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'This could only be a fantasy': Greta Thunberg on sparking global climate strike movement – video

The Guardian - Sat, 2019-09-21 03:21

Greta Thunberg says she is blown away by the global success of her school climate strike movement. In an interview before she led a climate march in New York City, she said she 'never would have predicted' how quickly the action would spread across the world

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The Week in Wildlife – in pictures

The Guardian - Sat, 2019-09-21 02:59

A kangaroo affected by drought, a prize-winning sea lion and a polka-dotted zebra foal

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Tiny penguin from New Zealand released back into wild after washing up on beach in Australia – video

The Guardian - Sat, 2019-09-21 02:59

A Fiorland penguin has spent eight weeks recuperating after a 2,500km swim from New Zealand to Australia. Now the endangered bird is being released by Melbourne zoo back into the wild

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'Enough is enough’: biggest-ever climate protest sweeps UK

The Guardian - Sat, 2019-09-21 02:50

From babies to bagpipers, hundreds of thousands filled the streets in more than 200 rallies

From the small sun-drenched Inner Hebridean island of Iona to the packed streets of central London, parents and grandparents, children and trade unionists have stepped out of their Friday routines to tell their political leaders time is running out to tackle the climate crisis.

Related: Greta Thunberg: face of the Global Climate Strike - in pictures

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Greta Thunberg: face of the global climate strikes - in pictures

The Guardian - Sat, 2019-09-21 02:41

The huge influence of the Swedish schoolgirl who first began the Friday’s for Future strikes in 2018 is evident across this week’s global protests

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California’s IEMAC suggests automatic supply triggers, exploring devalued banked ETS allowances

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2019-09-21 02:06
California regulator ARB should develop automatic supply triggers to manage the volume of ETS compliance instruments in circulation, along with examining whether banked allowances should be discounted based on vintage year, according to a draft watchdog report released Friday.
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Norfolk slows down coastal erosion with sandscaping scheme

The Guardian - Sat, 2019-09-21 01:39

Sand from Great Yarmouth seabed creates mobile dune defences to protect villages

An artificial dune of nearly 2m cubic metres of sand has been created on the Norfolk coast in an innovative approach to slowing coastal erosion.

In the £20m sandscaping scheme, enough sand to fill one-and-a-half Wembley stadiums has been dredged from existing North Sea seabed extraction sites off Great Yarmouth and ferried to the rapidly eroding coastline beside the large gas terminal at Bacton.

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Drillminister's new song Choke highlights air pollution

BBC - Sat, 2019-09-21 01:22
Speaking on BBC Victoria Derbyshire Drillminister called for the government to act faster with air pollution.
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'Pollution knows no borders': Jeremy Corbyn addresses London climate strike – video

The Guardian - Sat, 2019-09-21 00:30

Jeremy Corbyn has called Donald Trump’s decision to walk away from the Paris climate agreement ‘disgraceful’ in a speech to climate strikers in London.

The Labour leader said the climate emergency could only be solved by international action. ‘Destroying nature ultimately destroys all of us’, he added

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‘Do you really need a 10-year-old to show you how?’ Parker’s poem on the climate crisis – video

The Guardian - Fri, 2019-09-20 23:58

Climate striker Parker recited a poem with a powerful message on climate change at the global climate strike in Brisbane, Australia, on Friday. Ten-year-old Parker said he joined the strike ‘to tell the government that climate change is real and they need to act’. An estimated 300,000 people gathered at more than 100 rallies across Australia on Friday, calling for action to guard against climate change

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Global climate strike: millions protest worldwide – in pictures

The Guardian - Fri, 2019-09-20 23:40

People around the world have been walking out of school and work to join the latest protests against the climate crisis. The global day of action, calling for a reduction in emissions, is being held in the run-up to a UN summit in New York

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Dozens of people poisoned this year by salmonella-infected British eggs

The Guardian - Fri, 2019-09-20 22:53

Exclusive: since January at least 45 consumers have fallen ill, investigation finds, despite assurances of very low risk

Dozens of people have been poisoned after consuming British eggs contaminated with salmonella, an investigation has found, despite recent government assurances that the risk had been virtually eliminated.

At least 45 consumers have fallen ill since January this year in a major disease outbreak health officials have traced back to contaminated eggs and poultry farms. Salmonella can cause food poisoning and – in the most serious cases – can prove fatal. Public Health England (PHE), which monitors salmonella, is not aware of any deaths.

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EU Midday Market Brief

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-09-20 22:33
EUA prices continued to recover from this week's losses, climbing further above €26 on Friday as the energy complex continued to lift on rising geopolitical tensions.
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Post office team picked for Antarctic Port Lockroy base

BBC - Fri, 2019-09-20 21:31
The team will spend four months franking stamps on tourists' postcards and counting penguins.
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Climate change: Offshore wind expands at record low price

BBC - Fri, 2019-09-20 21:27
The UK announces projects to power seven million homes with wind power - and no need for subsidy.
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CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Sep. 20, 2019

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-09-20 20:48
Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.
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Climate protest student: 'I'm here to step up and say no more'

BBC - Fri, 2019-09-20 19:53
Student Gina Hale is one of the protesters taking part in the day of climate action.
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Hundreds of thousands attend school climate strike rallies across Australia

The Guardian - Fri, 2019-09-20 19:47

Organisers of the school strike for climate estimate 300,000 people turned out in more than 100 cities and towns

Hundreds of thousands of Australians took to the streets on Friday as they called for greater action on the climate emergency in more than 100 cities and towns across the country.

Organisers of the school strike for climate claimed about 300,000 people attended dozens of rallies, including an estimated 100,000 in Melbourne and 80,000 in Sydney. The unprecedented climate crisis protests were likely the largest public demonstrations in Australia since the marches against the Iraq War in 2003.

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From Alan Jones to the Daily Mail: the Australian media's bizarre reactions to the climate strike

The Guardian - Fri, 2019-09-20 19:21

Jones cited Joseph Goebbels while the Mail found a child who said they just wanted the day off school

The Daily Mail found a child at the climate strike who said they just wanted the day off school and Alan Jones quoted Joseph Goebbels. Those were just some of the more bizarre takes on the climate strike from sections of the media on Friday.

Hundreds of thousands of people rallied across Australia in what were overwhelmingly peaceful events but on Sydney’s most popular breakfast program Jones interviewed climate sceptics and claimed school children were being brainwashed by adults with a political agenda.

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Signs of the times: the best Australian climate strike placards

The Guardian - Fri, 2019-09-20 18:49

Australian climate strikers’ signs send government a bleakly humorous Texta message

Laughing in the face of looming apocalypse, Friday’s climate strike brought out the best in dark Australian humour.

While many signs were deadly serious, teens are nothing if not witty and they came armed with memes and pop culture references.

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