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Developing countries need debt relief, UN argues
The United Nations' development program is calling on rich countries and financial institutions in them to do more to help alleviate a growing debt crisis faced by the world’s poorest countries, including by writing off debts — not just rescheduling them.
200 environmental activists were killed globally in 2021
Some 200 environmental and land defense activists were killed around the world in 2021, including some 54 in Mexico, which assumed the position of the deadliest country in the annual report by nongovernmental organization Global Witness.
Prototype electric plane takes first flight in Washington state
A prototype, all-electric airplane took its first flight on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, morning in central Washington state.
Earth First! co-founder Dave Foreman, self-proclaimed 'eco-warrior' dies
Dave Foreman, a self-proclaimed eco-warrior who was a prominent member of the radical environmentalism movement and a co-founder of Earth First!, has died. He was 74.
California oil spill case settles for $230M
A judge has approved a $230 million lawsuit settlement by the owners of a pipeline that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean off California in 2015, lawyers announced on Thursday, September 22, 2022.
Tonga’s undersea eruption shook the world. But what did it do to our climate?
When an undersea volcano erupted in Tonga in January, its watery blast was huge and unusual — and scientists are still trying to understand its impacts.
32 pilot whales rescued out of more than 200 stranded in Australia
Wildlife experts on Thursday, September 22, 2022, rescued 32 of the 230 whales that were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia’s island state of Tasmania a day earlier.
Hope running out to save whales stranded in pounding surf in Australia
A day after 230 whales were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia’s island state of Tasmania, only 35 were still alive despite rescue efforts that were to continue Thursday.
Shell CEO to resign as oil giant shifts away from fossil fuels
Shell CEO Ben van Beurden is stepping down at the end of 2022 after nine years in charge, the energy giant said on Thursday, September 15, 2022, a change that comes as oil and natural gas companies are under pressure to shift away from fossil fuels even as they see soaring profits from energy price s driven up by Russia's war in Ukraine.
Australia passes law to shoot for 43% greenhouse gas reduction
Australia’s Parliament enshrined in law the government’s elevated target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade.