Tag: Environment

Categories World

Great Barrier Reef avoids UNESCO endangered list after lobbying efforts from Australia and 11 other countries

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The Great Barrier Reef will not join the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) endangered heritage list, after Australia and 11 countries applied pressure on the organization to reconsider. … Read More >Great Barrier Reef avoids UNESCO endangered list after lobbying efforts from Australia and 11 other countries

Categories Asia & Pacific

Giant panda no longer on ‘endangered’ species list as wildlife conditions improve – China’s top conservation official

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The giant panda has been moved one level up on China’s extinction threat scale due to its increasing numbers, the country’s conservation chief has said. … Read More >Giant panda no longer on ‘endangered’ species list as wildlife conditions improve – China’s top conservation official

Categories World

‘Pretty embarrassing’: Australia environment minister draws flak after stating she will challenge coal mine expansion court ruling

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Australia’s environment minister has come under fire for announcing her intent to appeal a court ruling that found she had a duty to protect children from harmful climate change effects related to a proposed coal mine expansion. … Read More >‘Pretty embarrassing’: Australia environment minister draws flak after stating she will challenge coal mine expansion court ruling

Categories Russia

Global warming is hitting Russia faster than most countries & government must be prepared for serious consequences, says Putin

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Russia needs to be completely prepared for serious social and economic consequences caused by global warming, because around 70% of the country’s land is vulnerable permafrost, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. … Read More >Global warming is hitting Russia faster than most countries & government must be prepared for serious consequences, says Putin

Categories Latin America

Bolsonaro accused of using military as environmental ‘smokescreen’ after redeploying troops to protect Amazon from deforestation

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Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has ordered his country’s military to return to the Amazon in a bid to combat a surge in illegal deforestation, but his critics have claimed the directive is too little too late. … Read More >Bolsonaro accused of using military as environmental ‘smokescreen’ after redeploying troops to protect Amazon from deforestation

Categories EU

The end of gas guzzlers? EU mulls banning all new cars powered by diesel & gasoline by 2035 – media

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Emissions-reducing regulations being considered by Brussels could soon mark the end of the road for the internal combustion engine, according to a report. The radical proposal has faced pushback from the bloc’s auto makers. … Read More >The end of gas guzzlers? EU mulls banning all new cars powered by diesel & gasoline by 2035 – media

Categories EU

Czech Republic calls on EU court to impose €5 million-a-day fine on Poland for breaching order suspending Turow mine

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The Czech Republic has asked the EU’s Court of Justice (CJEU) to fine neighboring Poland €5 million a day for failing to immediately cease mining at the Turow lignite mine, due to fears it’s causing environmental pollution. … Read More >Czech Republic calls on EU court to impose €5 million-a-day fine on Poland for breaching order suspending Turow mine

Categories Shows

Killer drone hunts soldiers without being told to

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Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos reveal how a killer drone hunted down and engaged humans without instruction for the first time, Amazon’s plan to turn your WiFi over to the public, and why the devastating drought in the western US will affect the entire country. Richard Vevers from the Ocean Agency talks about the health of Earth’s oceans. … Read More >Killer drone hunts soldiers without being told to