Topic: Environment & Climate — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-21 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Oceans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more CO2, harm marine life. But Trump’s halt to funding threatens to scupper the research
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[2026-08-21 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The corporate world’s eternal challenge is how to get the right balance between short, medium and long-term goals. This is now especially true in the sustainability domain. For much of the past two decades, the sustainability debate has focused on carbon, which is critical for our future, but the next decade needs to begin to focus on jobs, critical for our present.
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[2026-08-20 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Somali women displaced by drought sit at Feynuus Nutrition Centre on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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[2026-08-20 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The world is increasingly turning to Brazil to explore for rare earth minerals that are crucial for technology and renewable energy. The country’s large reserves are second only to China. (AP Video by Lucas Dumphreys. Produced by Teresa de Miguel)
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[2026-08-20 21:45 UTC+10:00] [Fact Check] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-20 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: You're watching The Manila Times' News Prime. Today is August 20th.
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[2026-08-20 21:01 UTC+10:00] [Invertebrates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In a much closer contest than previous years – when the tardigrade and the common earthworm won with popular landslides – the winner of the 2026 Guardian Invertebrate of the year has been decided.
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[2026-08-20 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The leaf sheep, a neon green solar-powered slug, has inspired at least one Pokémon character and triumphs in global ballot
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[2026-08-20 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-20 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Sen. Lito Lapid wades through knee-deep waters to distribute assistance to some 6,000 families affected by flooding in Pampanga on Aug. 20, 2026. Lapid visited Minalin, Macabebe, Masantol, and Candaba to distribute food packs and check on the condition of the residents. He also coordinated with local officials to determine the immediate needs of flood-hit communities.
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[2026-08-20 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Hawaii] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The overpopulation of axis deer has taken an environmental toll, but Maui Nui Venison sees it as a resource instead of a pest
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[2026-08-20 19:50 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A renewable energy company chaired by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull plans to build a large-scale battery on bushfire-prone land in Melbourne’s green wedges, alarming nearby residents who lived through the devastating Black Saturday fires of 2009.
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[2026-08-20 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Lito Lapid on Thursday led the distribution of assistance to some 6,000 families affected by flooding in his home province, Pampanga.
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[2026-08-20 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Honduran government has placed 80 percent of the country, including the capital, on drought alert as El Niño scorches harvests and causes livestock to die of thirst. The El Niño weather pattern warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, triggering worldwide changes in winds, atmospheric pressure and rainfall patterns, and causing warmer overall global temperatures.
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[2026-08-20 19:01 UTC+10:00] [Wildfires] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Improvements in fire management however could mitigate increases by more than 70%, study shows
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[2026-08-20 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The area of Europe affected by wildfires could triple as a result of climate change, new research suggests.
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[2026-08-20 18:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: High temperatures that relented over the past couple of weeks are expected to return, according to the state-run weather agency.
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[2026-08-20 18:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A thundercloud is moving over Lich in the Giessen district of central Hesse, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (Alexander Wolf/onw-images/dpa via AP)
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[2026-08-20 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philiippines — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is mounting a broad emergency response to infrastructure and flooding threats, citing a damaged EDSA Magallanes Flyover in Makati City and clogged waterways that triggered flooding in parts of Metro Manila.
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[2026-08-20 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Ceuta and Spain plan transfer of 500 migrant girls, more quakes felt in Granada on Wednesday and Thursday, Madrid wildfire stabilised and more news on Thursday August 20th.
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[2026-08-20 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Elon Musk] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It’s simple, says the SpaceX boss – according to something called the ‘Kardashev scale’, we just have to move energy production ‘off-planet’
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[2026-08-20 15:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Imagine coming face-to-face with the remnants of one of the oldest Christian manuscripts in the world and learning how to piece it back together again. The delicate task of conserving and documenting historic papyrus texts is part of a prized course on offer to scholars at a university in the U.S.
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[2026-08-20 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A historic steam tugboat known as The Slovenian has emerged from the Sava River near Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, as prolonged heat and drought cause Europe’s rivers to reach record-low levels (AP video shot by: Marko Drobnjakovic).
