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Swiss solar furnaces recycle watchmakers' waste metal. October 4, 2025.
Panatere metallurgical engineer Jean-Francois Dionne, wearing a thermal protective suit, shows an aluminium ingot (Fabrice COFFRINI) By...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Oct 32 min read


China Trials 'Energy-saving' Underwater Data Centres. October 3, 2025
With artificial intelligence use growing rapidly, demand for data centres -- which eat up vast amounts of energy -- is ballooning -...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Oct 23 min read


China's 'Great Green Wall' brings hope but also hardship. October 3, 2025.
A student works in the greening project across arid and desert regions, known as the "Great Green Wall" in the Kubuqi Desert, in Ordos,...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Oct 24 min read


Rising wildfires spur comeback for Canadian water bomber. October 3, 2025.
Rising wildfires spur comeback for Canadian water bomber. By Fouad DIAB with Marion THIBAUT in Montreal By AFP - Agence France Presse...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Oct 22 min read


UN-backed climate banking alliance ceases operations. October 3, 2025.
JPMorgan Chase was among six major US banks that quit the UN-backed banking alliance following Trump's election (Michael M. Santiago)....
Ana Cunha-Busch
Oct 22 min read


Shein picks France to open its first permanent physical stores. October 2, 2025
A customer looks at beauty products at a pop-up store of the Chinese-founded fast fashion brand Shein, in Dijon on June 26, 2025. ARNAUD...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Oct 12 min read


UK's Labour govt plans permanent fracking ban. 02/10/2025
This former fracking site in northwest Lancashire, run by energy firm Cuadrilla Resources to extract shale gas from deep underground...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Oct 12 min read


Stella McCartney takes on 'barbaric' feather industry. October 2, 2025.
McCartney acknowledges applause at the end of her show (GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT). (GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Oct 13 min read


'Conservation giant': World reacts to Jane Goodall's death. October 2, 2025
Tributes poured in for Jane Goodall from across the conservation world (Robyn Beck)(Robyn Beck/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Oct 13 min read


Heat-related Deaths In Spain Up 88% From Last Year: Health Ministry. October 2, 2025
Tourists cool off from the sweltering heat at a fountain in the Mezquita de Córdoba. EFE By AFP - Agence France Presse Heat-related...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Oct 12 min read


Why Is Denmark Being Targeted With Mystery Drone Flights? October 1st, 2025.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed using Russian frozen assets for a mammoth loan for Ukraine (NICOLAS...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Sep 303 min read


Pope, Schwarzenegger to rally Catholics to 'terminate' climate change. October 1st, 2025
Action hero-turned-environmental campaigner Schwarzenegger hails the Catholic Church's climate mission (Filippo MONTEFORTE). (Filippo...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Sep 303 min read


Antarctic sea ice hits its third-lowest winter peak on record. October 1st, 2025.
Ice floating on the surface of the sea in the western Antarctic Peninsula in 2016 (EITAN ABRAMOVICH). (EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/AFP). By AFP...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Sep 302 min read


Pacific Islands Youth Group Wins Prize For Climate Legal Action. October 1st, 2025.
The PISFCC, members of which are seen here in Fiji, brought the climate issue to the world's highest courtPISFCC/Right...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Sep 302 min read


Renowned British Chimpanzee Expert Jane Goodall Dies At 91. October 1st, 2025
Jane Goodall, the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees, has died, aged 91 (JENS SCHLUETER) By AFP - Agence France Presse Renowned...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Sep 302 min read


Swiss glaciers shrank by a quarter in the past decade: study. October 1st, 2025
Like others in the Swiss Alps, the Rhone Glacier is melting as the climate warms (Fabrice COFFRINI). (Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP/AFP) By AFP -...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Sep 303 min read


India plans mega-dam to counter China's water fears. September 30, 2025.
The Siang River, on which the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), a proposed hydroelectric mega-dam project, is planned in the...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Sep 295 min read


Long-lasting Typhoon Bualoi devastates Vietnam, killing 19. September 30, 2025.
Long-lasting Typhoon Bualoi left swaths of Vietnam swallowed by flooding, with the storm killing 19 people and wreaking havoc on homes,...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Sep 292 min read


Europe must step up efforts to protect the environment: report. September 30, 2025
Extreme weather is a growing challenge for Europe, the report said (Thibaud MORITZ/AFP) By AFP – Agence France-Presse Europe must step up...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Sep 293 min read


The Malagasy President dissolved the government following deadly protests. September 29, 2025
Protesters erect barricades as they demonstrate against repeated water and electricity outages in Antananarivo on September 25, 2025. ©...
Ana Cunha-Busch
Sep 282 min read
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