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Smoke bombs, floods and virus fears as Glasgow readies for COP26

Posted on October 30, 2021 by News Desk

Glasgow, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):A soft drizzle fell on a cluster of American climate activists as they set off smoke bombs in George Square in Glasgow’s city centre. The clouds of white smoke were symbolically aimed at the heads of state beginning to arrive in Scotland’s […]

UN chief warns G20 of ‘serious risk’ of failure at climate talks

Posted on October 30, 2021 by News Desk

Rome, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned global leaders Friday that upcoming climate talks in the Scottish city Glasgow could fail without renewed trust among G20 leaders, calling for “more ambition and more action”. “There is a serious risk that Glasgow will not […]

Mountain communities in GB hardest hit by climate change: GB CM

Posted on October 29, 2021 by News Desk

GILGIT, Oct 28 (APP):Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Thursday said due to severe weather and absence of alternative energy resources, the glaciers and mountains in GB were causing deforestation which was having a negative impact on climate change. He said this in a meeting […]

Big Oil clashes with US Democratic lawmakers over climate ‘disinformation’

Posted on October 29, 2021 by News Desk

New York, Oct 28 (AFP/APP):US oil industry executives faced tough questions from congressional Democrats on Thursday over their statements on climate science and whether actions on green energy live up to their marketing campaigns. Big Oil critics in the House of Representatives likened the hearing […]

Canada’s new environment minister says no ‘secret agenda’ on oil

Posted on October 28, 2021 by News Desk

Ottawa, Oct 27 (AFP/APP):Canada’s new activist-turned-environment minister on Wednesday sought to reassure the nation’s oil sector — the fourth largest producer in the world — that he has no “secret agenda,” following pushback over his appointment. Steven Guilbeault, a prominent former climate activist tapped by […]

Sinkholes on receding Dead Sea shore mark ‘nature’s revenge’

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Ein Gedi, Israel, Oct 27 (AFP/APP):In the heyday of the Ein Gedi spa in the 1960s, holidaymakers could marinate in heated pools and then slip into the briny Dead Sea. Now the same beach is punctured by craters. A spectacular expanse of water in the […]

Japan’s major volcano Mt. Aso expected to erupt again

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

TOKYO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua/APP):The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warned of another possible major volcanic eruption of Mt. Aso in southwestern Japan, where an increase in volcanic earthquakes was observed, local media reported Tuesday. The JMA said on Monday the magnitude of the volcanic tremor in […]

Greenhouse gas levels reach new record high: UN

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Geneva, Oct 25 (AFP/APP):Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record levels last year, the United Nations said Monday in a stark warning to the COP26 summit about worsening global warming. The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization, said the annual […]

6.5-magnitude earthquake hits northeastern Taiwan

Posted on October 24, 2021 by News Desk

Taiwan-October 24(Online): A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Taiwan on Sunday. The central weather bureau traced the epicenter of the quake to north-eastern Yilan County, and said it hit at a depth of 67 kilometers. So far there are no reports of any damage or casualties. […]

Irresponsible trekkers increasing risk of human-wildlife conflict in The Margalla Hills National Park