Topic: Environment & Climate — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-19 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The team at Xidian University can zap power 100 metres through the air. But their dream is to send their hardware into orbit
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[2026-06-19 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Fresnel lenses] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The team at Xidian University can zap power 100 metres through the air. But their dream is to send their hardware into orbit
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[2026-06-19 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- SK Group said Friday it generated 32.2 trillion won (US$20.9 billion) in social value in 2025, up 23.8 percent from a year earlier, as the South Korean conglomerate accelerated its sustainability initiatives.
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[2026-06-19 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-19 08:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Renewable Energy
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[2026-06-19 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A broadcast shows staff painting the new colors of Paco Lopez and Napoleon Solo on the Pimlico weather vane after they won the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race, May 16, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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[2026-06-19 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An economic development organization for the city of Presidio and Presidio County filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday, saying the federal government’s plans to install border barriers and other technology along the Rio Grande will cause communities to flood in the Big Bend area.
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[2026-06-19 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Atlanta Braves grounds crew cover the infield with a tarp after the game was suspended due to weather in the second inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)
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[2026-06-19 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this 2018 image provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a buoy used to gather data floats in the Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight off the coast of North Carolina. (Darlene Trew Crist/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)
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[2026-06-19 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AS the Philippines leads the Asean Chairship for 2026, the Department of Finance (DOF) has taken a central role in driving the regional agenda on finance for climate action, resilience, and sustainable development through fiscal policy, public finance, investment and economic solutions, and resource mobilization.
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[2026-06-19 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-19 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Top 10% generate climate and biodiversity damage bill that exceeds economies of most countries, say researchers
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[2026-06-19 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE’s Ministry of Finance has launched a programme to boost the efficiency of public spending and strengthen the country's future readiness and fiscal sustainability.
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[2026-06-19 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Alterra, the UAE's $30 billion climate fund, has partnered with I Squared Capital to invest in Peru's Inkia Energy, its first direct investment in the Latin American renewable energy market.
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[2026-06-19 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Louisiana residents are filling bags to prepare for Tropical Storm Arthur, the first tropical cyclone of the season which is expected to produce 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rainfall in some areas. (AP Video by Stephen Smith)
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[2026-06-18 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The protest took place near EU institutions and brought together activists, human rights campaigners and members of a recent Gaza-bound flotilla. Participants argued that the bloc should use its economic influence to increase pressure on Israel amid continuing tensions linked to the war in Gaza and the expansion of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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[2026-06-18 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chase Kyes lines up a putt on the first hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Thursday, June 18, 2026.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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[2026-06-18 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At least 13 locations across the New Territories reported floods.
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[2026-06-18 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz are beginning to restart on Thursday after the interim U.S.-Iran peace deal, with several Saudi-controlled supertankers transiting the critical waterway and exiting the Persian Gulf.
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[2026-06-18 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Towngas attributes increase to rising operating expenses over the past two years
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[2026-06-18 21:04 UTC+10:00] [Northern Metropolis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Towngas attributes increase to rising operating expenses over the past two years
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[2026-06-18 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The defence secretary accused Nato of putting gender equity, climate change and austerity ahead of security spending
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[2026-06-18 19:46 UTC+10:00] [Pentagon] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The defence secretary accused Nato of putting gender equity, climate change and austerity ahead of security spending
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[2026-06-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Experimental music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Musician Michael Cloud Duguay’s new album was born from a mission to capture the sound of the majestic yet increasingly rare instruments
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[2026-06-18 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain registered its third-warmest year on record in 2025, with 25 single-day heat records set during the period, national weather agency Aemet said Wednesday.
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[2026-06-18 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Plants] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: John Ray, 17th-century botanist who coined words petal and pollen, was a tutor at Cambridge when he created his first garden
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[2026-06-18 17:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city’s weather forecaster established a 3 tier colour-coded warning system in 1998 to categorise the severity of heavy rain conditions.
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[2026-06-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Biodiversity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt
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[2026-06-18 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The state weather agency on Thursday issued the first heat wave advisories of the year for Seoul and its surrounding areas.
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[2026-06-18 16:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- The state weather agency on Thursday issued the first heat wave advisories of the year for Seoul and its surrounding areas.
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[2026-06-18 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ROME, Italy — The United Nations’ food agencies warned Wednesday that acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 global hot spots in the coming months, with conflict, funding shortages and climate shocks pushing millions closer to famine.
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[2026-06-18 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The incidents have raised questions about whether more precautions need to be taken in countries like Malaysia where the weather is harsh
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[2026-06-18 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The incidents have raised questions about whether more precautions need to be taken in countries like Malaysia where the weather is harsh
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[2026-06-18 14:51 UTC+10:00] [Bird flu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Testing confirms spread of deadly H5N1 virus on the subantarctic Heard Island, about 4,000km south-west of Perth
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[2026-06-18 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 18 Jun 2026 at 2:02pm
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[2026-06-18 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: We are told the natural world is ‘breaking down’. But forests don’t work like aeroplanes or human hearts
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[2026-06-18 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: Uzbekistan is grappling with rising temperatures, water shortages and blackouts, so this is a race for energy security and about rebranding the country as a modern state, open to global business. In this FT film, we meet business people, officials, and investors to find out whether Uzbekistan can reinvent itself for a post-fossil fuel future.
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[2026-06-18 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers call for an overhaul in how Hong Kong trains its educators, legal protection against animal cruelty in mainland China, and climate-adaptive power grids in Asia
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[2026-06-18 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Asia] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers call for an overhaul in how Hong Kong trains its educators, legal protection against animal cruelty in mainland China, and climate-adaptive power grids in Asia
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[2026-06-18 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Temperatures are forecast to rise as high as 30C in parts of the UK as a potential heatwave develops across the weekend.
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[2026-06-18 12:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- A co-chair of the Presidential Commission on Climate Crisis Response will travel to London next week to attend London Climate Action Week 2026, Europe's largest annual climate festival expected to draw more than 75,000 people from around the world, his office said Thursday.
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[2026-06-18 12:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SINGAPORE (Straits Times/ANN) -- Barely six months after trading his uniform at Mandai Wildlife Group for a job at conservation charity Free the Bears, Singaporean Karthiriish Chandra found himself coordinating its most ambitious rescue yet, the extraction of 27 bears from an illegal bile farm in Laos.
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[2026-06-18 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS 2nd game's results at bottom)By Yoo Jee-ho
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[2026-06-18 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite warning that flood risks remain, the Observatory expects conditions to improve on Friday
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[2026-06-18 12:12 UTC+10:00] [Dragon Boat Festival] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite warning that flood risks remain, the Observatory expects conditions to improve on Friday
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[2026-06-18 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: One of Baltimore City's premier bar and restaurant districts was transformed into a warzone over the weekend, with roaming gangs of underage kids, large unruly crowds, fights, and even a shootout that seemed like a scene from the crime drama The Wire. Urban decay in Baltimore is rampant and is a symptom of failed left-wing leadership, which seems more focused on city-killing progressive politics, DEI, illegal aliens, and climate change than actually providing basic law and order to taxpayers.
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[2026-06-18 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Green Earth urges Hong Kong to align with mainland Chinese packaging limits after study estimates city generated 2.7 million kg of waste
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[2026-06-18 12:00 UTC+10:00] [online shopping] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Green Earth urges Hong Kong to align with mainland Chinese packaging limits after study estimates city generated 2.7 million kg of waste
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[2026-06-18 11:53 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Melburnians could be forgiven for forgetting it’s the first month of winter after “record-breaking warmth” across the city this week.
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