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Spain likely to host COP25 climate change summit after Chile’s withdrawal

November 1, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Chile, Climate Politics, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Environment, Europe, Major News, Picture available, Pictures, PROTESTS, South America / Central America, Spain, United Nations, US

SANTIAGO / MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will likely host the United Nations’ COP25 climate change summit in Madrid, following Chile’s

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Shipping industry must act to meet emissions targets, path unclear – IRENA

October 31, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, Climate Politics, CLIMATECHANGE, Company News, Container, Dry Bulk Freight, Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Enterprise Reporting, Environment, Fuel Oil, Liquefied Natural Gas, Machinery : Equipment and Components (TRBC), Major News, OIL, Picture available, Pollution, Refined Products, Renewable Energy, Science, SHIPPING, Tanker Freight, Technology (TRBC), Transportation (TRBC), United Nations, US

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Immediate action is required if the global shipping industry is to meet a target of halving its

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‘Never give up,’ Swedish teen tells Iowa climate activists after U.N. summit ‘failure’

October 5, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Environment, Europe, Government / Politics, Human Rights / Civil Rights, Iowa, Nordic States, Pictures, Pollution, STRIKE, Sweden, United Nations, United States, US

IOWA CITY, Iowa (Reuters) – Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday urged her supporters to “never give up” in

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Tens of thousands of New Zealand children kick off new climate strikes

September 27, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Education, Environment, Major News, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Pictures, Pollution, STRIKE, United Nations, US

(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of students gathered for marches across New Zealand on Friday to kick off a planned

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Macau’s casino hub sees boom in endangered wildlife trade: report

September 24, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, China (PRC), Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Europe, Health / Medicine, Hong Kong, International Trade, Macau, Nature / Wildlife, PORTUGAL, Taiwan, United Nations, US, WILDLIFE, World Trade Organization

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Imports into Macau of endangered wildlife products more than doubled in a decade and will likely

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Tropical Storm Humberto lashes Bahamas, U.N. chief views devastation from Dorian

September 15, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Bahamas, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, DORIAN, Environment, General News, Major News, Overseas Development Aid, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, South America / Central America, STORM, United Nations, United States, US, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

NASSAU (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Humberto lashed already devastated parts of the Bahamas with heavy rain and strong winds before

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Alive but lost: In Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian survivors wonder what next

September 9, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, Americas, Bahamas, Company News, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, DORIAN, Europe, Floods, General News, Health / Medicine, Insurance (TRBC), Integrated Oil and Gas (TRBC), Major News, Norway, Overseas Development Aid, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, South America / Central America, STORM, Transportation (TRBC), United Nations, United States, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

MARSH HARBOUR/NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) – Days after fleeing their crumbling home and breaking into a vacant apartment to take shelter

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As desperation rises, thousands in Bahamas flee Dorian’s devastation

September 8, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, Americas, Bahamas, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, DORIAN, Floods, Health / Medicine, Insurance (TRBC), Major News, Overseas Development Aid, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, South America / Central America, STORM, Transportation (TRBC), United Nations, United States, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) – Thousands of people fled devastation in the Bahamas on Saturday as conditions grew increasingly desperate nearly

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Thousands try to flee hurricane-devastated Bahamas islands

September 7, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, Americas, Bahamas, Disasters / Accidents, DORIAN, Europe, Floods, Health / Medicine, Insurance (TRBC), Major News, Overseas Development Aid, Pictures, Precipitation, South America / Central America, STORM, Transportation (TRBC), United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Western Europe, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) – Hundreds of people fled the Bahamas island of Great Abaco by boat and plane on Friday

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Swedish teen climate activist arrives in New York by boat for U.N. summit

August 29, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Environment, Europe, GLOBAL, Government / Politics, Nature / Wildlife, New York, New York City, Personalities / People, Picture available, Pollution, Sweden, THUNBERG, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, US, Weather Markets / Weather

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg sailed into New York Harbor on Wednesday in a zero-carbon emissions

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