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Fondation Diane, Ecoserv Launch Battery Recycling Initiative in Lebanon

Fondation Diane, a Lebanese NGO that works in favor of Civic Awareness and Eco-Sustainable Development, and Ecoserv, its leading partner in the Electronic Waste Recycling field, have launched a program in Lebanon that aims to collect and recycle batteries.

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China's New Coal Plants Risk 2060 Climate Target

China must stop building new coal power plants and ramp up its wind and solar capacity if it wants to become carbon neutral by 2060, researchers said Friday.

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Iota, Weakened but Deadly, Rips through Central America

Storm Iota has killed at least nine people as it smashed homes, uprooted trees and swamped roads during its destructive advance across Central America, authorities said Tuesday, just two weeks after Hurricane Eta devastated parts of the region.

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Climate Change Bigger Threat than Covid, Says Red Cross

The world should react with the same urgency to climate change as to the coronavirus crisis, the Red Cross said Tuesday, warning that global warming poses a greater threat than Covid-19.

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Hurricane Iota Strengthens to Cat 5, Set to Hit C. America

Hurricane Iota strengthened into a "catastrophic" Category 5 hurricane and was set to slam into Central America later Monday, threatening areas devastated by tropical storm Eta two weeks ago, the US National Hurricane Center warned.

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Turkey Probes Istanbul Mayor in Fight over 'Crazy' Canal

Turkey's interior ministry has launched a probe into the Istanbul mayor over his opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's dream of building an alternative to the Bosphorus Strait, the mayor's spokesman said Monday.

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Arsenal a Winner with U.N. in Signing Climate Action Framework

Arsenal reinforced their commitment to tackling climate change by becoming the first Premier League club to sign up to the U.N. Sports for Climate Action Framework on Monday.

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Vamco Hits Vietnam as Philippines Death Toll Rises to 67

Storm Vamco barreled into Vietnam on Sunday, damaging buildings and injuring at least five people, as the death toll in the Philippines climbed to 67.

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Thousands Flee as Typhoon Vamco nears Vietnam

Thousands of people fled their homes in Vietnam Saturday as Typhoon Vamco barrelled towards central regions already pummelled by weeks of successive storms.

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Climate Change Worsening Australia's Extreme Weather, Scientists

Climate change is already buffeting Australia with extreme bushfires, droughts and cyclones, and the fossil-fuel reliant country should brace for worse to come, according to the country's top science and weather agencies.

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