Pollution
Erdogan opens huge suspension bridge linking Europe and Asia
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan opened a massive suspension bridge across Turkey's Dardanelles Strait on Friday,...
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Great Barrier Reef hit by bleaching as UNESCO weighs “in danger” listing
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Great Barrier Reef has been hit by bleaching due to heat stress, the...
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World far short of climate goals during ‘decade of action’ -report
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate action promised by countries would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 9% in this...
Read moreSouthern Copper’s Cuajone mine in Peru suspended production due to protest – SNMPE
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Southern Copper Corp's Cuajone mine in Peru has suspended operations since...
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Gabriel Boric: From student protest leader to Chile’s youngest president
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda and Alexander Villegas SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Gabriel Boric, who at 36 years old takes office...
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Exclusive-U.N. climate chief: Ukraine crisis must not delay global action
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - As Patricia Espinosa prepares to step down as U.N. climate chief, she has a...
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Yemen’s Houthis agree U.N. proposal to offload decaying oil tanker
ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi movement has signed an agreement with the United Nations to deal with a decaying oil...
Read moreHonduran minister says new mining restrictions not retroactive
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Honduran government's recent push to sharply restrict mining will not apply to existing...
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Analysis-Big Oil’s plastic boom threatens U.N.’s ‘historic’ pollution pact
By John Geddie and Joe Brock NAIROBI (Reuters) - When the United Nations agreed a landmark deal to create the...
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Analysis-Who pays? UN climate report reignites global fight for compensation
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - With this week's U.N. climate science report laying bare the staggering economic costs and...
Read moreHonduras to cancel environmental permits for mining, ban open pits
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Environmental permits for Honduran metal and non-metal mining will be cancelled, the country's government...
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World poverty to rise as climate change hits food supplies-UN panel
By Mark John (Reuters) -Climate change and extreme weather are already hurting the world economy and if unchecked will plunge...
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Factbox-How climate change will impact the world’s regions differently
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - Climate change will deliver serious blows to all parts of the world, but not all...
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Ukraine crisis rattles U.N. climate report proceedings
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - As scientists readied for Monday's release of a sobering United Nations climate report, some...
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Russia’s Ukraine attack forces Beijing into diplomatic dance
By Martin Quin Pollard and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) -Russia's attack on Ukraine, which China refuses to condemn or...
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Pollution causing more deaths than COVID, action needed, says U.N. expert
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a...
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Factbox-Poland and Hungary test EU “cash-for-democracy” powers in court
By Gabriela Baczynska (Reuters) - The European Union's top court will rule this week on challenges by Poland and Hungary...
Read moreParis inaugurates its first noise radar in bid to quieten its streets
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - Paris inaugurated its first noise radar on Monday as part of a plan...
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On Peru’s protected Fishermen’s Island, birds are still dying a month after oil spill
By Marcelo Rochabrun ISLA PESCADORES, Peru (Reuters) - Peppered with fishing boats and thousands of hungry marine birds, from afar...
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Italy makes constitution greener, environmentalists call for action
By Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) -Italian politicians and activists praised a new law building protection of the...
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