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French actress Brigitte Bardot has condemned Environment Minister Greg Hunt's plan to cull 2 million feral cats to stop them harming native animals. ...more |
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Garbage piled up Tuesday on the streets of cosmopolitan Beirut amid a growing dispute over tiny Lebanon's largest trash dump, picketed by residents as it should have closed permanently days earlier. ...more |
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Pope Francis on Tuesday urged the United Nations to take a "very strong stand" on climate change at a landmark summit this year in Paris on global warming. ...more |
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New York political leaders on Monday renewed their push to outlaw microbeads, the personal care plastic additives blamed for polluting waterways, and urged a statewide ban even as Congress considers prohibiting them across the nation. ...more |
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EU member states have agreed to ban a toxic substance widely found in clothing because it poses an “unacceptable risk” to the environment. ...more |
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A new, full snapshot of our planet has been captured by a NASA satellite. ...more |
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The Sharjah Environment Company will open two waste recycling facilities in the near future with the goal of making Sharjah the first Arab city to recycle 100 per cent of its waste. ...more |
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Nearly 20 million people were forced to flee their homes due to floods, storms and earthquakes last year, a problem likely to worsen due to climate change, but which could be eased by better construction, a report said on Monday. ...more |
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The volume of Arctic sea ice increased by around a third after an unusually cool summer in 2013. ...more |
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California regulators on Monday proposed a first-of-its-kind, $1.5 million fine for a group of Central Valley farmers accused of illegally taking water during the drought. ...more |
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