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Malaysia sends back trash, says won’t be world’s waste bin
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Malaysia sends back trash, says won’t be world’s waste bin

PENANG, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mainly rich countries since the…
Filipinos turn volcano’s ash, plastic trash into bricks
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Filipinos turn volcano’s ash, plastic trash into bricks

Ash spewed by a Philippine volcano is being mixed with plastic waste to make bricks in an inventive response to…
Sharqiya governorate removes 43,800 tons of waste
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Sharqiya governorate removes 43,800 tons of waste

Sharqiya Governor Mamdouh Ghorab announced on Friday that 43,800 tons of waste have been removed from the city of Zagazig…
Climate at mercy of politics in 2020, experts warn
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Climate at mercy of politics in 2020, experts warn

2020 is the most crucial year yet for humanity’s plan to dodge the bullet of catastrophic global warming, experts said…
Australian PM dismisses ‘reckless’ calls to curb coal
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Australian PM dismisses ‘reckless’ calls to curb coal

Under-fire Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday rejected calls for “reckless” and “job-destroying” cuts to the country’s vast coal…
Toxic Sydney bushfire haze a ‘public health emergency’
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Toxic Sydney bushfire haze a ‘public health emergency’

Australia’s biggest city is facing a “public health emergency” over the bushfire smoke that has choked Sydney for weeks, leading…
UN climate talks unraveling, face failure
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UN climate talks unraveling, face failure

A UN climate summit in Madrid was facing failure Saturday after all-night negotiations between countries left them more divided than…
Stakes are global as Africa faces ‘climate dilemma’
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Stakes are global as Africa faces ‘climate dilemma’

Choices made today on how to grow Africa’s economies will determine not only if the continent prospers but if global…
Natural gas drives record CO2 emissions in 2019
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Natural gas drives record CO2 emissions in 2019

Global carbon emissions boosted by soaring natural gas use are set to hit record levels in 2019 despite a decline…
Atlantic haven is a test bed for planet’s sickly oceans
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Atlantic haven is a test bed for planet’s sickly oceans

Clad in diving gear or oilskins and gumboots, a team of scientists and activists spent weeks in the South Atlantic,…
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