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Oil everywhere: Ecuador Amazonians seethe over new...
There is oil in the water, on the rocks and in the sand where children normally play on the banks of the Coca River in Ecuador.
![Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits January record](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/28/13/9f/Deforestation-in-Brazilian-Amazon-h-312732_small.jpg)
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits January rec...
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new record for January just three weeks into the year, according to data released Wedn...
![Brussels weathers backlash over calling gas and nuclear sustainable](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/0b/dd/g0/Brussels-weathers-backlash-over-cal-138243_small.jpg)
Brussels weathers backlash over calling gas and nu...
The European Commission on Wednesday defied angry dissent from EU governments and protests from green campaigners to give a sustai...
![Brussels labels gas and nuclear as sustainable investments](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/0b/dd/g0/Brussels-labels-gas-and-nuclear-as--386327_small.jpg)
Brussels labels gas and nuclear as sustainable inv...
The European Commission on Wednesday defied protests from green campaigners and dissent in its own ranks to give a sustainable fin...
![Hybrid car sales catch up to diesel in Europe](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/89/f7/1c/Hybrid-car-sales-catch-up-to-diesel-736760_small.jpg)
Hybrid car sales catch up to diesel in Europe
Hybrid car sales reached a milestone in Europe last year as they grabbed the same market share as diesel vehicles, while electric...
![EU presses on with green label for gas, nuclear](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/77/8a/27/EU-presses-on-with-green-label-for--617388_small.jpg)
EU presses on with green label for gas, nuclear
The EU will face the fury of opponents to nuclear and gas energy on Wednesday when it proposes new criteria for a "green label" fo...
![Wildlife rebounds in divided Cyprus 'dead zone'](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/04/b1/ab/Wildlife-rebounds-in-divided-Cyprus-772737_small.jpg)
Wildlife rebounds in divided Cyprus 'dead zone'
In a long-abandoned village in the UN buffer zone that divides Cyprus, an endangered curly-horned wild sheep offers hope not only...
![Eighteen dead, 46 injured as flooding hits Ecuador capital](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/cc/ca/bb/Eighteen-dead--46-injured-as-floodi-462888_small.jpg)
Eighteen dead, 46 injured as flooding hits Ecuador...
The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades has killed at least 18 people in Quito, washing away cars, damaging homes and...
![Investors agree $10 billion for controversial Uganda oil project](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/bc/d4/aa/Investors-agree--10-billion-for--co-776313_small.jpg)
Investors agree $10 billion for controversial Uga...
Chinese and French oil giants finally sealed a $10-billion deal Tuesday to unlock Uganda's energy resources and build a vast regio...
![Oil spill pollutes nature reserve in Ecuadoran Amazon](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/61/bf/0f/Oil-spill-pollutes-nature-reserve-i-661111_small.jpg)
Oil spill pollutes nature reserve in Ecuadoran Ama...
An oil spill in eastern Ecuador has reached a nature reserve and polluted a river that supplies water to indigenous communities, t...
![France limits visitors to save beloved Marseille beach](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/0f/3a/a3/France-limits-visitors-to-save-belo-661842_small.jpg)
France limits visitors to save beloved Marseille b...
French authorities said Monday they would begin testing limited daily permits to visit one of the most pristine coves near the Med...
![Magical but messy: Rome scares off its starlings](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/7b/ea/bb/Magical-but-messy--Rome-scares-off--153616_small.jpg)
Magical but messy: Rome scares off its starlings
As the sun sets over central Rome, five figures in white overalls move under the trees. They wave speakers emitting a mix of sharp...
![Oil spill 'nail in the coffin' for Covid-hit Thai beach businesses](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/b4/99/43/Oil-spill--nail-in-the-coffin--for--399644_small.jpg)
Oil spill 'nail in the coffin' for Covid-hit Thai...
Oil washing up on a beach on Thailand's east coast could be the "nail in the coffin" for pandemic-hit hotels and restaurants, loca...
![Ailing whale found near Athens returns to deeper waters](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/a5/28/6f/Ailing-whale-found-near-Athens-retu-484484_small.jpg)
Ailing whale found near Athens returns to deeper w...
