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The zero-fuel aeroplane, Solar Impulse, has landed in the southern Spanish city of Seville to complete its historic Atlantic crossing. ...more |
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A Dutch foundation has developed floating barriers to try to collect trash from the world's oceans, and will launch a 100 meter-long prototype in the North Sea this week to see how it fares during storms. ...more |
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Cities in six continents joined up to form the world's largest alliance to combat climate change on Wednesday, a move intended to help making ground-level changes to slow global warming. ...more |
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![Double happiness as China welcomes first giant panda twins of 2016 Double happiness as China welcomes first giant panda twins of 2016](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_7b4c1740-890d-4921-826a-d6577752284c_.jpg) |
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Two healthy baby giant pandas were born at a Chinese breeding research base on Monday, the first twins of the endangered species born this year, media said. ...more |
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Nuclear reactors are not being built rapidly enough around the world to meet targets on curbing global warming, a report by the World Nuclear Association, an industry body, said on Tuesday. ...more |
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![Scientists develop way to efficiently degrade plastics into diesel fuel Scientists develop way to efficiently degrade plastics into diesel fuel](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_739b7c59-5b3d-4e9c-9f29-1fbc647fcc18_.jpg) |
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Plastic pollution clogs our oceans and landfills. According to the Earth Policy Institute, Americans use about one plastic bag every day for just a few minutes before discarding it. ...more |
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European Union greenhouse gas emissions fell in 2014 to their lowest level since 1990, although the bloc said more diesel vehicles had increased carbon dioxide on its roads and significant cuts were needed. ...more |
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Norway has become the first industrialised nation to formally ratify the Paris Agreement, after its ambassador Geir Pederson deposited its "instrument of ratification" to the UN's climate change Secretariat on Monday. ...more |
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In a stunning visual reminder of what’s at stake as the earth warms, an acclaimed Italian composer and pianist delivered the performance of a lifetime — playing a baby grand on a small floating platform as a glacier crumbled around him. ...more |
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![Dubai to get waste-to-energy plant by 2020 Dubai to get waste-to-energy plant by 2020](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_4dffd243-e8d6-4a4f-b4d4-0f9276a6cb44_.jpeg) |
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Dubai will have the largest plant in the Middle East to convert waste to energy by the second quarter of 2020. ...more |
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