#’Jurassic Park’ project on track despite warnings

#’Jurassic Park’ project on track despite warnings

“#’Jurassic Park’ project on track despite warnings” JAKARTA, Aug 5 – Construction on an Indonesian tourism project dubbed “Jurassic Park” on social media will continue, the Southeast Asian country’s environment ministry said on Thursday, despite UNESCO warnings the plans could have a negative environmental impact. Work on a series of tourism projects in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, began last year, sparking…

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#Thousands flee homes as heat wave fuels Greek wildfire

#Thousands flee homes as heat wave fuels Greek wildfire

“#Thousands flee homes as heat wave fuels Greek wildfire” TATOI, Greece — Thousands of people fled their homes north of Athens on Tuesday as a wildfire broke out of the forest and reached residential areas. The hurried evacuations took place just as Greece grappled with its worst heat wave in decades. The blaze sent a…

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#Record wildfire burns amid drought on Hawaii’s Big Island

#Record wildfire burns amid drought on Hawaii’s Big Island

“#Record wildfire burns amid drought on Hawaii’s Big Island” HONOLULU — Firefighters gained more control over a wildfire in Hawaii that forced thousands of people to evacuate over the weekend and destroyed at least two homes on the Big Island, but officials warned that strong winds will return on Tuesday, raising the danger again. Authorities…

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# SkyBridge buys 38,500 tons of carbon offsets

# SkyBridge buys 38,500 tons of carbon offsets

“# SkyBridge buys 38,500 tons of carbon offsets ” Global investment firm SkyBridge Capital has partnered with carbon credit provider MOSS Earth to purchase tokens representing 38,436 tons of carbon offsets. SkyBridge announced the move on Monday, with founder Anthony Scaramucci forecasting that the Bitcoin (BTC) mining industry “will be fully renewable by the end…

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#Thousands of flamingos die in drought in central Turkey

#Thousands of flamingos die in drought in central Turkey

“#Thousands of flamingos die in drought in central Turkey” ISTANBUL, July 15 – Thousands of baby flamingos have died at Turkey’s Lake Tuz in the past two weeks from a drought that environmentalists said was the result of climate change and agricultural irrigation methods. Drone footage of the large saline lake in Turkey’s central province…

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