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![Venezuela's Maduro ends power rationing as drought eases Venezuela's Maduro ends power rationing as drought eases](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_061fc130-5660-498c-93d2-a370dee728e6_.jpg) |
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Venezuela as of today will end an electricity rationing program launched in April in response to a severe drought that crimped the operations of the OPEC nation's hydroelectric generators, President Nicolas Maduro on Friday. ...more |
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![Nobel laureates urge Greenpeace to stop opposing GMOs Nobel laureates urge Greenpeace to stop opposing GMOs](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_e8afc85f-167c-48b4-9607-f883d6bee8f0_.jpg) |
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More than 100 Nobel laureates called on the international environmental group Greenpeace on Thursday to end its opposition to genetically modified crops, saying there is a scientific consensus they are safe and can benefit society. ...more |
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![UK sets 2032 climate goal, allays ambition fears UK sets 2032 climate goal, allays ambition fears](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_e2dc23a1-ad43-43fe-81c9-d71ad2fe3d84_.jpg) |
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Britain on Thursday set a target to reduce emissions by 57 percent by 2032, allaying fears the country’s climate ambitions would become one of the first casualties of last week’s Brexit vote. ...more |
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![France's Bollore wins electric car-sharing project in Singapore France's Bollore wins electric car-sharing project in Singapore](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_745a4b5c-b906-450f-8a5c-d74d9eab2ee9_.jpg) |
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French firm Bollore Group won an electric car-sharing project in Singapore, its first in Asia, with a fleet of 1,000 vehicles expected to operate in the densely-populated city-state by 2020, government authorities said on Thursday. ...more |
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![Ozone layer hole appears to be healing, scientists say Ozone layer hole appears to be healing, scientists say](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_743004b1-bd3f-44db-8b14-7eb64f9f5549_.jpg) |
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The vast hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica appears to be healing, scientists say, putting the world on track to eventually remedy one of the biggest environmental concerns of the 1980s and 90s. ...more |
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![Giant swimming, venomous centipede discovered by accident in world-first Giant swimming, venomous centipede discovered by accident in world-first](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_3ae09357-8f73-4de0-9da7-dd455dcc4998_.jpg) |
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Scientists have discovered the world’s first known amphibious centipede, which grows up to 20cm (nearly 8in) long and has an excruciating bite. ...more |
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![Citizen scientists help track UAE dolphin population Citizen scientists help track UAE dolphin population](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_4d32f490-ae6f-4865-bfb8-c8a530449d1e_.jpg) |
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Data collected on the UAE’s first dolphin map has been released, showing several hundred sightings of the popular mammals in the country’s coastal waters. ...more |
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![Germany waters down climate protection plan Germany waters down climate protection plan](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_7acd3e2c-43cd-4687-9116-7d2c9cfd4cb4_.jpg) |
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Germany has abandoned plans to set out a timetable to exit coal-fired power production and scrapped C02 emissions reduction goals for individual sectors, according to the latest draft of an environment ministry document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. ...more |
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![Climate change: UK to set bold emissions target Climate change: UK to set bold emissions target](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_488c776d-2b6b-4351-ad7a-1ee2dfd1328e_.jpg) |
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A world-leading climate change target up to the early 2030s is set to be confirmed by the British government. ...more |
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![HP vows to go 'zero deforestation' by 2020 HP vows to go 'zero deforestation' by 2020](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_9daed827-b335-48cc-979f-758bea06d69c_.jpg) |
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Computing giant HP Inc has announced a goal to secure zero forestation status for its paper based products by 2020. ...more |
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