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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From Bhutan to Cambodia, early warning saves lives in floods
Floods in Cambodia in 2011 and 2013 killed more than 400 people, displaced tens of thousands, and destroyed crops, livestock and homes. This year, despite heavy rains, there have been fewer casualties
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New study: Risky roads cause more than just environmental harm
Roads can be arteries that ferry goods and people, connect communities and markets and bolster economic development. But if they’re not well-planned, they can instigate conflict, saddle countries with
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China’s waste ban ‘an opportunity for innovation’
Now that China has shut its borders to international recycling imports, it could be time for countries to take responsibility for their own trash, said experts at a recent waste management event in Singapore
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The surprising way artificial sweeteners are being used to detect water pollution
Artificial sweeteners pop up in products all over the grocery store, from diet soda to yogurt, to help people keep calories down and pounds off. It turns out their popularity has given artificial sweeteners—sucralose
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Renewables will give more people access to electricity than coal, says IEA
The report says that while coal has supplied nearly half of the progress from 2000 to date, its role is set to decline “dramatically”. This is because renewables are becoming cheaper and because the hardest-to-reach
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Economic headwinds buffet once-resilient Sumatran forest-farms
For more than a century, agroforests in the Sumatran port town of Krui used to be a prime example of how interspersing native tree species among crops could give locals an economic alternative to the ubiquitous
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As scientists ponder “hacking the climate,” poor countries are wary
As a child during Ethiopia’s deadly famine of 1984, Asfawossen Kassaye remembers watching people from the countryside flock to his town, desperately looking for food after a drought devastated their fields.
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More trees help water sanitation, reduce child deaths- study
More trees at water sources improve sanitation and lead to fewer children dying from diarrhoea in poor countries, a global study said on Monday. The study examined the health of 300,000 children and
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IEA: Renewable electricity set to grow 40% globally by 2022
The forecast – a significant upwards revision of the IEA’s renewables projections last year – is largely driven by increasing expansion of solar energy in China and India, says the Paris-based organisation.
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Grass-fed beef will not help tackle climate change, report finds
Billed as a more environmentally friendly way to rear cattle, grass-fed beef has been the red meat of choice for many a climate-conscious carnivore. Indeed, research has suggested that grazing cattle