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Records show slow response to report of California oil spill
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Records show slow response to report of California oil spill

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard received the first report of a possible oil spill off the…
Firefighters retreat as La Palma volcanic explosions intensify
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Firefighters retreat as La Palma volcanic explosions intensify

LA PALMA, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Intensifying volcanic explosions on the Spanish island of La Palma forced firefighters to retreat…
#SeeYouInCourt: Climate litigation heats up
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#SeeYouInCourt: Climate litigation heats up

As the pivotal COP26 climate conference nears, there is a sense of betrayal within the climate movement that setting more…
Alexandria aims to break Guinness World Record with largest beach cleaning campaign
Egypt

Alexandria aims to break Guinness World Record with largest beach cleaning campaign

In an effort to break a new Guinness World Record, Alexandria Governor Mohamed al-Sharif praised cleaning work on Monday conducted…
UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more
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UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more

Pressure keeps building on increasingly anxious world leaders to ratchet up efforts to fight climate change. There’s more of it…
Rich nations failing to meet climate funding goal: OECD
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Rich nations failing to meet climate funding goal: OECD

Rich countries are making little progress towards meeting their pledge to provide annual climate change mitigation funds, the Organization for Economic…
As its rivers shrink, Iraq thirsts for regional cooperation
Middle East

As its rivers shrink, Iraq thirsts for regional cooperation

HALABJA, Iraq, Sept 6 (Reuters) – “Where we are standing right now, there should be a river,” says Nabil Musa,…
Indigenous leaders push new target to protect Amazon from deforestation
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Indigenous leaders push new target to protect Amazon from deforestation

MARSEILLE, France, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Indigenous groups urged world leaders on Sunday to back a new target to protect…
Jordan’s water crisis deepens as climate changes, population grows
Middle East

Jordan’s water crisis deepens as climate changes, population grows

AMMAN, Sept 2 (Reuters) – At a private underground well in Amman, Imad Suleiman waits for hours to pump water…
Once green, prehistoric Arabia drew early humans from Africa
Middle East

Once green, prehistoric Arabia drew early humans from Africa

WASHINGTON (AP) — Huw Groucutt passes rolling sand dunes as far as his eye can see when traveling to archaeological…
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