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Typhoon into Quang Ninh: Power outages, shipwrecks, flooding
By 17:00 on July 5, the storm officially affected Quang Ninh province. In Co To district, according to the standing committee of the district flood control committee, th…
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Man-Yi storm entered Japan, more than 300 flights were canceled
Yesterday (July 13), Typhoon Man-Yi hit the southern island of Okinawa, causing a power outage that affected tens of thousands of households and hundreds of flights were…
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The first train powered by biodiesel
The train, Virgin Voyager, will be used on the Weymouth service to Waterloo in a six-month trial, and passengers will not see anything different from a regular train.
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Underwater power plant in Rwanda
Rwanda is endowed with a huge energy source at the bottom of Lake Kivu in the west of the country. Over millions of years of geological transformation, Lake Kivu current…
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Ho Chi Minh City: Rainy, falling trees, flooded roads, burning electrical equipment
In the whirlwind rain on 28/5, lightning struck many household electrical appliances. Rain flooded on many roads; Traffic is seriously blocked.
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Europe: 30 most polluting power plants
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has just released a list of 30 most polluting power plants in Europe. These are Europe's poorest factories, but they emit the most C…
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Bangkok turned off the electricity for 15 minutes to warn the world to warm up
After Sydney (Australia), on May 9, the Thai capital, Bangkok, turned off the power for 15 minutes to warn the global warming. Officials have called for 2 million people…
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China aims to reduce CO2 emissions more than the United States
China hopes to reduce its CO2 emissions by 20% by 2010 and 80% by 2050, according to the recently released report on the impact of climate change.
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China developed a wind power plant
China, one of the world's largest producers of greenhouse gases, is looking for a solution to curb its contribution to global warming.
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Pollution in Hong Kong is at risk
Smoke from vehicles and power plants makes the pollution monitoring system pushed to the highest level, triggering automatic alerts. Air pollution index across Hong Kong…
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World GHG mitigation conference
Energy and environmental ministers from the world's 20 most greenhouse gas emissions countries have met in Monterrey, Mexico yesterday to discuss climate change.
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North America is in a snowstorm
A blizzard has swept across North America causing tens of thousands of households to power outages in New York State (USA) and Ontario (Canada), many highways in norther…
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Strong earthquakes in Hawaii
Hawaii has declared a state of emergency following a strong earthquake with magnitudes of up to 6.6 Richter levels. There are no news of the dead but there have been hea…
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Japan launched an earthquake early warning service
Japan has begun to provide the world's first earthquake early warning service, whereby rail, power plants and other sensitive areas will receive
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China is emitting the most SO2 in the world
China has become the world's largest emitter of sulfur dioxide (SO2), with more than half of its emissions coming from coal-fired power plants.