Environment

Philippines’ biodiversity hotspot pushes back on mining

By Agence France-Presse A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippine province of Palawan, evidence of a mining boom that locals hope a new moratorium will tame. Tambiling...

New rules may not change dirty and deadly ship recycling business

By Agence France-Presse Mizan Hossain fell 10 meters (33-feet) from the top of a ship he was cutting up on Chittagong beach in Bangladesh—where the majority of the world's maritime giants meet...

Ethiopia’s vast lake being pumped dry

By Agence France-Presse There is a constant hum around Ethiopia's enormous Lake Dembel—the sound of its water steadily being sucked out by pumps. The pumps irrigate farms all around the lake, which is...

Nations advance ocean protection, vow to defend seabed

By Agence France-Presse A global oceans summit wrapped up on June 13, with world leaders taking major steps toward marine protection and vowing a showdown when nations meet to negotiate rules for...

Toxic Thailand rivers pinned on Myanmar mines

By Agence France-Presse A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising...

Greenland ice melted much faster than average in May heatwave: scientists

By Agence France-Presse Greenland's ice sheet melted 17 times faster than the past average during a May heatwave that also hit Iceland, the scientific network World Weather Attribution (WWA) said in a...

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