South Korea to close up to 28 coal-fired power plants in March

South Korea will idle up to 28 of its coal-fired power plants in March, scaling up the country's ongoing efforts to curb air pollution, the Energy Ministry said on Sunday.

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Bucharest residents demand a breath of clean air

An unusually mild winter has exacerbated Bucharest's chronic pollution problem, prompting residents in the Romanian capital to take matters into their own hands.

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Waiter, there's a fly in my waffle: Belgian researchers try out insect butter

Belgian waffles may be about to become more environmentally friendly.

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Eni targets oil output peak in clean energy drive

Italian energy company Eni pledged on Friday to reduce its oil production from 2025 and slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% and in one of the most ambitious clean-up drives in an industry under pressure from investors to go green.

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'The world is on fire,' Greta Thunberg tells UK climate rally

Greta Thunberg denounced politicians and the media on Friday for failing her generation, saying the world is on fire but they are ignoring a looming climate cataclysm.

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Apache tribe marches to protect sacred Arizona site from copper mine

Hundreds of Apache tribe members and supporters marched for four days to a sacred campground in southeastern Arizona earlier this month, hoping to protect the land from copper mining while bringing awareness to injustices against Native Americans.

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Greta Thunberg appears at climate rally in English city of Bristol

Greta Thunberg appeared at climate rally on Friday in the English city of Bristol.

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Nigerian artist turns plastic waste into fashion to raise awareness

The sight of discarded plastic bottles and bags floating in the open drains of Nigeria's megacity Lagos moved visual artist Adeyemi Emmanuel to despair.

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Bloomberg would not ban U.S. oil exports in climate plan, unlike rival Democrats

Media billionaire Michael Bloomberg would allow the United States to keep exporting crude oil overseas if he is elected president, his campaign says, unlike his top Democratic rivals who have pledged to ban oil exports immediately to fight climate change.

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Porsche's offices searched as part of ongoing diesel probe: Der Spiegel

German prosecutors searched sports carmaker Porsche's offices on Wednesday as part of an ongoing probe into a diesel emissions scandal, German weekly Der Spiegel reported on Friday.

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Powered by hydrogen, Hyundai's trucks aim to conquer the Swiss Alps

Hyundai's hydrogen-powered 18-tonne trucks are set to hit the roads in Switzerland next month as the South Korean automaker looks to establish a case for its zero-emissions technology in a low carbon world.

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Eni CEO unveils clean energy drive as re-appointment decision looms

Italian energy group Eni on Friday pledged to shrink its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% in one of the industry's most ambitious clean-up drives, just weeks before a decision on its chief executive's future.

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Greta Thunberg to draw thousands at British climate rally

Greta Thunberg, the teenage activist who has reprimanded governments across the world for failing her generation with climate change, is expected to draw a crowd of thousands on Friday when she leads a protest in Britain.

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