change the "greatest con job ever." ... more 
Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 yearsIstanbul (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Turkey is experiencing its worst drought in over half a century, with rainfall dropping by 27 percent compared to the last three decades and even more in some regions, according to data published this week. ... more  
Cities face risk of water shortages in coming decades: studyParis (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Hotspots of water scarcity could emerge by the 2020s and 2030s across the Mediterranean, southern Africa, and North America, as climate change intensifies droughts, a new study said Tuesday. ... more |
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EU proposes new delay to anti-deforestation rulesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 The EU said Tuesday it will seek a new one-year delay to sweeping anti-deforestation rules cheered by green groups but assailed by key trading partners from the United States to Indonesia. ... more  
Scientists urge global AI 'red lines' as leaders gather at UNNew York (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 Technology veterans, politicians and Nobel Prize winners called on nations around the world Monday to quickly establish "red lines" too dangerous for artificial intelligence to cross. ... more 
17 killed in Taiwan after barrier lake burstsHualien, Taiwan (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 At least 17 people were killed when a decades-old barrier lake burst in Taiwan, government officials said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rain. ... more  
Polluting Singapore ship's agent pays token damages to Sri LankaColombo (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 A Singapore-registered ship's Sri Lanka agent paid $1 million out of $1 billion damages awarded for causing the island's worst pollution, a litigant told AFP Wednesday. ... more |
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Typhoon Ragasa hits south China after killing 15 in TaiwanYangjiang, China (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 Fierce winds, pounding rain and rough seas battered southern China and Hong Kong on Wednesday as powerful Typhoon Ragasa churned toward millions of people in Guangdong Province after killing at least 15 in Taiwan. ... more |
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Germany's Merz rejects claims he is slowing green shiftBerlin (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday rejected claims his government was undermining the climate change fight, but insisted that industry also needed to be protected to revive the crisis-wracked economy. ... more 
Seychelles votes amid concerns over hotel near marine reserveVictoria, Seychelles (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 Citizens in the beach paradise of Seychelles vote this week in tightly fought elections amid concerns over a Qatari hotel complex being built near a world-renowned marine reserve. ... more  
No pause for food delivery riders during Pakistan's monsoonLahore, Pakistan Sept 24, 2025 Abdullah Abbas waded through Lahore's flooded streets, struggling to push his motorcycle and deliver a food order on time. ... more  
Pentagon bans reporters from accessing unauthorized infoWashington DC (UPI) Sep 20, 2025 Journalists covering the Pentagon will have to pledge to access only authorized information or lose their press credentials, the Department of War announced Friday. ... more |
French consumer group seeks Perrier sales banParis (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 An influential consumer rights association on Wednesday urged a court to ban the sale of Perrier bottled water in France, saying the brand's claim that its product is "natural" was misleading. ... more  |
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Floating wind power sets sail in Japan's energy shiftGoto, Japan (AFP) Sept 21, 2025 Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country's first commercial-scale floating wind farm glimmer offshore, months before a key project in Tokyo's green-energy strategy begins. ... more 
What is the high seas treaty?United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 19, 2025 The high seas treaty aims to protect marine life in ocean waters worldwide that no country can claim as its own. ... more 
What to look for in China and Europe's climate plansParis Sept 19, 2025 Dozens of countries are expected to announce new climate targets before the UN COP30 summit in November, but none will be as closely scrutinised as the pledges made by China and the EU. ... more 
Wopke Hoekstra, driving EU climate policy as bloc hits brakesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 18, 2025 In two years steering EU climate policy, Wopke Hoekstra has gone some way to winning over green advocates wary of his corporate background. His challenge now is pursuing the bloc's goals as the wind shifts against climate action. ... more |
Climate change causing havoc with global water cycle: UNGeneva (AFP) Sept 18, 2025 Climate change is spurring increasingly erratic and extreme swings between deluge and drought globally, with cascading repercussions for societies, the United Nations warned on Thursday. ... more
Schools shut, flights cancelled as Typhoon Ragasa nears Hong KongHong Kong (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Hong Kong shut schools and cancelled flights on Tuesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa neared the financial centre with a force that officials warned would be among the most destructive in the city's recent history. ... more  
Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer: studyParis (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 More than 60,000 people died from heat in Europe during last year's record-breaking summer, a benchmark study said Monday, in the latest warning of the massive toll climate change is having on the continent. ... more 
Canada wildlife decline 'most severe' in decades: WWFMontreal (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 Biodiversity in Canada has plunged 10 percent over the last half century, with hundreds of species facing extinction, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a report Monday. ... more |
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EU proposes new one-year delay to anti-deforestation rulesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 The European Union will seek to postpone by another year the implementation of a sweeping anti-deforestation law opposed by some businesses and trading partners, the bloc's environment chief said Tuesday. ... more 
Four dead in Thailand monsoon floodsBangkok (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Four people were killed in flooding in central Thailand, the nation's disaster agency said Tuesday, with more heavy rain forecast this week during the annual monsoon. ... more  
Clashes in DR Congo despite peace effortsKinshasa (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 Intense clashes between anti-government M23 fighters and armed forces have taken place in eastern DR Congo in recent days including over a gold mining town, locals and security sources said Monday. ... more  
French zoo returns ill panda and partner to ChinaTours, France (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 Two pandas at a zoo in central France will return to China in November after the female was diagnosed with kidney failure, the park's director told AFP on Monday. ... more |
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Philippine protest arrests leave parents seeking answersManila (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 Anxious Filipino parents braved the rain outside Manila's police headquarters Monday, after more than 200 people - including dozens of children - were arrested in clashes that erupted during weekend anti-corruption demonstrations. ... more |
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New visa rules shatter the American dream for many IndiansBengaluru, India (AFP) Sept 21, 2025 Indian aerospace engineering student Sudhanva Kashyap thought he had mapped out everything it would take to get to the United States, only to have his plans upended by Washington's sudden and expensive change to its skilled worker visas. ... more  
Warmer climate boosts north German vineyards; Bumper harvest falls flat for Italy's Asti vineyardsWerder, Germany (AFP) Sept 21, 2025 The morning sun shines on lush vines as harvesters pick grapes. The hillside vineyard looks like it could be in Italy but lies near Berlin, where climate change has transformed winemaking. ... more 
How did an Indian zoo get the world's most endangered great ape?Bangkok (AFP) Sept 19, 2025 Tapanuli orangutans are the world's most endangered great ape. Fewer than 800 remain, all previously thought to be in their native Indonesia. But now an Indian zoo says it has one. ... more 
Experts warn deaths from wildfire smoke to surge in decades aheadParis (AFP) Sept 18, 2025 Global deaths linked to wildfire smoke could rise six-fold to 1.4 million people a year by 2100 even with moderate levels of global warming, according to research published Thursday. ... more |
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