Environment

Brazil floods leave 150,000 homeless, scores dead or missing

(Reuters): Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.…

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Mongolia’s wildlife at risk from overgrazing

ULAANBAATAR (AFP) : The icy peaks of Jargalant Mountain are supposed to belong to snow leopards, whose numbers have dwindled to…

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World’s record-breaking temperature streak extends through April

BRUSSELS (Reuters): The world just experienced its hottest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which every month set…

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Oklahoma tornadoes kill at least one person, injure five

(Reuters): A swarm of tornadoes touched down overnight in Oklahoma, according to local media reports, killing at least one person…

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China’s Climate Envoy to Visit Washington This Week, the State Department Says

(Reuters): The United States will host China's Special Envoy for Climate Change Liu Zhenmin in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday,…

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How the US financial system helps shelter profits from environmental organized crime

Zack Budryk Environmental organized crime is a massive global enterprise, bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars each year —…

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Death toll from Brazil downpours climbs to 83

SAO PAULO (Reuters): Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed at least 83 people,…

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Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 66, over 100 still missing

SAO PAULO (Reuters): The death toll from heavy rains that have inundated Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul…

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Floods, landslides kill 14 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island

JAKARTA (AA) : At least 14 people were killed when heavy floods and landslides hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, with a…

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New Zealand signs MOU with German institute on Antarctica cooperation

(Reuters): New Zealand said on Saturday that its Antarctic agency signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute…

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