Backers of Lamu coal project lose court case
Backers of Kenya’s Lamu coal plant have been instructed by the courts to conduct a new environmental impact assessment and halt work on the project, in a ruling celebrated by local environmental groups.
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Villages die as community makes way for coal in Germany
For four generations, Portz family life has focused around a quaint, red-brick farmhouse and the fertile fields beyond, ready for early harvest after this summer’s high heat. Soon, the family will pull
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A river restored breathes new life into Kuala Lumpur
By 2012, when then-prime minister Najib Razak formally launched the River of Life project to improve water quality and restore the aesthetic virtue of the Klang River, France had already demolished obsolete
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Forest fires threaten Asian Games as hotspots are seen in Sumatra
The threat of haze from another season of forest fires on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island hangs over Asia’s biggest sporting event, scheduled to kick off later this month. Authorities in South Sumatra province
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Laos suspends new dams as tragedy raises wider fears
The July 23 dam collapse in southern Laos marked a turning point that squarely exposed the vulnerabilities of Laos’ current plans to become the “battery” of Southeast Asia. At least 34 people died in floods
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Global carbon tax in isolation could ‘exacerbate food insecurity by 2050
The research finds that using a blanket “carbon tax” to restrict global warming to 2C above pre-industrial levels – which is the limit set by the Paris Agreement – would put an additional 45 million people
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Tourist magnet Ladakh facing water scarcity
For 75-year-old Tsering Angdo, today’s Ladakh is entirely different from the world of his childhood in the cold Himalayan desert. Back then, he and everyone he knew would take water supply for granted.
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The Great Barrier Reef is losing its ability to bounce back from disturbances, says new study
Prior to the back-to-back bleaching events that hit the Great Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017, the UNESCO World Heritage Site had suffered two other bouts of extensive bleaching in the past two decades,
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Too hot to handle? Expect more heat waves due to climate change, experts warn
The effects of climate change mean the world can expect higher temperatures and more frequent heat waves, climate experts have warned, with poor communities likely to be worst affected. Heat is neglected
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Southeast Asian nations grapple with worsening plastic trash crisis
But most are still in the early stages of creating waste management strategies and passing laws needed to implement them. According to the Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group
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‘Green mountaineers’ clean up Everest’s litter
The bottom of the ocean and the roof of the world have something in common other than being extreme and inhospitable environments—they’re also polluted. Recent reports in Chinese and international media