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![European countries found to be overfishing European countries found to be overfishing](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_b5656954-8305-4fe1-856e-f132e50f3d58_.jpg) |
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Decades of overfishing led the European Union to set annual catch quotas to ensure fish populations weren’t depleted beyond recovery. ...more |
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![Australia town consumed by 'hairy panic' Australia town consumed by 'hairy panic'](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_d65562d9-c35f-42da-ac2a-db1794469b52_.jpg) |
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A fast-growing tumbleweed called "hairy panic" is clogging up homes in a small Australian town. ...more |
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![France's Royal to head U.N. climate talks after Fabius quits France's Royal to head U.N. climate talks after Fabius quits](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_43cb8e0b-ba8d-492f-a58f-635a5ebd6041_.jpg) |
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French Environment Minister Segolene Royal said on Wednesday she would take over the presidency of U.N. climate talks, seeking to implement a global deal reached last year to shift away from fossil fuels, after former foreign minister Laurent Fabius quit. ...more |
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![New species of turtle found in Papua New Guinea New species of turtle found in Papua New Guinea](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_8d9b2654-45ee-43b4-934a-b1802bbfe0ab_.jpg) |
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A new species of freshwater turtle has been discovered in Papua New Guinea, one of a group that would have been present for the full geological formation of its main Pacific island, researchers said. ...more |
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![AFED Executive Committee Meets in Dubai AFED Executive Committee Meets in Dubai](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_611cad6c-4402-41b9-ba0a-f2ee265c53f4_.jpg) |
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The Executive Committee of Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) held its bi-annual meeting in Dubai today, presided by Committee Chairman Dr. Abdelrahman Al Awadi. ...more |
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![What Dubai plans to do with 1,000 tonnes of daily food waste What Dubai plans to do with 1,000 tonnes of daily food waste](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_229a340e-38a2-412f-8a50-384bd686717c_.jpg) |
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Dubai’s landfills are singing to the tune of 1,000 tonnes of food waste per day, according to a senior municipality official on Tuesday. ...more |
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![U.S. will sign Paris Agreement and stick to it - Stern U.S. will sign Paris Agreement and stick to it - Stern](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_f6bc6413-71de-4094-a22e-4eb991e098ab_.jpg) |
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The United States will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change this year regardless of the Supreme Court's decision to put a chunk of President Barack Obama's environmental action on hold, the U.S. climate envoy said on Tuesday. ...more |
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![Europe launches satellite to help track global warming Europe launches satellite to help track global warming](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_0c14cae5-7f51-44f1-a540-9d9de8203ff7_.jpg) |
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Europe launched a satellite on Tuesday that will help predict weather phenomena such as El Nino and track the progress of global warming as part of the multibillion-euro Copernicus Earth observation project. ...more |
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![EU car industry seeks climate friendly driving, not more targets EU car industry seeks climate friendly driving, not more targets](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_7346a664-96fc-4298-8fb0-c2097d0b223a_.jpg) |
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Better driving, improved roads and measures such as more rational loading of freight can lower the environmental impact of trucks, European industry leaders said on Tuesday, as they pushed back against EU regulation to curb emissions. ...more |
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![Crucial koala habitats lost in mass land clearing in Queensland Crucial koala habitats lost in mass land clearing in Queensland](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_bca74d97-cfe3-40f1-a50b-8baf74b298d6_.jpg) |
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More than 40,000 hectares of koala habitat in Queensland has disappeared since the state’s land-clearing controls were weakened, a conservation group says. ...more |
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