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By John BIERS New York (AFP) - Les actionnaires d'ExxonMobil vont avoir l'occasion lors de leur assemblée générale mercredi de montrer ce qu'ils pensent de la manière forte avec laquelle le géant américain du gaz et du pétrole a réagi aux récentes contestations liées au changement climatique. Le groupe, qui n'affiche aucun remord à investir dans l'industrie pétrolière malgré l'impact sur le climat, a en effet adopté une posture plus combattive que les années précédentes pour cette édition, qui va se dérouler en distanciel. Il a lancé des poursuites contre deux groupes d'actionnaires -- l'ONG F...
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New York (AFP) - ExxonMobil investors will have a chance to weigh in at Wednesday's annual meeting on the company's hardball approach to the latest shareholder challenge from environmentalists over climate change. The US oil giant, which unapologetically favors petroleum investment despite its negative climate impacts, has adopted a more aggressive posture towards activists at this year's virtual meeting compared with years past. ExxonMobil has sued two shareholder groups, NGO Follow This and activist fund Arjuna Capital, which sought an investor vote on a measure to limit emissions. Its suit,...
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Paris (AFP) - The world experience an average of 26 more days of extreme heat over the last 12 months that would probably not have occurred without climate change, a report said on Tuesday. Heat is the leading cause of climate-related death and the report further points to the role of global warming in increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather around the world. For this study, scientists used the years 1991 to 2020 to determine what temperatures counted as within the top 10 percent for each country over that period. Next, they looked at the 12 months to May 15, 2024, to establi...
AFP
One of the climate protesters on hunger strike to demand the German government take more action is in acute danger of dying, according to the campaigners. After 83 days without eating, 49-year-old Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick is still responsive, but physically very weak, activists from the "Starve until you are honest" campaign announced on Tuesday. His volunteer medical team has handed over responsibility for his medical care. Nevertheless, he is determined to continue the hunger strike, they said. Three other men are currently on hunger strike alongside Metzeler-Kick. Two others have ended their ...
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One of the climate protesters on hunger strike to demand the German government take more action is in acute danger of dying, according to the campaigners. After 83 days without eating, 49-year-old Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick is still responsive, but physically very weak, activists from the "Starve until you are honest" campaign announced on Tuesday. His volunteer medical team has handed over responsibility for his medical care. Nevertheless, he is determined to continue the hunger strike, they said. Three other men are currently on hunger strike alongside Metzeler-Kick. Two others have ended their ...
DPA International
One of the climate protesters on hunger strike to demand the German government take more action is in acute danger of dying, according to the campaigners. After 83 days without eating, 49-year-old Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick is still responsive, but physically very weak, activists from the "Starve until you are honest" campaign announced on Tuesday. His volunteer medical team has handed over responsibility for his medical care. Nevertheless, he is determined to continue the hunger strike, they said. Three other men are currently on hunger strike alongside Metzeler-Kick. Two others have ended their ...
DPA
Caen (France) (AFP) - As France prepares to mark 80 years since Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the historic coastline faces a new threat -- rising sea levels linked to climate change. More than 100 kilometres (62 miles) of Normandy's coastline bear traces of June 6, 1944, including bunkers, shipwrecked vessels, and other vestiges from the Allied troops' first step to freeing western Europe from Nazi German occupation. But now, the sea from which 150,000 Allied troops conducted the largest seaborne invasion in history threatens those same heritage sites. Rising sea levels are ...
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‘Metamorphosis: Innovation in Eco Photography & Film’ will run at the Sloane Square gallery until 28 July and features work from the artists Almudena Romero, Edd Carr, Hannah Fletcher, and Scott Hunter. All the works on show blend traditional artistic mediums with the goal of eco-friendly practices. Photography has historically been an ecologically wasteful medium – from the unsustainable toxic chemicals used in development to the manufacture and disposal of camera equipment, photography has been relatively environmentally unfriendly. Louis Vuitton unveils dramatic new styles at Gaudí’s Park G...
Euronews (English)
The last few years have been the hottest on record, and Europe is facing more extreme weather events like floods and wildfires. The EU Green Deal, a strategy to make Europe climate-neutral, is now facing serious headwinds just before the elections. Is the survival of the Green Deal as a political concept guaranteed? This topic was the main focus of this week's edition of Brussels, my love?, our weekly talk show from the heart of Europe. Host Stefan Grobe welcomed Joško Klisović, President of the Assembly of the city of Zagreb, André Sobczak, Secretary General of Eurocities and Chloé Donovan, M...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) may be a double-edged sword when it comes to saving the planet, the Swiss explorer and environmentalist Bertrand Piccard told Euronews Next. “AI is the most fantastic invention to have a greener, cleaner, more efficient, more profitable world. The problem is that to use AI, you need a lot of natural resources,” Piccard, who was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe with Brian Jones, said at the VivaTech fair in Paris. AI, including generative AI, which encompasses chatbots such as ChatGPT, requires a massive amount of computing power and ...
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