ENVIRONMENT - BIO FUEL DAILY

New islands appear after Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano erupts

Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)

Two new islands have emerged in waters surrounding Mount Anak Krakatau following a major eruption last month that grounded flights for days, the head of Indones...

Tourist killed by lightning amid Greece storms

Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)

A 58-year-old German tourist died after being struck by lightning on the Greek island of Rhodes, reports said Friday as the Aegean Sea was pummelled by a storm ...

World powers gather in Pacific to chart climate battle

Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)

World powers are flying delegates to the Pacific to haggle over the fight against global warming, and to see the plight of island nations surrounded by a rising...

Return of swarming moth spectacle has Australia in a flutter

Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)

Moth swarms so thick they can blot out the stars are fluttering across Australia, heralding a migratory spectacle unseen since the creature's brush with extinct...

Petrobras discovers more oil off Brazil's Amazon coast

Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras on Friday announced a new discovery of crude near the mouth of the Amazon river, where it has been drilling for a year des...

Latin America campaigners unveil model 'ecocide' law

Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)

Lawyers and environmentalists from Latin America unveiled a model law this week that punishes severe environmental harm by eliminating excuses for failing to pr...

One dead as floods hit Greek island of Crete

Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)

A man died on the Greek island of Crete amid floods caused by heavy rainfall and strong winds that confined many ferries to port, officials and reports said Thu...

Kenyan island paradise fears damage from mega-refinery

Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)

Tourism or industry? Environment or oil? The picturesque Kenyan island of Lamu, a favourite of celebrities, faces a tough trade-off after becoming the construct...

Croatians fear lasting damage from illegal waste

Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)

As Croatia prepares to clear tens of thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste from its idyllic Lika region, locals fear years of illegal dumping may have caused l...

Plastic treaty talks chair sees deal possible in March

Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)

Countries negotiating a world-first treaty to limit plastic pollution are less divided than before and a deal could be agreed in March, the diplomat chairing th...

Empty nets in Latin America as fish flee El Nino

Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)

Fishermen along Latin America's Pacific coast are reeling in half-empty nets as ocean warming aggravated by El Nino causes tuna, anchovies and other top catches...

Rice work: Dutch test new crop to save sinking peatlands

Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)

In a soggy field between Amsterdam and The Hague, farmer Sander Roeleveld ploughs a small white combine harvester into his crops, gathering a grain never before...

Cable car offers small hope for Mongolia's gridlocked capital

Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)

Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar has long been plagued by notorious traffic jams and suffocating winter smog -- the result of breakneck urban growth and infrastru...

Dangote's $16bn Kenya refinery 'new chapter' for Africa

Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)

Africa's richest man was set to break ground on a new $16-billion mega-refinery in Kenya on Wednesday, saying it marked a "new chapter in Africa's industrial jo...

Dangote to launch $16bn refinery in Kenya

Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)

Africa's richest man was set to break ground on a new $16 billion mega-refinery in Kenya on Wednesday that he says will mark a vital step towards the continent'...

Ivory Coast clamps down on harmful illegal gold rush

Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)

A gaping hole in the ground dug by a hundred prospectors is all that is left of an illegal gold mine in Ivory Coast, one of many the state has vowed to eradicat...

One third of world population exposed to harmful air pollution: monitor

Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)

Heatwaves and wildfires combined with human-caused emissions this year combined to expose one third of the world's population to extremely high levels of ozone ...

New Zealand denies breaching climate commitments to EU

Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)

New Zealand denied on Wednesday it had broken climate promises made in a free-trade deal with the European Union, after a green group lodged a complaint with Br...

New Swiss glacier assessment expected after hottest summer on record

Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)

An annual report on the state of Switzerland's glaciers due to be released Thursday is expected to reveal drastic loss after the country weathered its hottest s...

Millons of children in Latin America at risk from El Nino: Unicef

Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)

Millions of children in Latin America are at risk from severe droughts and flooding unleashed by an historic episode of the El Nino ocean-warming pattern, the U...