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A person in a Kamala Harris and Donald Trump costume attends the 51st Annual Village Halloween Parade in New York on October 31. Photo: EPA-EFE

Letters | Why I won’t be voting for Harris or Trump in the election

Readers discuss disillusionment with the US political system, the Democrats’ uphill battle to win over Arab Americans, the cruelty of zoos, and Hong Kong’s drive to promote itself.

Volcano erupts in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 10

Cathay Pacific: sustainable jet fuel needs Hong Kong government push

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Swiss unicorn makes green investment pitch to Hong Kong investors

Climeworks, the builder of the world’s largest carbon capture plant, is seeking investors for ambitious multibillion-dollar ventures.

Climeworks’ direct air carbon capture plant in Orca, Iceland. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong’s Tung Chung left without water supply after pipe bursts

Water supply expected to resume gradually on Monday morning, with at least 10 housing estates, public hospital and several hotels affected.

Traces of rare butterfly species found in Hong Kong for first time in 13 years

Butterfly surveyor finds eggs of club beak at Lui Kung Tin in Yuen Long district.

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Pakistan shuts primary schools in Lahore over record pollution

The air quality index exceeded 1,000 on Saturday, above the 300 considered ‘dangerous’, according to data from IQAir.

Cyclists ride along a street as they participate in an awareness campaign against smog and pollution in Lahore on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Cop29 is Azerbaijan’s moment to step into the global sunshine

The UN climate conference will shine a spotlight on the major oil producer’s energy transition, peace efforts with Armenia and geocritical location.

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Robot retrieves 1st melted fuel from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor

Around 800 tonnes of fatally radioactive molten fuel remains in the plants, and the mission is a step in a long-term clean-up operation.

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Asian firms aim to attain dual goals of profitability and environment protection

Despite the impact of climate change, many regional companies do not know how to derive value from sustainability, a survey shows.

Solar panels installed at Kusu Island in Singapore. Photo: Shutterstock

Japan’s ‘conveyor belt road’ to relieve driver shortage and cut emissions

Connecting Tokyo and Osaka, developers are aiming for full operations of the three-lane automated cargo transport corridor by the mid-2030s.

Japanese truck driver Fujio Uemura in front of his truck at a truck stop in the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture, on September 4. Photo: AFP

Letters | Hong Kong must give high-calibre talent a reason to come

Readers discuss how Hong Kong can attract well-connected professionals, a local ballet’s cross-cultural appeal, and why the second phase of the city’s plastic ban shouldn’t be delayed.

Did global warming make Spain’s deadly floods inevitable?

The storm dumped a year’s worth of rain in 24 hours, overwhelming infrastructure and exposing the vulnerability of urban areas to extreme weather events.

New Delhi engulfed by smog after firework ban flouted

Revellers defied a ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, which helped drive air quality to hazardous levels.

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Smoggy conditions after Diwali, in New Delhi on Friday. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong establishes its largest marine park in northern Lantau waters

City formalises 2,400 hectare park as studies show Chinese white dolphins have ‘greatly diminished’ in area since 2016 amid runway construction.

A Chinese white dolphin seen at South Lantau Marine Park in June 2021. Photo: Sam Tsang

Why China’s methane emission plan is becoming a key focus for the US

Methane has a warming power 80 times stronger than that of carbon dioxide on a 20-year timescale.

Hong Kong takes aim at outgoing Japanese envoy in thinly veiled Fukushima attack

Kenichi Okada earlier said he could not discuss discharge of Fukushima radioactive waste water with Hong Kong government ‘in a scientific manner’.

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China takes aim at energy replacement with industry-spanning plan for renewables

More energy must come from renewable sources, but transition from fossil fuels will be orderly, top economic planner says.

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China has unveiled a renewable-energy-substitution plan that spans multiple industries. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Move over GDP, it’s time to measure gross ecosystem product

We need new metrics that recognise the full value of biodiversity and the ecosystem, and new financial tools that reward conservation.

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Climate change is disrupting people’s sleep as nights get warmer

Rising temperatures, drought and heavy rainfall are increasingly impacting people’s health, according to a Lancet study.

Opinion | How to save the world’s rainforests and animals – and not break the bank

It is time for rich countries and philanthropists to directly fund national parks and indigenous territories before we lose them for good.

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A passerby takes a photo of a mural painted with ashes from the fires ravaging Brazil in Sao Paulo on October 23. The huge mural by Brazilian artist Mundano demands that agricultural companies stop deforestation in the Amazon. Photo: EPA-EFE

Opinion | Reckless emissions of man-made super pollutant threaten climate progress

Despite pledges to rein in hydrofluorocarbon pollutants, unreported emissions still hamper the fight against climate change.

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A street cleaner works as fog and air pollution shroud buildings in Qingzhou, in China’s eatern Shandong province, on December 28, 2023. Photo: AFP

Japan’s Mount Fuji stays snowcap-free for longer than ever before

No snowfall has yet been observed on Japan’s highest mountain – the latest date since comparative data became available in 1894.

Hong Kong’s EV transition effort questioned by some car owners, industry experts

Some EV owners call for more access to chargers, while a lawmaker says concrete plans needed for enhancing infrastructure.

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A salty secret of Xinjiang grasslands is solved, and it’s time to graze the roof

Years of research have yielded productive plains that offer China more food security in the face of geopolitical upheaval and extreme weather.

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Thousands of hectares of salt-rich land have been made arable on the Pamirs Plateau of China’s Xinjiang, making it easier to feed livestock in the autonomous region. Photo: Xinhua

‘We are clearly off track’: UN sounds alarm as greenhouse gases hit record highs

This alarming trend, driven by fossil fuel emissions, locks in future temperature increases and puts the Paris Agreement goals at risk.

High pollution from coal power plant. Photo: Shutterstock

Indian cities shrouded in smog

Letters | ‘Conservation’ projects to drive human traffic? Only in Hong Kong

Readers discuss government proposals to ‘conserve’ South Lantau, monkey deaths at a Hong Kong zoo, and the growing numbers of men and women on the shelf.

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16 October, 2024
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