Showing posts with label Climate Change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Climate Change. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Gas boom risks 'perfect storm' for climate, economy: report

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PARIS, France — Global natural gas capacity under construction has doubled in a year according to new analysis that warned Tuesday the i...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Airlines' fuel practices feed doubts over climate commitment

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PARIS, France — Airlines have taken steps to reduce their carbon footprints under the gaze of public opinion, but the pressure of the bo...
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Climate change, corruption blamed for Venice flood devastation

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VENICE, Italy — Much of Venice was under water on Wednesday night after the highest tide in 50 years ripped through the historic Italian...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Climate activist Greta Thunberg declines environmental award

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STOCKOLM, Sweden —  Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday refused to accept an environmental award, saying the climate movem...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Greta Thunberg berates leaders as UN climate summit falls short

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UNITED NATIONS, United States — An emotional Greta Thunberg tore into world leaders at a UN climate summit Monday, accusing them of betra...
Sunday, September 22, 2019

Environmental activists pluck plastic from world's beaches on mass cleanup day

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PARIS, France — Thousands of volunteers wielding nets and bin bags scoured coasts, parks and riverbanks across the globe Saturday, in a l...
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Google opens online window on toll of climate change

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SAN FRANCISCO, California — As world leaders gathered in Paris on Monday in the hope to stopping catastrophic climate change, Google Maps...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Pope wows Washington but takes on controversial church sex abuse, immigration, climate change

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WASHINGTON DC - Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome to Washington on Wednesday but did not shy away from controversy, addressing ch...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Bill Gates asks: 'Who will suffer most from climate change?'

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LOS BAÑOS, Laguna -- “Who will suffer most from climate change?” Bill Gates posed this question in his latest blog post. “The world’s poo...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Pentagon sees climate change as national security risk

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WASHINGTON DC -- The Pentagon had regarded climate change as a security risk for the United States and were integrating possible impacts ...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

EU summit tackles climate change, Ebola

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BRUSSELS - European Union leaders meet at a summit in Brussels Thursday aimed at clinching a high-stakes deal on combating climate change...
Sunday, March 23, 2014

What would happen if carbon emissions continue to rise? UN scientists paint grim picture of future

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PARIS - UN scientists are set to deliver their darkest report yet on the impacts of climate change, pointing to a future stalked by flood...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

UN talks approve climate pact principles

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WARSAW - UN negotiators reached consensus Saturday on some of the cornerstones of an ambitious, global climate pact to be signed in 2015 ...

As rich, poor nations butt heads, troubled UN climate talks run into extra time

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WARSAW -- UN climate talks were blocked in Warsaw Saturday more than 12 hours after they were to have delivered a roadmap towards a globa...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

New Aussie PM Abbott moves to repeal climate tax

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SYDNEY -- Australia's new conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott Wednesday moved to abolish a carbon tax designed to combat climate ...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Filipinos urged to adapt to climate change

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Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje today said that Filipinos must learn to accept the growing intensity of typho...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Clinton: No New Cold War

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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, (AFP) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday the United States was not seeking conflict with a rising China...