Protesters on the tarmac at Geneva airport briefly disrupted air traffic Tuesday before operations were gradually resumed, the airport said, as dozens of climate activists blocked a nearby business jet convention.. "Due to the incursion of people on the tarmac, the air traffic was momentarily disrupted.
Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted on Tuesday, spewing lava more than two kilometres from the crater.. Dramatic images of lava pouring from the volcano's smoking crater were published by the government-run Merapi Volcano Observatory.
France has banned domestic flights for journeys possible in less than two-and-a-half hours by train, under a government decree published Tuesday.. People making such trips should be able to make outbound and return train journeys on the same day, having spent eight hours at their destination.
Known for its colourful shampoo bars and fruity bath bombs, UK-based cosmetics brand Lush has opened the doors of its new Green Hub as part of efforts to expand its in-house circular recycling.. Recognisable by the strong fruity smells of its stores with market-like stalls, Lush sells two-thirds of its products "naked", without packaging, among them handmade soap bars and henna hair dye blocks.
A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental worry: the impact on the endangered Lear's macaw.. "The potential environmental and social impacts have already been dealt with exhaustively," Voltalia's country manager for Brazil, Nicolas Thouverez, told AFP. The impact studies required by state authorities have shown the turbines "in no way endanger the conservation" of the Lear's macaw, he said.
If there's one thing we should all be able to agree on, it's that all human beings belong to the same species, Homo sapiens.. Self-identified conservatives and men expressed slightly stronger implicit "human = white" associations.
Colombia's presidency said Monday it is leaving no leaf unturned in its quest to find four lost Indigenous children believed to have survived a plane crash three weeks ago at the edge of the Amazon rainforest.. Colombia's air force tossed some 10,000 flyers in Spanish and in an Indigenous language from helicopters instructing the children how to survive the ordeal.
Western US states said Monday they have reached an agreement to cut the amount of water they take from the dwindling Colorado River, which is threatened by a quarter of a century of drought and worsening climate conditions.. "The entire Western United States is on the frontlines of climate change — we must work together to address this crisis and the weather extremes between drought and flood," California Governor Gavin Newsom said in a release welcoming the agreement.
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commissioned an oil plant billed as Africa's largest oil refinery, after years of delays and a week before stepping down from office.. Buhari -- who steps down on May 29 after eight years in office -- described the project as "a notable milestone" and "a game changer for the downstream petroleum products market, not only in Nigeria but for the entire African continent."
Eight EU member states including France, Italy and Poland urged Brussels to scrap its planned vehicle emissions limits, warning they risked hurting investment in a document seen by AFP Monday.. "We oppose any new exhaust emission rules (including new testing requirements or new emission limits) for cars and vans," the countries -- Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Slovakia -- wrote.
