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They’ve been driven from Trafalgar square for being a nuisance, derided as rats with wings and maligned as a risk to public health. ...more |
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![Environment behind nearly quarter of global deaths: WHO Environment behind nearly quarter of global deaths: WHO](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_22958901-e435-4816-9c26-5a9e95ed2564_.jpg) |
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One in four deaths worldwide are due to environmental factors like air, water and soil pollution, as well as unsafe roads and workplace stress, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday. ...more |
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![Extremely rare whales make a big splash in Cape Cod Extremely rare whales make a big splash in Cape Cod](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_66e7ba85-e725-4544-8362-f80b30337f45_.jpg) |
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An extremely rare species of whale are turning up in record numbers to make a splash in Cape Cod. ...more |
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![Poland unclear on how to save Europe's last pristine forest Poland unclear on how to save Europe's last pristine forest](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_e714ffbe-8285-4b93-8e37-b6bc08b699f8_.jpg) |
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Poland's Environment Ministry is leaving part of Europe's last pristine forest without any human intervention as it seeks ways of saving it from woodworms, it announced Monday. ...more |
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![Man sees pink elephant in South African reserve; is not having a hallucination Man sees pink elephant in South African reserve; is not having a hallucination](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_94317a94-553d-4ecd-9861-1582fd67e6db_.jpg) |
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Seeing a pink does not always mean you're hallucinating, especially at the Kruger National Park in South Africa. ...more |
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![ACWA Power acquires majority stake in Jordanian solar project ACWA Power acquires majority stake in Jordanian solar project](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_f7fb1d17-3a74-40e8-b732-8fbd31ba52e9_.jpg) |
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Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power International said on Saturday it acquired 70 per cent of Sunrise Solar Energy Psc, which is developing a 50-megawatt solar power plant in Mafraq Governorate, a statement by the Saudi company said. ...more |
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![Locals eating radioactive food 30 years after Chernobyl: Greenpeace tests Locals eating radioactive food 30 years after Chernobyl: Greenpeace tests](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_3b4da278-a8a9-4c4e-8041-3252c92f5227_.jpg) |
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Economic crises convulsing Russia, Ukraine and Belarus mean testing in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been cut or restricted, Greenpeace said, and people continue to eat and drink foods with dangerously high radiation levels. ...more |
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![China outdoing developed nations in controlling pollution: minister China outdoing developed nations in controlling pollution: minister](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_884e9870-a103-4fc9-97ec-054a38d5fff2_.jpg) |
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China, often hit by choking smog that blankets the populous east and north, is doing a better job at controlling pollution than developed countries at similar stages of development, the environment minister said on Friday. ...more |
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![Record leap in carbon dioxide seen in 2015 Record leap in carbon dioxide seen in 2015](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_de5b6969-10ee-44f6-a04f-1f0c79ac4524_.jpg) |
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The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased at a record pace last year, US government scientists reported, raising new concern about one of the top greenhouse gases and the effects of global warming. ...more |
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![French aviator plans to fly from New York to Paris in a biofuel plane French aviator plans to fly from New York to Paris in a biofuel plane](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_214ba2ca-0605-41a6-bb02-a47056d6ee94_.jpg) |
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In the spirit of Charles Lindbergh, a French research company hopes to complete the first carbon-free trans-Atlantic flight later this year. ...more |
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