Australia pumps cash into Great Barrier Reef protection

Sydney, Jan 28 (AFP/APP): Australia unveiled a billion-dollar package to protect the climate-ravaged Great Barrier Reef on Friday, hoping to prevent the vast network of corals from being removed from UNESCO’s World Heritage list. Conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Aus$1 billion (US$700 million) […]

EU ministers mull climate policy, carbon border tax

Paris, Jan 20 (AFP/APP):European Union environment ministers gathered in France Thursday to mulls climate policy and the merits of a carbon border tax, while airing differences on whether nuclear energy can be classified as “green”. The two-day informal talks in Amiens, hosted by France as […]

Paris looks to recapture lost beauty after criticism

Paris, Jan 18 (AFP/APP): Paris city authorities unveiled a “manifesto for beauty” on Tuesday containing plans to spruce up the City of Lights where an online campaign highlighting ugliness and filth has piled pressure on mayor Anne Hidalgo. Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire said that several […]

Administrator reviews cleanliness drive

SUKKUR, Jan 13 (APP):Administrator Sukkur, Ali Raza Ansari here on Thursday directed the Sukkur Municipal Corporation (SMC) to expedite ongoing cleanliness drive in the district and submit proposals to make it more sustainable. Presiding over a meeting to review the drive’s progress, the administrator stressed […]

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