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Portuguese Innovation Powers Europe’s Climate Satellites
The Portugal News
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The mission, called CO2M (Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring), is being developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) in partnership with the European Commission under the Copernicus Earth observation program. The mission will see...
Fresh talks promise a new chapter for French Guiana’s self-g...
Modern Ghana
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The French government has signaled a fresh willingness to tackle long-standing demands for greater local control in French Guiana, while also addressing economic pressures across overseas territories. French Guiana's long-held dream of greater...
Dinosaurs Deserve So Much Better Than Jurassic World Rebirth
The Stranger - Washington State
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July 2, 2025
Jurassic World Rebirth will bring in a billion dollars at the box office. Which makes this review mostly inconsequential. Look in your heart; you know this to be the case. Despite unanimous critical consensus that the franchise's previous film...
French Guiana Drops Visa Requirement for Brazilians, Opening New Doors for Trade and Travel
The Rio Times
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June 6, 2025
On June 5, 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Brazilians no longer need a visa to enter French Guiana. The news came during Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s official visit to France. Macron called the agreement...
Brazil Oil Auction Sparks Fresh Climate Clash Near Amazon Mouth
LatinAmerican Post
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June 19, 2025
Nine energy giants have just scooped up 34 offshore blocks in Brazil, reopening an old argument in a new decade: can a country that promises climate leadership still bankroll its ambitions with crude drilled a day’s sail from the Amazon River...
Bonn Bulletin: Slow start to climate talks fails to reflect urgency
Climate Home News
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June 17, 2025
Bonn agenda finally adopted after tough fight Anyone would think there’s no climate emergency. The mid-year UN climate talks in Bonn were meant to open on Monday morning, to advance negotiations on the road to COP30 in Brazil on issues such as how...
First Amazon country declared free of malaria
Healio News
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July 1, 2025
Add topic to email alerts Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Key takeaways: Suriname is the 12th country in the...
In Brazil, a fight over offshore drilling tests Lula’s climate ambitions
Al Jazeera
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June 17, 2025
Sao Paulo, Brazil – In the far north of Brazil, where the Amazon River collides with the sea, an environmental dilemma has awakened a national political debate. There, the Brazilian government has been researching the possibility of offshore oil...
Climate strikes the Amazon, undermining protection efforts
Mongabay
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June 5, 2025
Fires raged across the Amazon rainforest, annihilating more than 4.6 million hectares of primary tropical forest—the most biodiverse and carbon-dense type of forest on Earth. That loss, which is larger than the size of Denmark, was more than twice...
MetOp-SG weather and climate satellite ships to Kourou
Meteorological Technology International
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June 11, 2025
The first of the Airbus-built MetOp-SG weather and climate monitoring satellites has left Toulouse cleanrooms and is now en-route for Kourou, French Guiana, on board the Canopée. The MetOp Second Generation-A1 satellite, built for the European...
The meteorological and climate satellite MetOp-SG travels towards the Kourou launch pad
AvioNews
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June 6, 2025
Ready for launch: the first of the MetOp-SG meteorological and climate satellites built by Airbus left the clean rooms in Toulouse a few days ago and is now en route to the spaceport of Kourou, French Guiana, aboard the transport ship "Canopée"....
Discourse on French Colonialism in the 21st Century
Africa is a country
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Martinican author Aimé Césaire—long revered as one of the early founders of France’s Négritude movement, cultivating Black consciousness alongside Léopold Senghor and the Nardal sisters—has long been canonized in historical memory as one of the...
New generation optical constellation CO3D satellites en route for launch pad
AvioNews
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June 26, 2025
The four latest generation optical satellites, developed and built by Airbus in partnership with the French Space Agency CNES are on their way to their launch pad in French Guiana. They left Toulouse, France, for the European Space port in Kourou,...
“Cargo Shipping Just Changed Forever”: Wind-Powered Vessel Hits 99.6% Usage, Slashes 20 Tons of CO2 Every Day
Sustainability Times
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June 27, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🌍 The Canopée cargo ship uses advanced OceanWings sails to significantly reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. 🛳️ Canopée’s sails contribute to an average daily fuel saving of 5.2 tons, highlighting the aerodynamic efficiency...
Summer sizzlers! It’s the 20 hottest TV shows of the season
The Guardian
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June 27, 2025
Squid Game The big one. The uberviolent South Korean juggernaut – still Netflix’s most popular show ever – reaches the end point … and Player 456 is still in the game. What will happen after the armed rebellion? Will he figure out he’s playing...
Brazilian activists vow to fight Amazon oil auction in court, hail ‘partial victory’ over unsold blocks
Climate Home News
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June 24, 2025
A controversial auction of oil blocks in the Amazon by COP30 host Brazil drew bids on only 20% of the areas offered, a result that green campaigners have hailed as a partial victory as they prepare to challenge the bidding process in the courts....
The Brief – Elon’s next blow up with Brussels
EurActiv
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June 25, 2025
The EU’s effort to expand its regulatory reach farther than ever before pits its policy wonks against a familiar foe: MAGA’s Elon Musk. The SpaceX billionaire is no stranger to a scrap with Brussels and, after a two-year wait, the European...
Beyond the lens: Cameras that explore the unknown
Media India Group
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June 23, 2025
In 1816, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce invented a technology that did more than just document events, it captured them visually in real time. His creation preserved moments big and small, from personal milestones to world-changing events: the camera....
Meet the most extreme traveler in the animal kingdom
AS
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June 23, 2025
The painted lady butterfly sounds as if it might be an artist’s most famous masterpiece but is actually one of the world’s most fascinating insects, not only because of its startling appearance, but also due to its migratory habits. How far can...
Will first named tropical storm develop soon in Atlantic? See latest chances
Daytona Beach News Journal - Florida
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Invest 90L could develop June 23 into a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Andrea. If it does strengthen, it's not expected to last long as it moves into an area preventing further development. The system is expected to move toward the...