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The UN's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said Friday that three pesticides, including the popular weed killer Roundup, were "probably" carcinogenic and two others, which have already been outlawed or restricted, were "possibly" so. ...more |
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If Beijing wins the right to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics they will be both frugal and free from the city's notorious smog, the city's mayor was quoted as saying in a state-run newspaper on Tuesday. ...more |
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African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warned at a major conservation summit in Botswana that highlighted an alarming decline in numbers due to poaching for ivory. ...more |
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On this year’s Earth Hour, UAE residents have been urged to go beyond switching off power for an hour and reduce the usage of desalinated water that causes huge amount of carbon emission. ...more |
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An award known as "the Nobel Prize for water" has been given to an Indian campaigner who has brought water to 1,000 villages. ...more |
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French authorities on Monday put in place emergency traffic-limiting measures in Paris, as the City of Light and much of northern France suffers from a choking smog. ...more |
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Tiny Costa Rica has done something really big: It's managed to meet 100 percent of its power needs with renewable energy for 75 consecutive days, and it's doing this by using hydropower and geothermal energy, the state-owned Electricity Institute said. ...more |
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The Green Investment Bank (GIB) has continued its push into the waste-management sector, ploughing £28.25m into an innovative project in Scotland that combines recycling and energy-recovery technology. ...more |
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World health experts warned Thursday that smoking water pipes, long popular in the Middle East and North Africa and with a growing fan base elsewhere, can be more harmful than cigarettes. ...more |
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U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Thursday that sets a goal for the U.S. government to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2025, the White House said. ...more |
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