Tag Archives: Environment
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Tibetan students march for global climate strike
27 September 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal
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Chanting slogans and carrying placards, exile Tibetan students joined the global climate crisis protests taking place around the world. ...
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The world needs you — go Greta go! 25 September 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 4 comments
Greta Thunberg is a miracle. Her convictions on the climate change driving global warming, mass extinction of species, and environmental disaster, has drawn the attention of the world. ...
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Brazil deploys warplanes to fight Amazon rainforest fires
26 August 2019 | Jake Spring and Ricardo Moraes
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Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world’s largest tropical rain forest. ...
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Brazil faces global backlash over Amazon fires
23 August 2019 | Sam Meredith
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The Amazon rainforest, often referred to as the lungs of the Earth, has been ravaged by a record number of fires this year, sparking global outrage over Brazil’s environmental policies. ...
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Tibet’s climate, land use policy not China’s internal affair: Sangay
24 June 2019 | Statesman News Service
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CTA President Sangay on Sunday said at a time when climate change is gaining momentum, Tibet’s climate and land use policies should not be treated solely as ‘internal affairs’ of China. ...
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Four bodies and ten tonnes of rubbish collected from Everest
27 May 2019
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Four bodies have been retrieved from Everest and some ten tonnes of garbage plucked from the mountain at the end of this year's climbing season, Nepal authorities said Monday. ...
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Three tonnes of rubbish collected from Everest
4 May 2019
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A clean-up team sent to Mount Everest has collected three tonnes of garbage in its first two weeks, officials said Wednesday, in an ambitious plan to clean the world's highest rubbish dump. ...
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Expert warns of environmental catastrophe in Tibet
23 March 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal
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Michael Buckley, Tibet specialist and environmentalist, has warned of the looming ecological and environmental catastrophe due to climate change, affecting the lives of billions of people. ...
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Students around the world join protest for climate change
16 March 2019 | AFP Bureaux
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Hundreds of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on Friday to march through the streets for an international day of student protests aimed at pushing world leaders. ...
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China closes Everest base camp in Tibet due to garbage
22 February 2019
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China has closed the Mount Everest base camp in Tibet to tourists who don't have climbing permits in order to deal with the mounting garbage problem at the site, officials say. ...