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Iran-Iraq border earthquake is the deadliest of 2017 (video)
The death toll from the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that hit Iran's mountainous border with Iraq on Sunday, has now been raised to at least 530 people, according to Iranian officials. The death toll fro...
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Mudslide in Colombia results in 3 dead and 32 injured (video)
The mudslide swept through the mountainous town of Corinto, in Colombia's south-west Cauca province, on Tuesday, November 7. The mudslide swept through the mountainous town of Corinto, in Colombia's...
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Typhoon "Damrey" hits Vietnam, leaving at least 61 dead
"Damrey" made landfall at southern Vietnam on Saturday, November 4, with winds of up to 90 km/h, killing at least 61 people and leaving another 28 missing. "Damrey" made landfall at southern Vietnam...
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UN’s report: Record amount of renewable energy capacity added in 2016
Largely due to rapidly falling costs of clean energy, global renewable energy capacity jumped 8% last year despite a 23% drop in investment Largely due to rapidly falling costs of clean energy, globa...
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40 years after Kelly Barnes dam failure
On this day in 1977, a small embankment dam located above Toccoa Falls Bible College in Georgia failed, releasing a wall of water that killed 39 people. This dam failure along with several others in t...
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India uses coal tax money to fund renewable energy projects
Renewables have been the largest beneficiary of the coal tax revenue collected in India over the last seven years Renewables have been the largest beneficiary of the coal tax revenue collected in Ind...
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Plastic pollution: This has to stop
We are using enormous quantities of single use plastics, with many of them ending up in the ocean We are using enormous quantities of single use plastics, with many of them ending up in the oceanA ph...
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The Netherlands to face out coal-generated power by 2030
The government has committed to close all coal plants, including three that were completed just a couple of years ago The government has committed to close all coal plants, including three that were...
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This giant steel kraken was purposely sunk with an old WW2 ship, to create an artificial coral reef
The project, titled BVI Art Reef, is located near the British Virgin Islands The project, titled BVI Art Reef, is located near the British Virgin IslandsA historical World War II ship is called to so...
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Oxford intends to introduce the world’s first Zero Emission Zone by 2035
The measures come as a response to the high levels of NO2 in the city’s center The measures come as a response to the high levels of NO2 in the city’s centerThe city of Oxford, UK has dangero...
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