London (AFP) Sept 6, 2007 - The BBC has dropped plans to hold a day of programming highlighting the threat from climate change, it said Thursday, in a move which has drawn sharp criticism from environmental groups.
Paris (AFP) Sept 1, 2021 - From agriculture to housing to transportation, economic growth has historically depended on burning through finite natural resources and rearranging natural landscapes.
Washington (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 - Climate groups called Wednesday for the World Bank's president to be removed after he refused multiple times to say if he believed man-made emissions contributed to global warming.
Dongguan/Beijing, China (AFP) Sept 30, 2021 - From southern factories hustling to meet Christmas export orders to residents of northern towns panic buying candles, China is suffering widespread power cuts that threaten growth in the world's second-largest economy and hit global supply chains.
On Board The Papal Plane (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 - Pope Francis appealed to the United Nations on Monday to help Venezuela end a deadly economic, political and social crisis.
Nicosia (AFP) Sept 12, 2020 - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Turkey to cease tension-raising activities in the eastern Mediterranean during a visit to Cyprus Saturday, urging all sides to back diplomacy.
Warsaw (AFP) Sept 10, 2013 - Central European powerhouse Poland will anchor its energy strategy in coal and shale gas, with only limited investment in renewables, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2008 - A third platform in China's largest offshore oil field has come on stream, a leading Chinese oil producer said on Tuesday.
Montreal (AFP) Sept 5, 2018 - A Canadian court has sparked the ire of the oil industry by suspending the expansion of a pipeline to the Pacific over environmental concerns - and dealt a huge blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's climate plan.
Manila (AFP) Sept 12, 2012 - President Benigno Aquino said Wednesday that the Philippines had officially named South China Sea waters off the country's west coast the West Philippine Sea, in a move that could further raise tensions with China.
Manila (AFP) Sept 19, 2011 - Philippine President Benigno Aquino will raise his country's territorial disputes with China over the resource-rich South China Sea when he visits Japan later this month, his spokesman said Monday.
Manila (AFP) Sept 04, 2013 - The Philippines said Wednesday it had spotted more concrete blocks allegedly installed by China within Filipino territory in the South China Sea, raising concerns Beijing is planning to build in the disputed waters.
Manila (AFP) Sept 22, 2011 - The Philippines on Thursday sought backing from its Southeast Asian neighbours for its plan to blunt China's claims over disputed areas of the South China Sea and ease tensions.
Manila (AFP) Sept 12, 2024 - The Philippine government said it had completed on Thursday the recovery of fuel cargo from a sunken oil tanker on Manila Bay, avoiding an environmental catastrophe.
Manila (AFP) Sept 10, 2013 - Philippine officials are considering removing concrete blocks allegedly installed by China on a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, the Filipino navy chief said Tuesday.
Manila (AFP) Sept 3, 2011 - The Philippines hopes a territorial dispute over the South China Sea will ease after President Benigno Aquino's trip to China, the nation's military chief said Saturday.
