"Everything We Love Is At Stake": Greta Thunberg Arrives For COP31 Summit

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• 'It can kill us': Kenyans fear impact of El Niño with floods predicted

  Vulnerable communities across Nairobi face heightened catastrophe as severe weather threatens fragile homes built in low-income settlements following deadly inundations earlier this year. Outdated drainage networks, designed decades ago for a fraction of the current population, leave emergency services struggling to safeguard millions. Massive funding deficits prevent structural overhauls, shifting the state's immediate focus to emergency clearing operations and large-scale temporary sheltering.

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• 80% of Delhi's pollution Monday due to crackers

  Atmospheric modelling revealed that festive pyrotechnics drove the national capital's severe toxic haze, largely overriding regional agricultural smoke as the primary catalyst. Diwali day had already logged the worst festival-related air quality in five years, creating a lingering health hazard across the metropolitan area. The findings demonstrate how dense urban celebrations rapidly degrade local air conditions irrespective of external rural contributors.

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• South Carolina developer drops 200-home plan; 229 acres to be protected

  Environmental groups and Pulte Home Company reached a settlement to transfer the White Tract property in Awendaw to the Open Space Institute for permanent conservation. The resolution ends years of contentious legal battles regarding the environmental impacts of dense residential construction on neighboring wetlands and waterways. Once the purchase is completed, the coastal parcel may be incorporated into the adjacent Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.

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