Total announces new unit to invest in forests
The head of French energy giant Total announced on Saturday that the company would invest a hundred million dollars annually on a new forest preservation and reforestation project. "We want to set up
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Burkina Faso launches Sahel region's largest solar power plant
Zagtouli - West Africa's biggest solar power plant goes onstream on Wednesday as Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries, inaugurates a novel scheme to boost renewables and cut energy dependence
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Capetonians failing to stick to water consumption targets
Cape Town – Less than half of Cape Town’s residents adhered to the City’s 87 litres per day individual water consumption targets in the last two weeks, according to Mayor Patricia de Lille. In the City’s
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Canadian mice adapt to warming by mutating, moving north- study
Montreal - Mice in Canada are mutating and migrating farther north in response to climate change, according to McGill University research released on Monday. The study, published in the journal Evolutionary
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US Centre for Biological Diversity sues Trump ahead of 'big-game trophy decision'
Cape Town – While the world awaits US President Donald Trump’s decision on elephant trophy imports, the Centre for Biological Diversity and Natural Resources Defence Council in the US sued the Trump administration
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Climate change pushing Earth toward risky 'tipping points'
Bonn - As climate change drives up temperatures, Earth comes ever closer to dangerous 'tipping points' that could accelerate global warming beyond our capacity to reign it in, scientists warned at UN talks
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Shipping company cleaning up Durban cargo spill
Durban - According to a statement released in Geneva on Friday by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) specialised boats and machinery are trying to extract the vast quantities of "nurdles" (raw plastic
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Water shortages parch Moroccan towns, prompt protests
Marrakech - Taps are running dry in southern Morocco, and the government is searching for solutions after people took to parched streets in anger. Experts blame poor crop choices, growing populations
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Cape Town joins pledge for emissions-free cities by 2030
Paris - The mayors of Cape Town, Los Angeles, Paris and several other major world cities are pledging to ban petrol and diesel vehicles from "large parts" of their cities by 2030. Some cities are moving
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Chad gold mine clash leaves 10 dead
N'Djamena - Ten people were killed in clashes at a gold mine in the Tibesti Mountains in northern Chad, pitting locals against outsiders in search of riches, a security source told AFP. The violence
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Nelson Mandela Bay drought: Residents warned to reduce consumption
Port Elizabeth – Water consumption in Nelson Mandela Bay has increased despite the fact that the metro is experiencing one of its most severe droughts to date. Rainfall figures for the region are at