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Parts of China's capital Beijing suffered air pollution more than 20 times recommended levels on Tuesday, but authorities refrained from issuing the highest smog alert. ...more |
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Saudi Arabia announced a record budget deficit and cuts to fuel and utility subsidies as the oil powerhouse suffers from a drastic fall in global crude prices. ...more |
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Switzerland will mark its warmest December since the country that founded winter tourism began keeping records 150 years ago. ...more |
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As many as 58 million large trees in California are threatened by record drought afflicting the state since 2011, says a study. ...more |
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More than a dozen of New York City's most famed hotels are pledging to get greener. ...more |
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Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski were disheartened by the amount of plastic and other garbage they saw floating in the ocean. So the Australians invented an ingenious way to suck it up. They'd eventually quit their jobs to make it happen. ...more |
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Cars were partially banished from the streets of Milan and Rome on Monday as Italy battled a buildup of health-threatening pollution caused by freakishly dry and warm winter weather. ...more |
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Swedish courts on Monday ordered a temporary ban on wolf hunting in parts of the country, favoring animal rights activists in one of Sweden's most hotly disputed environmental issues. ...more |
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President Barack Obama signed into law today the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, banning the manufacture and sale of tiny pieces of plastic found in soaps, toothpastes, and body washes in the United States. ...more |
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Morocco postponed without explanation the inauguration of Noor-1, a solar power plant due to open Sunday in Ouarzazate, part of what will eventually be the world's largest solar power production facility. ...more |
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