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Appetite for farmed seafood 'destroying marine ecosystems'
As countries mark World Food Day, a major global report has linked Europe’s large appetite for premium prawns and salmon with the …
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Recycling, bioplastics also harm planet, campaigners warn
Environmental campaigners are warning that bioplastics and recyclable packaging will not solve the world’s plastics pollution crisis – …
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100s of Extinction Rebellion activists still blocking centre of Paris
Several hundred environmental activists blocking a central square in Paris as part of the international movement Extinction Rebellion …
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Investigation into Rouen fire begins as residents worry about health…
Police investigations have launched an investigation into the cause of fire last month at a chemical plant in Rouen that residents say put …
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France is luke-warm on protests as global Extinction Rebellion demo…
Climate protesters across the world have kicked off two weeks of global protests demanding immediate action to save the Earth from …
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Great Pyrenees dogs bred to protect herds from bears: Pt. 3
Great Pyrenees dogs are one of three measures of protection France's government has proposed to protect grazing mountain herds from …
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Bears drive sheep farmers to the edge in Pyrenees: Pt. 2
More than 600 sheep have died after falling off cliffs in the French Pyrenees this year in losses linked to the growing number of brown …
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Biggest iceberg in 50 years breaks off Antarctica's Amery ice shelf
Antarctica’s Amery ice shelf has produced its biggest iceberg in more than half a century.
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'Thunberg effect': Climate worries revive Austria's Greens party
Capping off a frenzied month of climate summits and banner-waving, Austria’s elections have repositioned the Greens as force to be …
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Bear trouble spreads in the French Pyrenees: Pt.1
A French government plan to boost the brown bear population in the Pyrenees is causing concern among farmers about attacks on their sheep …
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South African vets lose battle to save endangered pangolin
South African vets have performed a world first: a blood transfusion on a Temminck's ground pangolin, a species of anteater being driven …
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World's oceans struggling under stress of climate change, UN experts…
A new UN climate report is warning of unprecedented damage to the oceans this century as the world’s water becomes more acidic and hostile …
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High seas, our best defence against climate change, need robust laws
The world’s high seas represent a vital buffer against climate emergency. An ambitious treaty in the making aims to provide robust legal …
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Tanzania hunter-gatherers win UN environment prize
A pioneering carbon offset project run by Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania has been awarded the UN's Equator Prize for conservation and …
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Scientists hope million-year-old Antarctic ice will reveal climate…
Scientists have unveiled a drill that will unearth the world’s oldest ice cores from deep in the belly of Antarctica – revealing the …