Topic: Environment & Climate — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-02 20:15 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-09-02 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Leaders pose for a group photo during the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Palau on Sept. 2. © Reuters
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[2026-09-02 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: Near ground zero of the Nepal floods
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[2026-09-02 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sum of $500,000 has been increased as death toll passes 1,000 but specialists decry Trump dismantling of USAID
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[2026-09-02 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Global development] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Bangladeshi complainants allege Rampal power station’s pollution and climate risks threaten the Sunderbans, a world heritage site
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[2026-09-02 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. No attachments, please include your letter in the body of the email. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published.
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[2026-09-02 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday expressed optimism that the flooding in parts of North Luzon Expressway (NLEX)—which caused heavy traffic for motorists—is starting to subside.
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[2026-09-02 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A week on from devastating flash floods in the Himalayas that killed more than 1,100 people and left nearly 4,000 missing, search and rescue operations continue.
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[2026-09-02 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Alastair Chambers (centre) travelled to Nepal after the flash floods last week
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[2026-09-02 19:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nepal's renowned adventure tourism industry faces a sobering reality check, according to local mountain tourist associations and hostel owners, following devastating flooding on Nepal's border with China.
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[2026-09-02 19:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The 39 sites for the flood-catchment project are "execution-ready," complementing the government's vision of creating a "sponge city" to address flooding in the National Capital Region (NCR), Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said.
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[2026-09-02 19:07 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-09-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Climate and Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.
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[2026-09-02 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australia's climate talks in Fiji coincide with a new UN report foreshadowing the world surpassing 1.5C of warming. (Foreign Correspondent: Craig Hansen)
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[2026-09-02 18:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: More than 100 Nepali students at Hoseo University are far from home as Nepal reels from catastrophic flooding.
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[2026-09-02 18:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s six-member ground search team is staying near the flood-hit Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower plant construction site in Nepal, where nine Korean workers went missing Aug. 26.
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[2026-09-02 16:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: First Chinese study of the disaster shows debris reached speeds of 19 metres per second when the flash flood struck a border crossing in Tibet.
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[2026-09-02 16:07 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Beijing: Late last Wednesday night, a Tibet Daily reporter filmed a video from inside his car as it pelted down China’s National Highway 219 in heavy rain.
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[2026-09-02 16:06 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The devastating deluge that swept through the mountain valleys on the border between Nepal and China’s Tibet region is a potent reminder of a growing green-energy risk in one of the world’s most hazard-prone areas.
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[2026-09-02 16:05 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Climate change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The world has lost any chance of holding global warming to 1.5 degrees as agreed to in Paris Treaty, with temperatures predicted to reach 2.6 degrees by the end of the century if governments continue with current climate policies, according to a new United Nations Environment Program report.
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[2026-09-02 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Pesticides] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities
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[2026-09-02 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-09-02 15:40 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-09-02 15:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nepal police personnel prepare the bodies of flash flood victims for a mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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[2026-09-02 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: When the floodwaters tore through the town of Trishuli in the Nuwakot district in Nepal, most of the valley vanished in minutes.
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[2026-09-02 15:23 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: RETRIEVAL OPERATIONS. Army rangers carry a victim airlifted from an area affected by flash floods and a mudslide at Maithili Barrack, an army training centre, in Trishuli, Nuwakot District, Nepal, September 2, 2026.
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[2026-09-02 15:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The 44-member Korea Disaster Relief Team arrived in Nepal on Wednesday to support search-and-rescue operations following devastating floods that have left more than 1,000 people dead and thousands missing across Nepal and neighboring Tibet.
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[2026-09-02 14:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Rescue efforts are ongoing in Nepal and Tibet following the flood disaster. (Reuters: Adnan Abidi)
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[2026-09-02 14:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: T1 signal will remain in force in Hong Kong on Wednesday, but tropical cyclone could change course after rare resurgence, bringing uncertainty
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[2026-09-02 14:16 UTC+10:00] [Guangdong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: T1 signal will remain in force in Hong Kong on Wednesday, but tropical cyclone could change course after rare resurgence, bringing uncertainty
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[2026-09-02 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said he would pursue all available legal remedies after the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division dropped former Public Works secretary Manuel Bonoan as a co-accused in plunder and graft cases over the alleged flood control kickback scheme.
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[2026-09-02 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Activists participate in a demonstration for phasing out fossil fuels at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 19, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
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[2026-09-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere
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[2026-09-02 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the need to monitor tyre pollution in the city, a Chinese film about the Iraq war, and the US midterms
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[2026-09-02 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the need to monitor tyre pollution in the city, a Chinese film about the Iraq war, and the US midterms
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[2026-09-02 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: There is little doubt that the devastating floods and landslides that have torn through Nepal and Tibet, leaving more than 1,000 people dead with many thousands more missing, are not an aberration. The rising frequency of such extreme weather events should make this tragedy a wake-up call for all countries to urgently invest in future proofing against climate risks – beginning with building effective early warning systems.
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[2026-09-02 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The flash floods in Nepal were only the latest in an accelerating series of disasters that have battered the Himalayas in recent years.
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[2026-09-02 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean disaster relief team arrived in Nepal on Wednesday to help bolster the ongoing intensive search for nine South Koreans and other victims missing in massive floods and landslides, the foreign ministry said.
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[2026-09-02 12:36 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Sustainability] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Coles and Woolworths have stopped selling nutritional supplements made from krill, a tiny crustacean that is the major food source for iconic Antarctic wildlife such as Emperor penguins and whales.
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[2026-09-02 12:27 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: BIDUR, Nepal – Headmaster Rajendra Dawadi was in his school in Nepal’s Bidur last Wednesday when his accountant entered, shouting: “The flood is coming, the flood is coming!“, giving an early warning that helped save the lives of 900 students and 16 faculty members.
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[2026-09-02 12:16 UTC+10:00] [Nepal-Tibet flood disaster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A week on from the flash flooding disaster, authorities are urging relatives of the thousands of missing and dead to provide blood samples
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[2026-09-02 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com,
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[2026-09-02 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Workers walk through a swamp to install electric transmission towers for the Adani Renewable Energy Park near Khavda, Bhuj district, near the India-Pakistan border in the western state of Gujarat, India, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
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[2026-09-02 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rising sea temperatures are pushing pufferfish species together, spawning hybrids that even specialist chefs cannot safely prepare
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[2026-09-02 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rising sea temperatures are pushing pufferfish species together, spawning hybrids that even specialist chefs cannot safely prepare
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[2026-09-02 11:06 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Koror City, Palau: Just five leaders from outside the Pacific are expected to attend an Australia-organised United Nations climate event in Fiji and Tuvalu next month, despite energetic efforts by the Albanese government to secure attendees.
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[2026-09-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says the transition marks a turning point but integrating the 31.5 per cent share still requires a multi-trillion-yuan push to forge a modern grid
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[2026-09-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [world] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says the transition marks a turning point but integrating the 31.5 per cent share still requires a multi-trillion-yuan push to forge a modern grid
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[2026-09-02 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Climate Change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Raphael Reyes/Rappler
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