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[2026-08-20 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Extreme weather] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This punishingly hot and dry summer will probably be followed by another wet winter. But it’s nothing compared with what Britain will endure in years to come
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[2026-08-20 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Champagne producers are racing to pick their grapes as the region’s earliest harvest on record gets underway, after extreme heat and drought accelerated ripening, leaving growers a narrow window to preserve the quality of the region’s world-famous sparkling wine. (AP video shot by: Nicolas Garriga)
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[2026-08-20 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prof Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholds
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[2026-08-20 13:42 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: GREAT WALTHAM, ENGLAND – With Britain about to record its hottest summer yet, Sam Squier’s nearly 81-hectare beef farm in southeastern England stands out as a lush, green oasis surrounded by scorched brown fields.
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[2026-08-20 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Robert Lewandowski scored on a penalty kick, Puso Dithejane added a goal, and the Chicago Fire beat Orlando City 2-1 on Wednesday in a game delayed about 90 minutes by inclement weather.
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[2026-08-20 12:32 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Chinese businessman who disguised $20,000 cash in a gift box of breakfast tea in a bid to speed up his solar company’s applications before Australia’s Clean Energy Council was heard saying he knew it was “against the law”.
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[2026-08-20 12:14 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Former security aide of Rep. Zaldy Co, Orly Guteza (R), testifies at the Senate hearing on flood project anomalies, on September 25, 2025.
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[2026-08-20 12:13 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-20 10:48 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: ONNA, OKINAWA PREF. – From “heat wave simulators” to ecological bootcamps, scientists and conservationists are trying ways to revive and reinforce the famous coral reefs off Okinawa Prefecture, decimated by climate-driven bleaching two summers ago.
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[2026-08-20 10:19 UTC+10:00] [New Zealand] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Anyone who has frequently landed in New Zealand’s capital has a hair-raising story to tell, and this year’s ‘super’ El Niño could only intensify the winds
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[2026-08-20 09:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Heavy showers and thunderstorms will continue to affect large swathes of the UK on Thursday, bringing the threat of flooding and travel disruption.
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[2026-08-20 09:24 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: President Marcos gives statement to media after a situation briefing with the MMDA on Wednesday, August 19.
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[2026-08-20 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Esther and Nick Cochrane have spotted the business opportunity in promoting Scotland's cooler climate
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[2026-08-20 08:20 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-20 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIMA, Peru (AP) — The United States will send a military hospital ship to Peru’s Pacific coast next year to help Peru cope with the effects of the El Nino climate phenomenon as part of a broader collaboration with the South American country, U.S. Ambassador to Peru Bernie Navarro announced Wednesday.
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[2026-08-20 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by NASA shows Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing.
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[2026-08-20 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-20 04:17 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — After a summer of extreme, climate change-driven heat, France must spend billions of euros to help the country rebuild and ensure it is better prepared the next time the mercury rises and records fall.
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[2026-08-20 03:30 UTC+10:00] [Nevada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Discovery marks latest grim finding in lake as water levels in crucial reservoir outside Las Vegas continue to decline
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[2026-08-20 02:36 UTC+10:00] [Fish] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Researchers laud return of giant tuna to North Sea after being fished almost to point of extinction
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[2026-08-20 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A much higher number of elderly people than previously expected are at high risk of illness or death from extreme heat as temperatures climb under the effects of climate change, scientists have discovered.
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[2026-08-20 01:47 UTC+10:00] [Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — In Europe's fight against wildfires, eyes are turning toward the sky: not just looking for rain or water-dropping Canadair planes, but also for ways to exploit new satellite capabilities to help contain or even prevent new blazes.
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[2026-08-20 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dr Liang Shuk-tak was accused of failing to properly record fetal head position, pelvis shape, and the reason for administering a labour drug in 2017
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[2026-08-20 00:38 UTC+10:00] [Syntocinon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dr Liang Shuk-tak was accused of failing to properly record fetal head position, pelvis shape, and the reason for administering a labour drug in 2017
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[2026-08-19 23:55 UTC+10:00] [Caribbean] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: If elected, Guyanese politician, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett wants to prioritise climate issues and restore the United Nations as a force for good
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[2026-08-19 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: President Marcos says extreme rainfall driven by climate change is becoming the country’s new normal. However, Marcos noted that quicker drainage and continuous infrastructure improvements have resulted in lower flood levels compared to previous years.
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[2026-08-19 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A tropical depression outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility has developed into a tropical storm. The storm is named "Saudel." (Sow-del) It was about three-thousand kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao as of this afternoon, according to PAGASA. The weather bureau says the storm was almost stationary.
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