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Jakarta airport extends closure after volcano eruption
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia's main airport postponed reopening on Monday after halting operations following a volcanic eruption that left hundreds of thousands of passengers stra...
Norway firm begins capturing CO2 at Dutch plant for underground storage
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Norwegian chemicals group Yara said Monday it had begun capturing part of the CO2 emitted by its factory in the Netherlands, hoping to prove the viability of a ...
Wildfires, heatwaves endanger air quality, health: UN
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires and heatwaves, which generate microscopic airborne pollutants, risk undermining international efforts to improve air quality, protect human health and...
Hurricane warning issued for westernmost Hawaiian islands
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
A hurricane warning was issued Monday for the westernmost Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Niihau as Category 3 Hurricane Lowell approached the US Pacific island c...
Hurricane Lowell watch issued for Kauai, Niihau islands
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
A hurricane watch was issued for the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Niihau Sunday evening, as the Category 3 Hurricane Lowell approached the US Pacific archipela...
Panama Canal says not ruling out new transit restrictions due to El Nino
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal is not ruling out new restrictions on ship traffic due to a drought exacerbated by the El Nino weather phenomenon, the critical waterway's new ...
AI data centers are less thirsty now, tech giants say
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Data centers are running into a wall of public anger in the United States over their thirst for water and power.
Malaysia cancels haze emergency, but warns problems remain
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Malaysia called off a haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo island on Monday but said very unhealthy levels of air pollution remain as a result of forest fi...
Azerbaijan jails rights, climate activist for 13 years
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
An Azerbaijani court on Monday sentenced prominent rights defender and climate advocate Anar Mammadli to 13 years in prison, his lawyer said, denouncing the cas...
Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
The number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal could be cut further due to drought caused by the El Nino weather pattern, the new administrator of the wat...
Jakarta airport extends closure after volcano eruption
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia's main airport postponed reopening on Monday after halting operations following a volcanic eruption that left hundreds of thousands of passengers stra...
Jakarta airport extends closure after volcano eruption
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia's main airport and three others postponed reopening on Monday after halting operations following a volcanic eruption that left hundreds of thousands o...
Jakarta airport extends closure after volcano eruption
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Jakarta's main airport and three others extended their closure to 6:00 pm on Monday after being forced to halt operations due to a volcanic eruption, leaving te...
'Truly scared': Blazes outpace firefighters in Indonesian Borneo
Sep 06, 2026 (AFP)
Toiling around the clock, haggard Indonesian firefighters on Borneo island cannot keep up with the blazes devouring landscapes and shrouding communities in a cl...
Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
Sep 06, 2026 (AFP)
About 170,000 passengers were left stranded on Sunday as Indonesia shuttered its main international airport and seven others, cancelling hundreds of flights aft...
Indian Oscar-nominated filmmaker turns camera on his cancer
Sep 06, 2026 (AFP)
Indian filmmaker Shaunak Sen's new documentary began as a "coping" mechanism after a shock cancer diagnosis, but continues the motifs of environmental degradati...
Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
Sep 06, 2026 (AFP)
More than 150,000 passengers were left stranded on Sunday as Indonesia shuttered its main international airport and seven others, cancelling hundreds of flights...
Haze emergency grips Malaysian Borneo town
Sep 06, 2026 (AFP)
Acrid smoke hung heavily over the Malaysian town of Serian, seeping into homes and cloaking roadside stalls, as residents navigated an air?quality emergency fue...
Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
Sep 06, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano more than 150 kilometres...
Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
Sep 06, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano more than 150 kilometres...
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