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China's APCA Transmimetro has won a $4 billion contract to build an elevated metro line in Bogota, Colombia's President Ivan Duque announced Thursday.
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Luis Acosta talks softly but carries a big stick -- it's the way of the jungle paths of his native Colombia -- and though his word holds weight in his indigenous community, his stick, a tasseled staff, is purely symbolic.
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Toulouse -
France and Germany agreed Wednesday on an accord governing the export of jointly developed weapons and defence equipment, removing a key stumbling block to their development of next-generation tanks and fighter jets.
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It may be a remote archipelago 8,000 miles (13,000 kilometres) from mainland Britain but the Falkland Islands' incredible biodiversity, as well as fishing and meat exports, are under threat from Brexit.
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Bangkok -
A feisty four-metre (13-foot) king cobra was pulled from a sewer in southern Thailand in an hour-long operation, a rescue foundation said Tuesday, describing the reptile as one of the largest they had ever captured.
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Denver -
Hours after judges passed her up for the Nobel Peace Prize, Greta Thunberg stood before a cheering throng, insisting once again that something must be done about climate change -- and fast.
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A climate protester glued himself to a plane and another held up a flight with a speech on global warming Thursday as campaigners tried to "occupy" a London airport near the capital's global financial hub.
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Caracas -
Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA on Thursday denied accusations by Brazil that it was responsible for a massive oil spill that has polluted beaches on its northeastern Atlantic coast.
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London police dragged away several chanting and singing climate protesters on Thursday who tried to "occupy" an international airport serving the British capital's global financial hub.
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Rio De Janeiro -
Large blots of oil that have turned up on more than 130 Brazilian beaches are "very probably" of Venezuelan origin, Brazil's environment minister said on Wednesday.
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Washington -
For the first time ever, scientists have found corals that were thought to have been killed by heat stress have recovered, a glimmer of hope for the world's climate change-threatened reefs.The chance discovery, made by Diego K.
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British superstar DJ Fatboy Slim paid tribute to teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg by performing a remix of his hit song "Right Here, Right Now", using samples from her dramatic UN speech.
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Freed from its eggshell by a volunteer, the tiny turtle hatchling clambers across a pebble-strewn sandy Greek beach in a race to the sea, the start of a hazardous journey that only one in 1,000 will survive.
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Trucker Erik Fransuer spends months at a time driving back and forth on highways that cut through the Amazon in northern Brazil, delivering soy or corn to river ports.
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Berlin -
Opposition leaders and environmental activists condemned German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government on Monday for watering down a new climate protection law as "Extinction Rebellion" protestors blocked traffic in Berlin.
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Jermuk -
Armenian villagers are locked in what they say is a David-and-Goliath style battle for the environment and their livelihoods, standing guard around the clock to protect their land from a multinational mining company.
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New York -
Climate protesters from Sydney to New York blocked roads Monday, sparking hundreds of arrests, as two weeks of civil disobedience demanding immediate action to save the Earth from "extinction" kicked off.
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Sydney -
Extinction Rebellion activists began gathering in cities across Australia and New Zealand on Monday to kick off a fortnight of global civil disobedience demanding governments take urgent action on climate change.
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La Paz -
Heavy rain that has drenched eastern Bolivia's Chiquitania tropical savanna has put out fires that have ravaged millions of hectares in recent months, authorities said Sunday."It has rained all across Chiquitania.
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In the grounds of the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant sits a million-tonne headache for the plant's operators and Japan's government: tank after tank of water contaminated with radioactive elements.
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Jakarta -
Poachers who threaten endangered orangutans, tigers and other wildlife could receive up to 100 lashes under new rules in Indonesia's Aceh province, which usually reserves whipping for morality crimes under Islamic law.
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Cayenne -
Off the coast of Guiana, a French overseas department perched on the north coast of South America, scientists scour the choppy waters for signs of life.
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Somiedo -
Daylight is only just breaking over Spain's Cantabrian Mountains and already a dozen enthusiasts are up and about in the hope of spotting a brown bear.
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Hanoi -
There is more than meets the eye to the towering robot resembling a character from the "Transformers" movie franchise -- it speaks Vietnamese and is made from spare motorbike parts."Hello everyone ...
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London -
Extinction Rebellion climate protesters are planning to bring disruption to 60 cities around the world from Monday in a fortnight of civil disobedience, warning of an environmental "apocalypse".
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It has taken about seven years, including several failures - but Boyan Slat's innovative Ocean Cleanup project is finally operating the way the young entrepreneur envisioned, it was announced on Tuesday.
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New York -
After protests in New York and Montreal, teen activist Greta Thunberg has said she will join demonstrators in Iowa in the US Midwest on Friday for the latest "climate strike.
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Washington -
A more than 600-square-mile iceberg broke off Antarctica in recent days, but the event is part of a normal cycle and is not related to climate change, scientists say.
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Vienna -
Austria's Greens on Monday found themselves in the unexpected position of possible kingmakers, a day after getting their best electoral results ever, reaffirming a trend of gains for ecologists throughout Europe.
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Rome -
Hundreds of thousands of youths demonstrated across European cities on Friday in the second in a global series of protests to avert a climate catastrophe.
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From natural disasters to man-made disasters, they do impact on urbanization. YouTube
A view of Stanley Park in Vancouver, Canada elmada
Earth Day 2015 in Edmonton.
Stefano Boeri Architetti's newly announced Forêt Blanche tower will be covered in 2,000 plants Stefano Boeri Architetti
Belize does have some oil wells, but they still have to import oil for their energy needs. Belizian
Green the Orang Utan ((screenshot from video)
The Jay Street public plaza is part of a new mixed-use complex in Downtown Brooklyn that creates a pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly street with new community amenities. Scape Studio
Prescribed burn of an oak savanna.In such a habitat the ground layer receives sun and shade. This permits a diversity of grasses and flowering plants to take hold, increasing biodiversity. Screen grab
The sheen on the waters outside the confines of the fish pens is clearly seen in this photo. Chief Bob Chamberlain
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets S. Ramis / L. Saubadu / J. Store, abm/gil, AFP
Scene from a video showing an old shipwreck leaking oil into the North Sea environment. Carl Dan Dijk
Dolphin washed ashore after being maimed
Earth Day 2015 in Edmonton.
File photo: The photo shows pristine fields of New South Wales, Australia, located approximately 25 km south-east of the township of Gunnedah. Shenhua Australia
Earth Hour in France Earth Hour France
People's Climate March, Edmonton.
Earth Day 2015 in Edmonton.
Designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, China's first “Forest City” is now under construction Liuzhou, Guangxi Province. Stefano Boeri Architetti
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