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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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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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A mountain of trash in New Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill
It is 50m tall, spreads over 70 acres and has received 13 million tons of garbage up to now It is 50m tall, spreads over 70 acres and has received 13 million tons of garbage up to nowThe images of th...
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Storm Ophelia’s winds rip school roof off in Dublin (video)
On the afternoon of October 16th, the roof of Douglas Community School’s PE hall in Cork, Dublin City in Ireland was ripped off by the extreme winds of storm Ophelia. Being a hurricane as it crossed t...
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Floods and landslides leave many dead in Vietnam
At least 46 people have died and another 33 remain missing as a tropical depression dumps heavy rains across central and northern Vietnam. At least 46 people have died and another 33 remain missing a...
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