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Himalayan snows set for massive melt by 2100
Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers, the world's "Third Pole", could melt by 2100 if global emissions are not sharply reduced, scientists …
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Macron backs down on pledge to ban glyphosate in France
French president Emmanuel Macron says that the phasing out of glyphosate-based weed killers in France by 2021, as previously announced, …
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French mayor goes to court over government’s ‘climate inaction’
A mayor in northern France launched the country’s first legal case alleging the government’s environmental policy failed to meet climate …
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Desalination: no silver bullet
As the world’s driest countries turn to desalination technology to quench their thirst for fresh water, a new environmental problem is …
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Our oceans may be warming quicker than previously thought
A new report published in the US journal Science, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, suggests the world's oceans are warming 40 …
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Green "meat free" Monday campaign kicks off in France
“Lundi Vert”, or Green Monday is a petition with 500 signatures of public figures, including politicians, artists, researchers and NGOs, …
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Diesel car sales slump in France
Car sales across France rose three percent in 2018, but diesel powered vehicles dropped significantly, due to changing technical standards …
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Petition against French climate inaction gathers 2mn votes
A petition launched by four French NGOs to protest France’s failure to take measures to curb global warming has collected nearly two …
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NGOS sue French government over missed climate targets
A group of NGOs including Greenpeace and Oxfam launched a lawsuit against the French state Tuesday, accusing it of taking insufficient …
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France must show the way on climate change - Macron
As the world's nations agreed in Poland on measures to uphold the 2015 Paris climate deal, President Macron emphasised France's role in …
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Countries fight to the bitter end to avert COP24 failure
Delegates at UN climate talks in Poland were scrambling Friday to come to an agreement committing world leaders to implementing the 2015 …
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Vulnerable nations accuse West of dodging climate commitments
Countries at greater risk of climate change have urged their Western counterparts to do all they can to avoid a mediocre outcome from the …
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European court rules EU diesel emissions limit too high
The city councils of Paris, Madrid and Brussels were exultant on Thursday after a European court ruled an EU Commission's limit on NOx …
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Biggest meteor shower of the year set to streak through the sky
The most active meteor shower of 2018 will race through the sky on Thursday night/ Friday morning, with over a hundred meteors per hour in …
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Why it matters that the Arctic is warming up
The Arctic is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the planet, according to a new study by the US-based National Oceanic and …