Officials in a Chinese province deliberately underreported or concealed 139 deaths from last year’s devastating flood disaster, the country’s central government has said, amid arrests of some of those involved.

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Chinese province's officials fudged death toll of flood disaster last year, says central govt

 Families have stopped children playing outside as Tonga struggles to deal with ash and the psychological fallout of last week's volcanic eruption and tsunami, aid workers and residents said. Communication with the outside world remained difficult on Sunday, with few internet services, and outlying islands still cut off from the phone service. The Red Cross said it

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Tonga struggles with ash, psychological trauma after eruption and tsunami

Peru on Saturday declared an "environmental emergency" along a stretch of coast hit by an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific. 
With the 90-day decree, the government said it plans "sustainable management" of 21 beaches tarred by 6,000 barrels of oil that spilled from a tanker ship unloading at a refinery last Saturday.

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Peru Declares 'Environmental Emergency' Along Coast Hit by Oil Spill

In the west of Ireland lies a medieval market town, its roots steeped in legend. Beyond the labyrinth of narrow streets of the center are the chimney stacks of housing developments that still puff coal and peat. Past those homes, on the outskirts of Ennis, is an unremarkable but huge plot of land, nestled between a power station and farmland where cattle and sheep graze.

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Ireland's data centers are an economic lifeline. But environmentalists say they're wrecking the planet

DANVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Residents of a Pennsylvania county were warned Saturday not to approach a monkey that was missing after a crash involving a pickup that was towing a trailer taking about 100 of…

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Don’t approach lab monkey missing after crash, people told

It isn't easy for an elephant to raise twins, but researchers are hopeful one mother named Bora can do it.

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Rare Twin Elephants Born, Nonprofit Has 'Fingers Crossed' For Their Survival

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A layer of ice and a blanket of snow covered coastal areas stretching from South Carolina to Virginia Saturday after a winter weather system brought colder temperatures and precipitation not often seen in the region.

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Coast along Virginia and the Carolinas gets snow, ice

The rarity of a winter fire leveling Boulder County subdivisions weeks ago has all fingers pointing toward climate change.

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Editorial: Nature never closes: Marshall Fire should propel climate change to top of agenda for 2022

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