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Acidic waters damage corals, shellfish and the phytoplankton that feeds numerous marine species (AFP)
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World’s oceans near critical acidification level: report

The world's oceans are close to becoming too acidic to properly sustain marine life or help stabilise the climate, a new report says.

Activists from the NGO "Stop croisieres" and "Extinction Rebellion France" hold banners while they block a cruise ship (AFP)
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Environmental protesters block French cruise liner port

Activists in canoe stop port entry in protest over cruise ship pollution as well as wildlife impact and working conditions on board.

Prominent climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong has been released early from jail (Hoang Vinh Nam)
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Leading climate activist released from Vietnam jail

Environmental campaigning activist released just ahead of Vietnamese leader's trip to the United Nations General Assembly.

The 1979 partial meltdown of Unit 2 at Three Mile Island caused panic in the United States and brought the deployment of nuclear energy to a standstill for a generation (AFP)
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US nuclear plant Three Mile Island to reopen to power Microsoft

The 20-year agreement involves restarting Unit 1, which "operated at industry-leading levels of safety and reliability for decades."

Under World Bank President Ajay Banga, the development lender has committed to raising the percentage of its total financing committed to climate change mitigation and adaptation (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)
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World Bank boosts climate financing by 10 per cent

The World Bank delivers a record $42.6 billion in climate financing for 2024, nearing its 45 per cent adaptation target under Ajay Banga.

India plans to expand domestic coal mining to meet growing power demand (AFP)
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India coal expansion risks massive methane growth: report

India's coal expansion could double methane emissions by 2029, threatening its climate goals, warns a new report.

A crash involving a Tesla Semi took place in the wee hours of August 19, a US agency said. (AFP)
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Tesla truck fire took 190,000 liters of water to extinguish

Firefighters used 190,000 liters of water to extinguish a Tesla Semi blaze after a crash in California, the NTSB reported.

The $10 billion pipeline project is intended to transport natural gas from Turkmenistan via Afghanistan to Pakistan and India (AFP)
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Afghanistan says to begin work on huge gas pipeline

Taliban government stages ceremony to mark the start of work on the $10bn TAPI pipeline that will cross South Asia.

The Southern Cardamom project is intended to protect over 450,000 hectares of rainforest (AFP)
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Controversial Cambodia carbon credit project reinstated

Forestry scheme Southern Cardamom now certified by Verra following damning Human Rights Watch report in February.

Volkswagen employees protested at the start of a automaker's general meeting last week after it said earlier in the week it could take the unprecedented step of closing production sites in Germany (POOL)
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Crisis-hit Volkswagen scraps German job protection deal

Volkswagen ends a decades-old job protection deal in Germany to cut costs, facing union pushback over potential layoffs.

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