An ailing young whale found near the coast of Athens in a rare sighting has returned to deeper waters after receiving medication,...
![Judge cancels major US oil and gas exploration sale](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/5e/a0/ef/Judge-cancels-major-US-oil-and-gas--426294_small.jpg)
Judge cancels major US oil and gas exploration sal...
A judge on Thursday canceled the sale of oil and gas exploration leases of some 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico, after envi...
![Australia pumps cash into Great Barrier Reef protection](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/03/c9/d5/Australia-pumps-cash-into-Great-Bar-133166_small.jpg)
Australia pumps cash into Great Barrier Reef prote...
Australia unveiled a billion-dollar package to protect the climate-ravaged Great Barrier Reef on Friday, hoping to prevent the vas...
![Japan to help with Bill Gates' next-gen nuclear power project](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/eb/14/f7/Japan-to-help-with-Bill-Gates--next-722441_small.jpg)
Japan to help with Bill Gates' next-gen nuclear po...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said Thursday it will work with Japan's atomic energy agency to provide technical assistance to a US s...
![Thailand rushes to contain oil spill after undersea leak](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/0b/12/bb/Thailand-rushes-to-contain-oil-spil-622272_small.jpg)
Thailand rushes to contain oil spill after underse...
Thailand's navy and pollution experts battled Thursday to clear up an oil spill close to pristine holiday beaches, after an unders...
![Los Angeles set to ban oil drilling in city](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/93/f2/b7/Los-Angeles-set-to-ban-oil-drilling-646254_small.jpg)
Los Angeles set to ban oil drilling in city
Los Angeles looks set to ban oil drilling in the city after councillors voted Wednesday to stop the construction of new wells and...
!['Small' oil leak off Peru coast amid crude spill cleanup](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/92/d2/d0/-Small--oil-leak-off-Peru-coast-ami-113412_small.jpg)
'Small' oil leak off Peru coast amid crude spill c...
A "relatively small" oil leak has been registered at a refinery off the Peruvian coast just 10 days after a major crude spill that...
![New oil leak off Peru coast amid crude spill cleanup](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/91/c1/38/New-oil-leak-off-Peru-coast-amid-cr-211211_small.jpg)
New oil leak off Peru coast amid crude spill clean...
A fresh oil leak has occurred off the coast of Peru -- already cleaning up after a major crude spill 10 days earlier -- during wor...
![Traditional fishermen in despair over Peru oil spill](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/d4/24/f5/Traditional-fishermen-in-despair-ov-464785_small.jpg)
Traditional fishermen in despair over Peru oil spi...
Hundreds of traditional fisherman living just outside the Peruvian capital fear their livelihoods are ruined following an oil spil...
![Serbia backs out of controversial Rio Tinto lithium mine: PM](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/c5/a2/71/Serbia-backs-out-of-controversial-R-677425_small.jpg)
Serbia backs out of controversial Rio Tinto lithiu...
Serbian authorities have abandoned plans to build a controversial lithium mine, the prime minister said Thursday, following weeks...
![Rare baby elephant twins born in Kenya](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/47/ec/85/Rare-baby-elephant-twins-born-in-Ke-072114_small.jpg)
Rare baby elephant twins born in Kenya
An elephant in Kenya has given birth to twins, an extremely rare event, conservationists said Thursday.
!['Remarkable' giant coral reef found off Tahiti](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/f5/de/f9/-Remarkable--giant-coral-reef-found-264472_small.jpg)
'Remarkable' giant coral reef found off Tahiti
Scientists have discovered a vast reef of "pristine" rose-shaped corals apparently unharmed by climate change in deep water off th...
![ExxonMobil targets 'net zero' emissions at operations by 2050](https://www.muenchenerpost.de/media/shared/articles/32/b6/06/ExxonMobil-targets--net-zero--emiss-946119_small.jpg)
ExxonMobil targets 'net zero' emissions at operati...
ExxonMobil pledged Tuesday to reach "net zero" greenhouse gas emissions in its operations by 2050, but stopped short of extending...