Environment

Health-harming heat stress rising in Europe — world’s fastest-warming continent

BRUSSELS (Reuters): Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope, as climate change…

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How UK’s biggest water supplier sank into crisis

LONDON (AFP): Thames Water, the UK's largest water supplier, has been ravaged since privatisation by soaring debts and chronic underinvestment,…

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Asia hit hardest by climate, weather disasters in 2023:UN

GENEVA (AFP): Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said…

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China issues highest-level rainstorm alert in southern Guangdong

BEIJING (AFP): China on Tuesday issued its highest-level red rainstorm warning for parts of Guangdong, a local weather agency said,…

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Blazes break out in western Canada as wildfire season begins

TORONTO (AFP): First responders were battling several wildfires in western Canada Monday, in an area facing extreme drought which last…

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Global plastic treaty talks are happening. What do stakeholders want?

OTTAWA (Reuters): Global leaders will gather in Canada’s capital this week to discuss progress in drafting a first-ever global treaty…

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World Earth Day: Call for conservation of environment

F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Collecting polythene bags at Pabbi bazaar on occasion of International Earth Day, the students of three private…

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Heavy rainstorms kill 4 people in southern China. Ten others are missing

BEIJING (AP): Heavy rainstorms that swept across southern China over the weekend killed at least four people in riverside cities,…

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Biden to unveil $7 billion for rooftop solar in Earth Day message

WASHINGTON (Reuters): President Joe Biden on Monday will celebrate Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in grants for residential solar…

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Europe suffered record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023

LONDON (AFP): Europe endured a record number of "extreme heat stress" days in 2023, two leading climate monitors said Monday,…

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