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Faroe Islands mass dolphin slaughter casts shadow over tradition

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Copenhagen, Sept 20 (AFP/APP):Every summer in the Faroe Islands hundreds of pilot whales and dolphins are slaughtered in drive hunts known as the “grind” that residents defend as a long-held tradition. The hunt always sparks fierce criticism abroad, but never so much as last week […]

Volcano erupts on Spain’s Canary Islands

Posted on September 20, 2021 by News Desk

La Palma, Spain, Sept 19 (AFP/APP):The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted on Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday spewing out lava, ash and a huge column of smoke after days of increased seismic activity, sparking evacuations of people living nearby, authorities said. Cumbre Vieja, which last erupted […]

US firefighters optimistic over world’s biggest tree

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Red Fir, United States, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):Firefighters battling to protect the world’s biggest tree from wildfires ravaging the parched United States said Friday they are optimistic it can be saved. Flames are creeping closer to the majestic General Sherman and other giant sequoias, as man-made […]

Southern EU leaders vow to meet Paris climate targets

Posted on September 18, 2021 by News Desk

Athens, Sept 17 (AFP/APP):Southern EU leaders on Friday pledged their adherence to the climate targets of the Paris 2015 agreement in an Athens summit that also tackled migration and regional security challenges. “Now, more than ever, (it is) necessary to tackle the escalating climate and […]

Re-poling on 6 Punjab Cantonment Board seats to be held

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

ISLAMABAD, Sep 17 (APP):Huawei Technologies Pakistan on Friday under its FusionSolar initiative showcased solar power based products and solutions to highlight their positioning of leading a Green Pakistan in this endeavor to empower a zero-carbon future. At this Solar Pakistan Exhibition, the FusionSolar team signed […]

Southern EU leaders target climate change at Greek summit

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Athens, Sept 17 (AFP/APP):Greece is hosting a summit of southern EU leaders on Friday that will focus on climate change and “security challenges” including migration and the Afghan crisis. Greek government spokesman Yiannis Economou said the one-day meeting, with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen […]

Climate change could force 216 million from their homes: World Bank

Posted on September 14, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Sept 13 (AFP/APP):Reduced agricultural production, water scarcity, rising sea levels and other adverse effects of climate change could cause up to 216 million people to leave their homes and migrate within their own countries by 2050, the World Bank has warned. The estimate from […]

Little to celebrate after 50 years of activism: Greenpeace chief

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Amsterdam, Sept 13 (AFP/APP):Half a century after a small group of radicals created Greenpeace, the head of the environmental organisation warned that it still has far to go on the climate crisis before it can truly celebrate. Created on September 15, 1971 when a boat […]

France pleads EU to see nuclear as Green

Posted on September 11, 2021 by News Desk

Brdo Castle, Slovenia, Sept 10 (AFP/APP):French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Friday firmly defended nuclear power as a suitable energy to meet Europe’s net-zero emissions climate goal despite strong feeling in Germany that it is too dangerous. France derives the vast share of its […]

UN climate summit to be Scotland’s biggest policing operation

Posted on September 10, 2021 by News Desk

Edinburgh, Sept 9 (AFP/APP):The upcoming UN climate summit in Glasgow will be Scotland’s biggest ever policing operation, the officer in charge said on Thursday. Bernard Higgins said the 12-day COP26 event later this year, and expected environmental mass protests alongside, made it a “very complex […]

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