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Australian activists file legal bid to stop gas project
Jun 22, 2022 06:52Australian conservationists have launched a legal bid to block a massive gas project, saying it would harm the Great Barrier Reef by warming the planet.
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Strong earthquake kills at least 950 people in Afghanistan
Jun 22, 2022 03:04At least 950 people have been killed and many more injured after a strong earthquake struck remote parts of southeastern Afghanistan, according to disaster management officials.
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South Korean presidential park infested with US military base toxins
Jun 17, 2022 09:12New South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has moved his office closer to a US military base in the center of Seoul, and opened a park in the area on a trial basis.
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NOAA says CO2 levels highest in human history
Jun 09, 2022 13:46There is more carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere than at any time in the past four million years, as the world's continued dependence on fossil fuels keeps humanity hurtling toward a "global catastrophe," officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned recently.
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Fear of landslides haunts Brazil survivors
Jun 02, 2022 08:16While firefighters search for missing people under thick mud, residents in the Brazilian city of Recife can barely sleep: they fear landslides like the ones that claimed 120 lives in recent days.
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6.1-magnitude quake hits China's Sichuan, at least 4 dead, 14 injured
Jun 01, 2022 11:03At least four people have been killed and 14 others injured after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake rattled Lushan County of Ya'an City in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
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Death toll in Brazilian floods rises to 106, 10 still missing
Jun 01, 2022 02:46At least 106 people have died and 10 are still missing in Brazil, the government said on Tuesday, as heavy rains tore through urban towns in the northeastern part of the country for a sixth consecutive day.
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Study shows people in US and UK face huge financial hit if fossil fuels lose value
May 28, 2022 15:15A study shows individuals in rich countries face huge financial losses if climate action slashes the value of fossil fuel assets, despite many oil and gas fields being in other countries.
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Iran will use legal channels to resolve water dispute with Afghanistan: Khatibzadeh
May 21, 2022 09:28Foreign Ministry spokesman says Iran will follow legal channels to resolve a dispute with Afghanistan over its water rights from the Helmand River.
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Study warns many fossil fuel sites must be shut down to avert climate disaster
May 20, 2022 13:19A new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters shows that keeping global warming below the key 1.5°C threshold by the end of the century will require not just halting the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure, but also shutting down many existing sites.