Thursday, 19 September 2024

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Smoke rises from fire in the environmentally protected area of Brasilia National Park during the dry season in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. The head of the agency that manages protected areas, Mauro Pires, told the local press that the fire is man-made and appears to have started near the edge of a farm. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Brazilian firefighters battle national park wildfire that is enveloping Brasilia in smoke

Wildfires fueled by historic drought ravage Brazil's national park, shrouding Brasilia in smoke; authorities investigate arson.

Alberta's energy minister is promising strong action to clean up the province's growing backlog of unreclaimed oil and gas sites. A de-commissioned pumpjack is shown at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Energy minister says public money could help finance Alberta energy cleanup

EDMONTON — Alberta’s energy minister is promising strong action by next fall to clean up the province’s growing backlog of unreclaimed oil and...

Meadow Way Drive residents Maddy Graham, right, and Ashley Cordova are self evacuating with cat, Mitzi, as the pipeline fire burns in the background Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in Deer Park, Texas. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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A pipeline explosion sends a towering pillar of flame over Houston’s suburbs

La Porte City Secretary Lee Woodward told KTRK-TV that they don’t yet know what flows through the pipeline or how it will be...

The COP16 isn't expected to break new ground but is more a stocktake of progress since the last summit (AFP)
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Environment takes centre stage as global summits loom

The United Nations is about to host four major events to address environmental challenges.

Kameale Terry, the co-founder and CEO of ChargerHelp!, stands for a photo in Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Meet the woman who founded a business to keep EV chargers up and running

Kameale Terry set up the ChargerHelp! business to help make driving EVs a smoother experience and reduce pollution in Los Angeles.

FILE PHOTO: Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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ADM violates US water laws, permit after leak at carbon capture project

EPA finds ADM violated safe drinking water rules with a carbon leak at its Illinois CCS site, raising safety concerns.

FILE PHOTO: Steam comes out of the chimneys of Ilva steel plant in Taranto, Italy, November 9, 2019. Picture taken November 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca/File Photo
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Italy court orders retrial in pollution case linked to ex-Ilva steelworks

The ex-Ilva site has been embroiled in legal proceedings over allegations that its emissions have caused a surge in cancer cases in Taranto.

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The Hague will ban street ads for fossil fuels from January

The city council in the Netherlands' third-largest city voted on Thursday to approve the new rules for outdoor ads.

FILE PHOTO: A student carries mangrove saplings to be planted at Mangrove Park Lampulo, marking World Environment Day in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, June 5, 2024. REUTERS/ Riska Munawarah/File Photo
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Indonesia’s Prabowo plans $65bn green fund from selling carbon credits

A new regulator for carbon emission rules will be established to oversee efforts to reach Indonesia's emissions targets.

Activists outside the Royal Courts of Justice for the hearing in July (Jonathan Salariya/Friends of the Earth/PA)
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Planning permission for UK’s first coal mine in 30 years quashed by High Court

Mr Justice Holgate said in a ruling on Friday that giving the go-ahead for the coal mine at Whitehaven in Cumbria was “legally...

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