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Britain Closes Its Last Coal Power Plant

NFK Editors — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 06:30:05 +0000

The United Kingdom said goodbye to coal-powered electricity on Monday when the last coal-fired power plant in the country closed down. The closing of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station marks the end of a 142-year history of coal-powered electricity in Great Britain.

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Scientists Solve Earth-Shaking Mystery

NFK Editors — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 06:30:54 +0000

Last September, scientists around the world were puzzled by an unusual rumbling traveling through the Earth. It was a strong signal, but it wasn't an earthquake. No one knew what it was. Now, a year later, scientists have solved the mystery.

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United Nations Meets As World Faces Huge Challenges

NFK Editors — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:30:16 +0000

Leaders representing countries around the world will come together this week at the United Nations' General Assembly meeting in New York. This year's meeting comes as the world faces a large number of extremely serious challenges.

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COP28 Agrees To Move Away from Fossil Fuels

NFK Editors — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 06:30:08 +0000

The world's countries have reached a new climate agreement. For the first time, the deal clearly calls on countries to move away from using fossil fuels to create energy. But many people say the agreement doesn't go far enough to protect the planet from global warming.

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COP28: Problems and Progress at the Climate Meeting

NFK Editors — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 06:30:14 +0000

Since last Thursday, representatives of hundreds of nations have been talking at an important climate meeting in Dubai. There has been progress, but there are also challenges. The biggest question is whether to end fossil fuels or just reduce them.

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Passenger Jet Crosses Atlantic on Sustainable Fuel

NFK Editors — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 06:30:55 +0000

On Tuesday, Virgin Atlantic flew a large passenger jet from London to New York using 100% "Sustainable Aviation Fuel" (SAF). The flight was meant to show that it's possible to fly using cleaner fuels, but experts disagree about the effects of SAF on the climate.

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Making Progress on Capturing Carbon Dioxide

NFK Editors — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 06:30:28 +0000

As the world struggles to deal with the climate crisis, some companies are working to remove polluting carbon dioxide from the air. That's a huge and challenging goal, but two US companies have recently made important progress.

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Leaders of US, China Meet to Lower Tensions

NFK Editors — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:30:59 +0000

Last Wednesday, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a four-hour meeting near San Francisco, California. The meeting was aimed at improving the relationship between the two countries, which has been getting worse in recent years.

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Kenya Celebrates New Tree-Planting Holiday

NFK Editors — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 06:30:09 +0000

On Monday, people across Kenya took part in the country's first national tree-planting holiday. The holiday was created by Kenya's president, William Ruto, to encourage people to plant trees as part of a plan to fight the climate crisis.

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Australia Offers Support for Climate-Hit Tuvalu

NFK Editors — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 06:30:06 +0000

Tuvalu is a tiny island nation in the Pacific Ocean. It's also one of the countries most threatened by climate change. Now Australia and Tuvalu have made a deal that gives the people of Tuvalu a place to go if their islands become unsafe because of rising seas.

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